The BPS Environmental Psychology Section @bpsenvpsych.bsky.social has a Journal Club!
Our first meeting is 24 March 2026 12:00pm - 1:30pm, lead by @suewilbraham.bsky.social
FREE registration.
Details: www.bps.org.uk/event/enviro...
✨ Check your email! Decisions on abstract submissions for #IAPS2026 have now been sent out. ✨
Due to capacity limits, we had to make some very difficult choices due to the large number of high‑quality submissions we received. Thank you to everyone who submitted!
Thrilled to share our new #EnvironmentalResearch article!
Our review investigates the mental health and wellbeing benefits associated with specific blue space types (e.g. coast, river) & characteristics (e.g. sounds).
🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.en...
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CAST job opportunity: Join us as a Research Fellow at our centre hub, the University of Bath, leading a programme of quantitative behavioural research to advance understanding of climate-relevant behaviour change & life choices. 📣
Deadline: 16 March 2026
Apply now 👇
www.bath.ac.uk/jobs/Vacancy...
New article from our very own Dr Eleanor Ratcliffe & Prof Gatersleben
@eprg-surrey.bsky.social @surreypsychology.bsky.social
Behavioural Science for Biodiversity Conservation Policy Workshop
21 May 2026, Cambridge Uni
Abstracts open until 14 Feb
Details: www.ibppa.org/event-detail...
In person Event: Designing built environments that work for people and planet
Thurs 19 March, BPS London Office
@bpsenvpsych.bsky.social w/ the BPS London & Home Counties Branch invite you to explore how psychology can reshape the spaces where we live, work, and heal
Details: tinyurl.com/2u6y6dcm
Our Call for Submissions closes TODAY! There’s still time to submit before the deadline of 23:59 GMT: surrey.ac.uk/iaps2026
We are excited about your submissions and the great conference ahead. 🦌
@eprg-surrey.bsky.social @iaps-association.bsky.social
Don’t miss out! Be sure to submit your abstract by this Friday, 9 January, 23:59 GMT. We welcome submissions for individual posters, individual talks, symposia, panel discussions, and our Early Career Researchers Workshop.
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Dear all, the 29th IAPS 2026 Conference will take place from Monday 29 June to Friday 3 July 2026. There are just a few days left to make a submission to the conference, including to our Early Career Researchers Workshop. The Call for Submissions closes THIS Friday ( 9 January 2026)
PhD position 'Visual and acoustic dimensions of forest change: Linking long-term monitoring data, perception and well-being' @uni-freiburg.de
Candidates with an MSc in environmental psychology welcomed. German language is an asset.
Deadline: 25 January 2026
Apply: uni-freiburg.de/stellenangeb...
How does birdsong influence wellbeing? 🐦🎶
I’ll be speaking at #BES2025 on birdsong as a cultural ecosystem service, Thurs 18 Dec at 10am.
Lots of interest already—come along!
Work with @simon-butler.bsky.social, Ellie Ratcliffe, & @konraduebel.bsky.social
@eprg-surrey.bsky.social
.@eprg-surrey.bsky.social PhD student George Murrell has written a Psychology Matters post about the role of nature in tackling loneliness www.bps.org.uk/blog/psychol...
📣10 x PhD opportunities available📣 TEN!!! 👀
📣PhD position opportunity📣 University of Groningen offering a phd in 'Motivating people to contribute to societal transitions' (deadline 15 Feb)
More info here: werkenbij.rug.nl/vacature/phd...
deadline: 15 February, 2025
We are seeking two placement students to join the Environmental Psychology Research Group as a research assistant / lab manager.
Placements are unpaid/voluntary
Deadline for applications: 27 Feb 2026
Further details here: pathfinder.surrey.ac.uk/user/app/job...
Fantastic to have our very own @melissamarselle.bsky.social giving a talk at the @bpsofficial.bsky.social careers fest!! 👏
🚀 Early Career Researchers — this one’s for you!
The @iaps2026.bsky.social ECR Workshop is happening on 29 June 2026, just before the conference kicks off. A space for PhD & MSc students in people–environment studies to share their work, get feedback, and connect with peers + mentors. (1/3)
All 5 of these blogs have been published - make yourself a cuppa and, if you can, sit outside for a reading break:
5 perspectives on #walking and #working in #nature
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Once people understand what Degrowth is, the majority support it (74–84% in the UK and 67–73% in the US), regardless of the label. See our new research in @thelancet.com www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
@giorgoskallis.bsky.social @jasonhickel.bsky.social @F. Basso @lsepbs.bsky.social @cusp.ac.uk
**JOB OPENING: Assistant Professor in Social Psychology / Environmental Psychology**
Deadline: 25 January
Details here: jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/I/...
Are you a PhD or MSc student interested in people's transactions with environments?
Want to discuss your work with peers & 2 mentors?
The ECR workshop @iaps2026.bsky.social is for you!
Deadline 9th January.
Be where many experts in the field once started out.
stories.surrey.ac.uk/iaps2026/#gr...
📢 JOB KLAXON📢 postdoc in #EnvironmentalPsychology at the University of Gothenburg. Join the DEEP group to study psychological drivers of support for environmental policy.
2-year full-time position. Deadline Nov 27, 2025.
Details: web103.reachmee.com/ext/I005/103...
Our own Professor Birgitta Gatersleben reporting the
@eprg-surrey.bsky.social evaluation results from the Growing Together programme at the Surrey Hills Symposium last night
New article from our team @eprg-surrey.bsky.social
Awesome!! Well done, Sarah!!! Thank you for representing us.
After 25+ years of being a @bpsofficial.bsky.social member it's truly amazing to open the @psychmag.bsky.social & see an interview on me, @eprg-surrey.bsky.social @surreypsychology.bsky.social & the research I've conducted. Article online, but lovely to also come home to a printed copy. Thanks BPS
If you want to learn more about these design concepts, you can in our MSc environmental psychology @surreypsychology.bsky.social in our Psychology of Architecture module www.surrey.ac.uk/postgraduate...
🎉 The Call for Submissions for IAPS 2026 Conference is now open!
📅 Submission deadline: 9 January 2026 (23:59 GMT)
📝 For guidance on how to submit, and full details of the conference, visit our website: surrey.ac.uk/iaps2026
@iaps-association.bsky.social @eprg-surrey.bsky.social
Was honoured to talk to @psychmag.bsky.social about my career journey becoming & being an academic environmental psychologist, the projects I've worked on with it (inc @destressrestore.bsky.social), and the joy of now being back @eprg-surrey.bsky.social & importance of @bpsenvpsych.bsky.social
