MSc Environmental Psychology
How do people interact with their environment?
How do individuals and groups react to different environmental situations (home, office, hospital, street, shop, etc)? What psychological processes are triggered by our environment, and how do they affect our perception, attitude and actions? How can individuals and groups change their environment so it provides a more stimulating, less stressful and enabling setting in which to live? How are our identities tied up with place? How might sustainability in environmental policy be better informed by current research?
These are the sorts of questions you would be answering as an environmental psychologist.
As populations grow and competition for space and resources increases, you could be working in collaboration with cognitive, occupational and social psychologists (as well as architects, educationalists, environmental scientists, engineers, landscape architects and planners) to address some of society's most pressing issues.
Our MSc Environmental Psychology programme will help you gain advanced knowledge and understanding of theory and practice in environmental psychology. You will also acquire a range of research skills that will give you the confidence and ability to undertake environmental psychology research in a professional setting.
While prior experience in this field is not essential, previous applicants have come from areas such as psychology, sociology, geography, architecture, planning, landscape architecture, interior design, transport, environmental policy and management. Experience of working with, or membership of, environmental groups may also be valuable.
More information about this highly active and current international research field can be found here:
International Association for People Environment Studies (IAPS), Environment and Behavior, Journal of Environmental Psychology, IAAP, Division 4: Environmental Psychology, Conservation psychology
“It was the most stimulating thing I have done for a long time”
Sarah Cudmore, MSc student
For further information about the MSc Environmental Psychology and to apply online for this programme