Prof David Uzzell

Professor of Environmental Psychology

Academic and Professional Qualifications

BA(Liverpool), MSc (LSE), PhD (Surrey), FBPsS, FRSA

Honorary Positions

Visiting Professor

Departments of Psychology and Sociology, University of Umeå

Visiting Professor

Department of Architecture, University of Strathclyde

Visiting Professor

UFR sciences psychologiques et sciences de l'éducation, Université de Paris X, Nanterre

Member

BPS Representative Sustainability in Science Committee, The Science Council (2005 - )

Past- President

International Association for People-Environment Studies (IAPS) (1998 – 04)

Editorial Boards       

Journal of Environmental Psychology
Journal of Architectural and Planning Research

European Review of Applied Psychology
Culture et Musées (formerly Publics et Musées)

Research Interests

My research interests are in the area of Sustainable Development with a particular focus on social psychological approaches to encouraging behaviour change particularly in relation to waste and transport. Co-investigator on interdisciplinary project examining the links between lifestyle, societal values and energy consumption; public attitudes to waste and waste minimisation behaviour; influencing and evaluating of recycling behaviour; public attitudes to global climate change; transport, air pollution and health; conflict on shared-use routes; driver behaviour and accident prevention; evaluation of an experimental contra-flow cycling scheme; development and evaluation of innovatory methods for traffic calming in environmentally sensitive areas; social exclusion and sustainability; innovative approaches to environmental education; methods for encouraging public participation in community planning; Risk and Crime and the environment: - risk and people’s behaviour in emergency situations; crime, safety and security at international railway stations; views of minority groups on crime and crime hotspots; environmental quality, risk assessment and perception of crime. Risk perception and communication in respect zoonotic diseases in forests amongst visitors and forest workers. Architecture: - assessing the visual impact of buildings; evaluating the planning, design, management and use of retail and leisure environments, including post-occupancy evaluation. Heritage and Environmental Interpretation and Education: - planning, design, management and visitor use and evaluation of museums and interpretive facilities; social and place identity processes and attitudes towards the heritage; affective/emotional aspects of heritage interpretation.

Current Research Projects

FAS - Swedish Council for Working Life and Social Research

Trade Unions facing the dual challenge of globalising work division and globalising environmental degradation
An interdisciplinary comparative case study
(2008 – 2011)

British Academy

Influential Figures in Environmental Psychology
(2004 – 2008)

ESRC

Research on Lifestyle, Values and Energy Consumption (RESOLVE)
(2006 – 2011)

Surrey County Council

Adviser on sustainability attitude and behaviour change on ChangeLab
(2005 – 2007)

ESRC

Assessing the potential risk of, and possible responses to, zoonotic diseases on the development of recreational use of British forests and wild-lands
(2007 – 2010)

Selected Publications Since 2002

Refereed Journal Papers

Räthzel, N. and Uzzell, D. (In Press) ‘Changing Relations in Global Environmental Change’, Global Environmental Change

Nigbur, D., Lyons, E., and Uzzell, D (In Press)  Attitudes, norms, identity and environmental behaviour: Using an expanded theory of planned behaviour to predict participation in a kerbside recycling programme, British Journal of Social Psychology

Räthzel, N. and Uzzell, D. (In Press) ‘Transformative environmental education: a collective rehearsal for reality’, Environmental Education Research,

Uzzell, D.  and Räthzel, N. (In Press) Transforming Environmental Psychology, Journal of Environmental Psychology, downloadable from doi:10.1016/j.jenvp.2008.11.005 

Uzzell, D. (2009) The significance of public places for the people of Bogota, Revista Latinoamericana De Psicologia, 41, 1, 156-157

Spence, A., Pidgeon, N. and Uzzell, D (2009) ‘Climate Change: Sparking off Debate about the Hot Topic’, The Psychologist, 22, 2, 118-121

Gifford, R., Scannell, L., Kormos, C., Smolova, L., Biel, A., Boncu, S., Corral, V., Hanyu, K, Hine, D. W., Kaiser, F. G., Korpela, K., Lima, L., Mertig, A. G., Garcia Mira, R., Moser, G., Passafaro, P., Pinheiro, J. Q., Saini, S., Sako, T., Sautkina, E., Savina, Y., Schmuck, P., Schultz, P. W., Sobeck, K., Sundblad, K., & Uzzell, D.   (2009) ‘Temporal Pessimism and Spatial Optimism in Environmental Assessments: An 18-Nation Study’, Journal of Environmental Psychology, 29, 1, 1-12

Uzzell, D. (2008). Challenging Assumptions in the Psychology of Climate Change, InPsych, Bulletin of the Australian Psychological Society, 30, 4, 10-13.

Uzzell, D. L.  (2008) ‘People-Environment Relationships in a Digital World’, Journal of Architectural and Planning Research, 25, 1, 94 - 105.

Uzzell, D. and Brown, J. (2007) ‘Conceptual progress in understanding fear of crime in railway stations, Psicologia, 21, 2, 119 – 137.

Gatersleben, B., Clark, C., Reeve, A. and Uzzell, D (2007) The impact of a new transport link on residential communities, Journal of Environmental Psychology, 27, 2, 145-153.

Gatersleben, B and Uzzell, D  (2007)  ‘Affective appraisals of the daily commute: comparing perceptions of drivers, cyclists, walkers and users of public transport’, Environment and Behavior, 39, 3, 416-431

Bonnes, M, Uzzell, D, Carrus, G, and Kelay, T. (2007) ‘Inhabitants’ and Experts’ Assessments of Environmental Quality for Urban Sustainability’, Journal of Social Issues, 63, 1, 59—78

Uzzell. D and Horne, N. (2006) The influence of biological sex, sexuality and gender role on interpersonal distance, British Journal of Social Psychology, 45, 579 – 597.

García Mira, R. Real Deus, JE, Uzzell, DL, San Juan, C & Pol, E (2006).  Coping with a Threat to Quality of Life: The Case of the Prestige Disaster, European Review of Applied Psychology, 56; 1, pp 53-60.

Meader, N, Uzzell, D & Gatersleben, B (2006). Cultural Theory and Quality of Life, European Review of Applied Psychology, 56; 1, 61-69

Uzzell, D. and Moser, G.  (2006).  ‘Environment and Quality of Life’, European Review of Applied Psychology, 56; 1, pp 1-4

Uzzell, DL. and Muckle, R. (2005) Simulating traffic engineering solutions to predict changes
in driving behaviour, Transportation Research Part F, 8/4-5 pp 311-329

Romice, O. and Uzzell, D.  (2005). Community Design Studio: a Collaboration of Architects and Psychologists, CEBE Transactions, 2, 1, 73-88.

Uzzell DL (2005) Questioning Methods in Interdisciplinary Environmental Psychology Research and Practice, Psicologia USP, 16, 1/2, pp. 185–199.

Uzzell, D., Moser, G., Rabinovich, E. P., & Ornstein, S. W. (2005). Psicologia e ambiente: o papel da psicologia ambiental no estudo das questões ambientais [Psychology and the environment: The role of environmental psychology in the study of environmental questions]. Psicologia USP, 16 (special issue), 15-17. (Full texts and English summaries are available at www.scielo.br/pusp).

Gatersleben, B. and Uzzell, D. (2003). Local transport problems and possible solutions. Comparing perceptions of residents, councillors, officers and organisations. Local Environment, 8, 4, 387 – 405.

Ravenscroft, N., Uzzell, D. & Leach , R.  (2002)  ‘Danger Ahead? The Impact of Fear of Crime on People’s Recreational Use of Non-Motorised Shared Use’, Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 2002, 20(5), 741 – 756

Clark, C. and Uzzell, DL (2002). The Affordances of the Home, Neighbourhood, School and Town Centre For Adolescents, Journal of Environmental Psychology, 22 (1/2), 95-108.

Uzzell, DL, Pol, E and Badenas, D. (2002). ‘Place identification, social cohesion and environmental sustainability’, Environment and Behavior, 34, 1, 26-53.

Pol, E., Guardia, J., Valera, S., Wiesenfeld, E, and Uzzell, D (2001).  ‘Cohesion and identification in the construction of social identity: relations between city, identity and sustainability’, Revista Universidad de Guadalajara, 19, 40-48.

Uzzell, DL (2000).  The psycho-spatial dimension to global environmental problems, Journal of Environmental Psychology, 20, 4, pp 307- 318.

Gatersleben, B. and Uzzell, DL  (2000). ‘The risk perception of transport-generated air pollution’, Journal of the International Association of Traffic and Safety Science, 24, 1, pp 30-38

Uzzell, DL and Jones, E.  (2000). The development of a process-based methodology for assessing the visual impact of buildings. Journal of Architectural and Planning Research, vol. 17, no 4. pp. 330-343.

 

Edited Books

Garcia Mira, R., Uzzell, D,  Real Deus, J E, Romay Martinez, J. (Eds.)  (2005)  Housing, Space and Quality of Life, Aldershot: Ashgate

 

Chapters in Books

Uzzell, D. (2009). ‘Where is the discipline in heritage studies? Some methodological reflections’, in Sørensen, M.L.S. & Carman, J. (eds.) 2009. Heritage Studies: methods and approaches. (pp  XXX -  XXX). London: Routledge.

Uzzell, D. and Ballantyne, R. (2007) Heritage that hurts: interpretation in a post-modern world. In G. Fairclough, R. Harrison, J. Jameson Jnr. and J. Schofield (2007). The Cultural Heritage Reader, NY: Routledge. Previously published in D. Uzzell and R. Ballantyne (eds), Contemporary Issues in Heritage and Environmental Management, London: The Stationery Office, pp 152-171.

Moser, G. and Uzzell, D.  (2007) ‘Environmental Psychology’, in R. Baumeister and K. D. Vohs (eds.) Encyclopedia of Social Psychology, San Francisco: Sage.

Uzzell, D. (2006) ‘Interpreting our heritage: A theoretical interpretation’ in L. Smith (Ed.) Cultural Heritage: Critical Concepts in Media and Cultural Studies, London: Routledge (Previously published in D. Uzzell and R. Ballantyne (eds), Contemporary Issues in Heritage and Environmental Management, London: The Stationery Office, pp 11-25.)

Uzzell, DL and Barnett, J. (2006). ‘Ethnographic and Action Research’, in G. Breakwell, C. Fife-Schaw S. Hammond and J. Smith (eds.) Research Methods in Psychology, London: Sage (Third Edition), pp 300-320.

Clark, C. and Uzzell, DL (2006) The Socio-Environmental Affordances of Adolescents’ Environments. In C. Spencer and M. Blades (Eds.) Children and their Environments, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp 176-198.

García Mira, R. Real Deus, JE , Uzzell, DL, Blanco Martinez, G & Dolores Losada (2005) ‘Exploring Cognitive Representations of Citizens in Areas Affected by the 'Prestige' Disaster’ in Martens, B. & Keul, A. G. (Eds.) Designing Social Innovation: Planning, Building, Evaluating, Göttingen: Hogrefe and Huber, pp 137-145.

Uzzell, DL (2004) A psicologia ambiental como uma chave para mudar atitudes e ações para com a sustentabilidade (Environmental Psychology as a Key to Changing Attitudes and Actions Towards Sustainability). In Tassara, E.T.O., Rabinovich, E.P., and Guedes, M.C. (eds.). Psicologia e Ambiente. São Paulo: EDUC / Fapesp / Capes, 2004, p. 363-388.

Gatersleben, B. and Uzzell D. (2004) Perceptions of car users and policy makers on the effectiveness and acceptability of car travel reduction measures: An attribution theory approach, in T. Rothengatter and R D Huguenin (eds.) Traffic and Transport Psychology: Theory and Applications, Amsterdam: Elsevier. pp 469-479.

Uzzell, DL  (2004) 'The Dialectic of Past-Present Relations' in D. Barker  and D. Cranstone (eds.) The Archaeology of Industrialisation, Post Medieval Archaeology Society Monograph No. 2, Leeds: Maney Publishing, pp 5-14.

Uzzell DL (2003) ‘Our Uncommon Future’, in R. García Mira. JM Sabucedo Cameselle and J Jose Martínez (eds.) Culture, Environmental Action and Sustainability, Göttingen: Hogrefe and Huber, 21-39.

Uzzell, DL (2003) House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee: Sub-Committee on Education for Sustainable Development: Learning the Sustainability Lesson, Tenth Report of Session 2002-2003, Volume II, pp 285-287, London: The Stationery Office

Uzzell, DL. and Romice, O. (2003) ‘L’analyse des expériences environnementales’ in G. Moser and K. Weiss (Eds.) Espaces de vie: Aspects de la relation homme-environnement, Paris: A. Colin., pp 49-84

Moser, G. and Uzzell, DL (2003). ‘Environmental Psychology’, in Millon, T., & Lerner, M.J.(eds.), Comprehensive Handbook of Psychology, Volume 5: Personality and Social Psychology, New York: John Wiley & Sons. 419 – 445.

Uzzell, DL (2002) ‘Conversations on aesthetics’, in B. Cold (ed.) Aesthetics, well-being and health, Aldershot: Avebury/Gower, 271-289.

Gatersleben, B. and Uzzell, D. (2002). Sustainable transport and quality of life. In Black, W. R. & Nijkamp, P. (eds.) Social Change and Sustainable Transport. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, pp. 135-140.

Uzzell, DL (2002).  ‘Preface’ in R. Garcia-Mira, J.M. Sabucedo and J. R. Martinez  (eds.) Psicologia Y Medio Ambiente: Aspectos Psicosociales, Educativos Y Metodológicos, A Coruña: Asociacion Galega de Estudios e Investigacion Psicosocial. pp 23-25.