The CAST team brings together world-leading experts in social transformations and behavioural science who are committed to putting people at the heart of climate change action.
Our team is based across five UK institutions including the University of Bath (our centre hub), the University of Manchester, the University of East Anglia and Cardiff University, as well as the charity Climate Outreach.
Visit our CAST Careers Page for the latest opportunities to join the team.
Directors
Prof Lorraine Whitmarsh MBE
CAST Director & Theme 4 Co-lead
Dr Christina Demski
Deputy Director, Theme 1 Co-lead
Theme leads
Prof Wouter Poortinga
Theme 1 Co-lead
Prof Irene Lorenzoni
Theme 2 Co-lead
Dr Sarah Mander
Theme 2 Co-lead
Prof Carly McLachlan
Theme 3 Co-lead
Prof Olga Tregaskis
Theme 3 Co-lead
Prof Andy Jordan
Impact Fund Lead
Researchers & Co-Investigators
Dr Claire Hoolohan
Co-Investigator
Dr Briony Latter
Research Associate
Dr Chantal Sullivan-Thomsett
Senior Research Associate
Dr Francesca Tirotto
Research Associate
Dr Christopher Walsh
Post-Doctoral Researcher
Dr Mark Wilson
Research Associate
Dr Ruth Wood
Co-Investigator
PhD Researchers
Henry Amery
PhD Researcher
Sarah Barfield Marks
PhD Researcher
Harry Barton
PhD Researcher
Emelie Chard
PhD Researcher
Wasundara Doradeniya
PhD Researcher
Pete Dyson
PhD Researcher
Joel Gilbert
PhD Researcher
Kai Greenlees
PhD Researcher
Viki Harvey
PhD Researcher
Leilai Immel-Parkinson
PhD Researcher
Clara Kubler
PhD Researcher
Mahda Rashid
PhD Researcher
Faye Sanders
PhD Researcher
Alex Shaw
PhD Researcher
Louise Turner
PhD Researcher
Lisa Zhang
PhD Researcher
Centre staff
Yuliia Novikova
Centre Administrator
Katie Watson
Communications and Engagement Officer
Jen Wilkinson
Centre Manager
Bella Zanin
Knowledge Exchange Associate
CAST Affiliates
Dr Paul Bain
Reader (Associate Professor) in Psychology at the University of Bath
Dr Tim Braunholtz-Speight
Lecturer and Research Fellow at Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
Dr Stuart Capstick
Environmental social scientist, Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust
Daniel Carr
PhD Researcher
Dr Andrea Collins
Senior Lecturer at Cardiff University’s School of Geography and Planning
Dr Adam Corner
Researcher, strategist & writer specialising in public opinion on climate change
Harriet Dudley
Climate Resilience Consultant at Mott MacDonald
Dr Josh Ettinger
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication
Alfie Gaffney
Critical Decade for Climate Change Leverhulme Doctoral Scholar at the School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia (UEA), and Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research
Dr Lucas Geese
Research Fellow at the University of East Anglia
Prof Hilary Graham
Professor of Health Sciences, University of York
Dr James Graham
Senior Research Associate with the Science, Society and Sustainability (3S) research group and CAST, based at the Norwich Business School, University of East Anglia
Prof Conny Guell
Associate Professor (Reader) in Anthropology of Health and Environment at the University of Exeter's European Centre for Environment and Human Health
Dr Sam Hampton
Research Fellow at the University of Bath
Stefania Innocenti
Departmental Research Lecturer at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment at the University of Oxford.
Emma James
Researcher at Climate Outreach
Dr John Kenny
Senior Research Associate at the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research/School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia (UEA)
Dr Louise King
Research Associate in the Department of Psychology at the University of Bath
Prof Nicole Koenig-Lewis
Professor of Marketing at Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University
Kristin Konnyu
Lecturer in Implementation Science in the Aberdeen Centre for Evaluation (ACE), University of Aberdeen
Katharine Lee
Research Associate in the Department of Psychology at the University of Bath
Dr Susan Lee
Research Fellow within the Consumer Data Research Centre (CDRC) employed by Leeds University Business School
Dr Angela Mae Minas
Research Associate
Dr Duncan Maguire
Lecturer in organisational behaviour and sustainability at Norwich Business School
Dr Elizabeth Marks
Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Bath, a Clinical Psychologist and deputy director of the Bath Centre for Mindfulness and Community
Alice Mason
Research Fellow and Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Bath
Dr Kaloyan Mitev
Environmental psychologist and behavioural scientist
Dr Olaya Moldes Andrés
Lecturer in Marketing and Strategy at Cardiff Business School
Dr Brendan Moore
Postdoctoral researcher on transformative EU climate governance at the Institute for European Studies, Brussels School of Governance, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Dr Nick Nash
Research Fellow at University of Bath
Dr Charles Ogunbode
Assistant Professor in Applied Psychology at the University of Nottingham
Dr Lois Player
Doctoral Researcher in the Department of Psychology at the University of Bath
David Powell
Head of Programmes and Development at the Local Storytelling Exchange
Annayah Prosser
Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Marketing, Business and Society at the University of Bath's School of Management
Dr Katharine Steentjes
Lecturer in Psychology at Swansea University
Dr Jo Swaffield
Research Associate at Newcastle University
Sarah Toy BEng, MSs, CEng, MICE
Freelance consultant and Doctoral student in the Department of Psychology, University of Bath
Judith van de Wetering
Postdoctoral researcher at the Erasmus SYNC lab (Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands)
Dr Caroline Verfuerth
Lecturer at Cardiff University Business School
Dr Steve Westlake
Lecturer at University of Bath
Prof Rebecca Willis
Professor in Energy & Climate Governance at Lancaster Environment Centre
Prof Charlie Wilson
Professor of Energy and Climate Change at the Environmental Change Institute (ECI) in the School of Geography and the Environment at the University of Oxford
Jesse Wise
Doctoral Researcher specializing in sustainable mobility and organisational behaviour change in the Department of Psychology, University of Bath.
Dr Emily Wolstenholme
Postdoctoral Research Associate at Cardiff University
Dr Christoph Wu
Lecturer in Organizational Behaviour at the University of East Anglia