Benjamin Armstrong is an MSc student at the University of Stirling studying Psychological Research Methods. He is interested in how worldviews and beliefs affect perspectives on climate change, particularly regarding religion and morality.
Benjamin’s work previously focused on the topic of veganism during his undergraduate dissertation. He examined explicit and implicit bias towards vegans, tested the effects on omnivores’ bias towards vegans after being judged for eating meat, and developed the Environmental-Evangelism Scale. He has also worked on research into prosopagnosia and currently works as a part-time research assistant on the 3DIL grant, investigating whether virtual reality can improve eyewitness accuracy.
He hopes to complete a PhD in climate psychology, with the goal of a career in research around climate psychology.