Will technology help or hinder ‘green’ behaviour?

Dr Niamh Murtagh
University of Surrey

Niamh is currently Research Fellow on the EPSRC-funded REDUCE programme which is exploring energy management behaviour in the home and workplace in relation to innovative monitoring technology. Prior to her role on REDUCE, Niamh was Research Fellow on RESOLVE, the ESRC-funded investigation into sustainable lifestyles. Her PhD, on the topic of voluntary career change, was completed at the University of Surrey. A common research interest through all of her work is that of behaviour change, with a particular interest in identity. She has found evidence for threatened identities as motivators of change in careers, and for threatened identities related to resistance to change in the area of transport. Her on-going research is exploring identities, self-determined motivation and other factors influencing change to more environmentally responsible behaviour.

Niamh's first degree was in Computer Science, from University College Dublin. She worked in software in a variety of industries in Ireland and the UK, including electricity and telecommunications, and has achieved Chartered Engineer and Chartered Information Technology Practitioner status. Alongside her roles as IT Strategy Manager and Systems Architect, she completed an MSc in Software Engineering at the University of Brighton.