Dr Elizabeth Gabe-Thomas

Environmental Psychologist

Plymouth Marine Laboratory, UK

As an environmental psychologist, Lizzi uses psychological approaches to understand a) how the marine environment affects humans psychologically and b) human behaviour in order to help reduce our impact on the marine environment. Most of her work to date has focused on how personality, perceptions, values and social norms influence people’s attitudes and behaviour. She has previously worked on projects that focused on risk communication, risk taking behaviour and domestic energy consumption and is currently working on the health & well-being benefits of marine environments. She values interdisciplinary research and has previously collaborated with medics, environmental scientists, computer scientists, architects and engineers.