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The Environmental
Psychology Research Group at the University of Surrey has an international
reputation in research and teaching. The Group currently comprises five
full-time academic staff, three research officers, two post-doctoral Research
Fellows, PhD students and several Visiting academics from overseas.
The Group undertakes
research for the EU, UK Research Councils, Government Departments and its
agencies, industry and commerce and the charitable sectors. It has attracted
over £1m in research grants and contracts since 1998.
The Department of
Psychology was the first in the world to establish an MSc in Environmental
Psychology in 1973. Since then there have been well over 250 graduates of the
course from over 25 countries worldwide. It remains one of few such
postgraduate courses in the world and the only one in the UK.
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Environmental
psychology explores the transactions between people – both individuals and
groups – and their physical setting; it gives a prominent place to
environmental perceptions, attitudes, evaluations and representations and
accompanying behaviour. Environmental psychology focuses on both the effects of
environmental conditions on behaviour and how the individual perceives and acts
on the environment. As psychologists our focus is on people’s
perceptions, attitudes and actions, but as environmental psychologists we
believe that these psychological processes are always situated, that is, they
are invariably place-related and place-dependent.
Many problems we face
in society are a product of the breakdown of the relationship either between
people and people in an environmental context, or between people and the
physical environment itself – both leading to disastrous
environmental, individual and social consequences. Society invests enormous
resources into the planning, design, construction, management and use of the
physical environment. This investment ensures that we are not only fed,
clothed, housed, employed and made secure, but the quality of our lives is enhanced as much as possible.
For
further information about Environmental
Psychology at University of Surrey or the research listed above, please contact:
Professor David Uzzell
Email: d.uzzell@surrey.ac.uk
Tel.: +44 (0)1483 689430 Fax.:
+44 (0)1483 689550
Address: Department of Psychology, University of Surrey
Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7XH, U.K
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