Research theme: Behavioural Science for the Environment
Theme leads: Dr Kate Laffan & Dr Ganga Shreedhar
Behavioural Lab Affiliates: Dr Anomitro Chatterjee, Vincent Chung Jie Lun, Prof Liam Delaney, Dr Chris Krekel, Daniele Pollicino, Dr Chiara Sotis
Together with collaborators at Cambridge University, the University of Stirling, Princeton University, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Baylor University, the ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Behavioural Lab has led projects on the behavioural aspects of sustainability lifestyle transitions including in relation to diet, transport choices, collective and organisational environmental behaviours, green social prescribing initiatives and deliberative processes in environmental policy design and support. The group is also active in feeding into public and organisational policy discourse, for example, Drs Laffan and Shreedhar co-authored a paper for the Indian government’s report on Lifestyle for the Environment on Leveraging Identity to promote Sustainable Lifestyles and a piece in the Harvard Business Review on the environmental implications of remote working. Additionally, Professor Delaney sits on the Irish Climate Change Advisory Council.
Selected Publications:
2025
Lades, L. K., Zawojska, E., Johnston, R. J., Hanley, N., Delaney, L., & Czajkowski, M. (2025). Anomalies or expected behaviors? Understanding stated preferences and welfare implications in light of contemporary behavioral economics. Review of Environmental Economics and Policy, 19(1), .
Pollicino D, Zamzow H, Shreedhar G, Galizzi MM, Naci H & Freitag P (2025). Can social norms promote sustainable food consumption? A systematic review. Social Influence, 20(1), .
2024
Laffan, K., & Howard, E. (2024). The impact of explaining vegetarian meal requests on the affective responses and perceptions of meat eaters. Scientific Reports, 14(1), .
Laffan, K. (2024). . Behavioural Public Policy, 1-16.
Laffan, K., Meles, T., & Ryan, L. (2024). . Energy Research & Social Science, 114, 103577.
Prinzing, M., Lades, L. K., Weber, T. O., Fredrickson, B., & Laffan, K. (2024). Pro-environmental behaviors and well-being in everyday life. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 98, .
Prinzing, M. M., & Laffan, K. (2024). . npj Climate Action, 3(1), 73.
Shreedhar, G., Moran, C., & Mills, S. (2024). . Behavioural Public Policy, 1-16.
Shreedhar, G., Sabherwal, A., & Maldonado, R. (2024). Cli-fi videos can increase charitable donations: experimental evidence from the United Kingdom. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, .
2023
Laffan, K., Lades, L. K., & Delaney, L. (2023). Paths that lead astray: Examining the situational predictors of intention-behaviour gaps in meat consumption. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 89, .
Navarrete-Hernandez, P., & Laffan, K. (2023). . Scientific Reports, 13(1), 9687.
Shreedhar, G. (2023). (pp. 285-306). Routledge.
Soni, A., & Chatterjee, A. (2023). . Energy Research & Social Science, 98, 103020.
Marasco, A., Romano, A., & Sotis, C. (2023). Interactions between concerns for the environment and other sources of concern in 31 European countries. Environmental Research Letters, 18(1), .
Battocletti, V., Romano, A., & Sotis, C. (2023). People can understand IPCC visuals and are not influenced by colors. Environmental Research Letters, 18(11), .
2022
Shreedhar, Ganga, Kate Laffan, and Laura Giurge. Harvard Business Review (2022).
Sabherwal, A., & Shreedhar, G. (2022). Stories of intentional action mobilise climate policy support and action intentions. Scientific Reports, 12(1), .
Sabherwal, A., Shreedhar, G., & van der Linden, S. (2022). Inoculating against threats to climate activists’ image: Intersectional environmentalism and the Indian farmers’ protest. Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology, 3, .
2021
Lades, L. K., Laffan, K., & Weber, T. O. (2021). Do economic preferences predict pro-environmental behaviour?. Ecological Economics, 183, .
Romano, A., & Sotis, C. (2021). . Waste Management, 120, 382-391.