This is the first time the Award has been presented and it was given to Katie for the best dissertation in people environment studies. The annual award includes a certificate from the Department of Psychology and a cash prize of £150.

The Award was set up in memory of Jonathan Sime who was both a student and lecturer at Surrey. He died suddenly in January 2001, aged just 50. Jonathan combined the roles of scholar and consultant in the field of environmental psychology and was highly regarded, both nationally and internationally, as a researcher and teacher within the environment-behaviour field.

The Department of Psychology was asked to host the Award on behalf of the funder, a long-time friend of Jonathan since his teenage years. Surrey offers the only MSc in Environmental Psychology in the UK, and is acknowledged as an international centre of environmental psychology research. Environmental psychologists work in collaboration with cognitive, occupational and social psychologists, as well as other disciplines and professions such as architects, educationalists, environmental scientists, engineers, landscape architects and planners.

More information about the award can be found on the following website:  http://www.psy.surrey.ac.uk/Award.htm