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Ms Eleanor Ratcliffe

PhD Candidate

Qualifications: BSc (Hons) Psychology, MSc Research Methods in Psychology (Goldsmiths, University of London)

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Phone: Work: 01483 68 6899
Room no: 22 AD 04

Office hours

I work at home for part of the week, so contact by email is preferred in the first instance.

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Biography

I am studying for a full-time PhD in Environmental Psychology in collaboration with the National Trust and Surrey Wildlife Trust. Funded by an ESRC CASE studentship, my PhD explores how aspects of the natural environment can improve mood and attention after stress or fatigue.

Before coming to Surrey I studied at Goldsmiths, University of London, where I passed MSc Research Methods in Psychology with Distinction, and also gained a BSc in Psychology with First Class Honours. In the course of my previous research I have studied attention restoration in mediated natural environments, and how this varies with individual differences in affinity with nature. More recently, I collaborated with BAA Heathrow and London Gatwick airports to study the restorative effects of views of aircraft in airport environments.

Supervisors: Dr. Birgitta Gatersleben and Dr. Paul Sowden

Research Interests

  • Restorative environments
  • Attention Restoration Theory
  • Soundscapes
  • Environmental affinity and connectedness to nature

Publications

Ratcliffe, E. (2012, September, forthcoming). Collaborative postgraduate research: What's in it for you? PsyPAG Quarterly.

Ratcliffe, E., & Freeman, J. (in preparation). Effects of aircraft views in airport environments on subjective measures of fascination and attention restoration.

Presentations

Ratcliffe, E., Gatersleben, B., & Sowden, P. T. (2012, June, forthcoming). Exploring perceptions of birdsong as a restorative stimulus. Oral presentation at 22nd International Association for Environment-People Studies (IAPS) Conference, Glasgow, United Kingdom.

Ratcliffe, E., Gatersleben, B., & Sowden, P. T. (2012, May, forthcoming). Exploring perceptions of birdsong as a restorative stimulus. Oral presentation at 13th Congress of the International Society of Ethnobiology, Montpellier, France.

Ratcliffe, E., & Freeman, J. (2011, September). Attention restoration in airport environments - exploratory studies. Oral presentation 9th Biennial Conference on Environmental Psychology, Eindhoven, the Netherlands.

Ratcliffe, E., & Freeman, J. (2011, May). Fascinating views and sounds - their relationships to attention restoration. Oral presentation at Media and the Senses Conference, Goldsmiths, University of London, United Kingdom.