Dr Judith de Groot
+44 (0) 1225 383175
BSc, MSc, PhD
Job Title:
Senior Lecturer in Sustainable Consumption and Behaviour Change
Subject Group:
Key Research Interests:
Sustainable (consumption) behaviour; behaviour change; values; social norms; personal norms; social networks; interventions; policy acceptability and acceptance; message framing; (green) consumerism.
Research Interests
My main research areas focus on how values and norms can be used to explain and change (sustainable) consumption behaviour. For example, when do people (not) act in accordance with their prevalent values and norms? When are interventions or policies aiming to promote sustainable behaviour effective and acceptable for the public? How can messages be effectively framed in order to promote sustainable behaviour? Although my background is in social and environmental psychology, I approach sustainable consumption and behaviour from a multi-disciplinary perspective. I have collaborated with different academics from various disciplines (psychology, technology, sociology, environmental and political sciences, geography) as well as with governmental and commercial professionals, on an international, national and local level. I have been involved in different EU-projects in the 5th (ASI) and 7th (BAR-energy, Corpus) EU framework programmes.
PhD Supervision
I am always interested in collaborating with PhD students on their projects. Please contact me prior to writing your research proposal, so we can discuss potential research directions in more detail. I mainly supervise students with a quantitative research background.
At the moment, I am looking for PhD students interested in the following topics:
- the effectiveness of messages promoting (green) consumerism;
- spill-over effects of public opposition and support of environmental policies (e.g. pricing policies aimed at reducing car use in cities);
- the use of values, goals, social norms and personal norms in sustainable behaviour change interventions;
- the role of social networks in promoting prosocial behaviours
I am currently supervising the following PhD students:
Alina Udall, started 2013-present. Goal priming and promoting green consumerism: How hedonic, gain and normative goals can be activated in interventions aiming to promote green consumerism.
Iljana Schubert, started 2012-present, co-supervising with Prof Adrian Newton, Bournemouth University. Sustainable consumerism going viral: The role of social networks to guide sustainable transitions.
Carrie Lee Garson, started 2010-present, Bournemouth University. Environmental values in children: The development of a validated self-reported instrument to measure environmental values in children (4 years and older).
Publications
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Books | Refereed journals papers | Book ChaptersBooks
Steg, L., van den Berg, A. E., & De Groot, J. I. M. 2012. Environmental psychology: An introduction. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.
Refereed journal papers
De Groot, J. I. M., Steg, L., & Poortinga, W. 2013. Values, perceived risks and benefits, and acceptability of nuclear energy. Risk Analysis, 33(2): 307-317. DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2012.01845.x
Huijts, N.M.A., De Groot, J.I.M., Molin, E.J.E., & Van Wee, G.P. 2013. Intention to act towards a local hydrogen refueling facility: Moral considerations versus self-interest. Transportation Research Part A, 48: 63-74. DOI: 10.1016/j.tra.2012.10.006
De Groot, J. I. M., & Steg, L. 2010. Morality and nuclear energy: Perceptions of risks and benefits, personal norms, and willingness to take action related to nuclear energy. Risk Analysis, 30(9): 1363-1373. DOI: 10.1111/j.1539-6924.2010.01419.x
Steg, L., & De Groot, J.I.M. 2010. Explaining prosocial intentions: Testing causal relationships in the norm activation model. British Journal of Social Psychology, 49(4):725-743. DOI: 10.1348/014466609X477745
Book Chapters
De Groot, J. I. M., & Thøgersen, J. 2012. Values and pro-environmental behaviour. In Steg, L., van den Berg, A.E., & de Groot, J. I. M. (Eds.), Environmental psychology: An introduction: 141-152. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.
Steg, L., Van den Berg, A. E., & De Groot, J. I. M. 2012. Environmental psychology: History, scope and methods. In Steg, L., Van den Berg, A. E., & De Groot, J. I. M. (Eds), Environmental psychology: An introduction: 1-11. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.
Steg, L., & De Groot, J. I. M. 2012. Environmental values. In S. Clayton (Ed.), The Oxford handbook of environmental and conservation psychology: 81-92. New York: Oxford University Press.
De Groot, J. I. M., & Steg, L. 2011. Psychological perspectives on the geological disposal of radioactive waste and carbon dioxide. In F.L. Toth (Ed.), Geological disposal of carbon dioxide and radioactive waste: A comparative assessment: 339-366. London: Springer.
Steg, L., & De Groot, J. I. M. 2008. Transport planning and quality of life. In U. Becker, R. Gerike, J. Böhmer (Eds.), How to define and measure access and need satisfaction in transport. Dresden: University Press.
De Groot, J. I. M., Steg, L., & Dicke, M. 2008. Transportation trends from a moral perspective: Value orientations, norms and reducing car use. In F. N. Gustavsson (Ed.), New transportation research progress. New York: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
► older publications
Steg, L., De Groot, J., Forward, S., Kaufmann, C., Risser, R., Schmeidler, K., Martincigh, L., & Urbani, L. 2007. Assessing life quality in transport planning and urban design: definition, operationalisation, assessment and implementation. In S. Marshall and D. Banister (Eds.), Land use and transport. European research towards integrated policies: 217-244. Oxford: Elsevier.
