Dr Olaya Moldes Andrés

Dr Olaya Moldes Andrés is a Lecturer in Marketing and Strategy at Cardiff Business School. She holds a PhD in Social Psychology from the University of Sussex, an MRes in Research Methods in Psychology, an MSc in Management and Entrepreneurship,…

Dr Stuart Capstick

Dr Stuart Capstick is an environmental social scientist whose research and interests focus on the role of the wider public in tackling the climate and nature emergency. He was based at Cardiff University from 2008-2023, where he worked on a…

Dr Katharine Steentjes

Dr Katharine Steentjes was CAST Co-ordinator based at Cardiff University and mainly responsible for designing and delivering project 1.4 under Theme 1, which entailed multi-wave, multi-country surveys on public perceptions of climate change with a special focus on the Centre’s…

Dr Lois Player

Lois Player is a Doctoral Researcher in the Department of Psychology at the University of Bath. Her PhD research explores the public acceptability of climate transport policies, and she routinely collaborates with local policymakers to help them design fair, effective…

Dr Kaloyan Mitev

Dr Kaloyan Mitev is an environmental psychologist and a behavioural scientist. He currently works at the Competence Centre for Behavioural Insights, EU Policy Lab, at the Joint Research Centre, EU Commission. His work is focused in the areas of climate change,…

Katharine Lee

Katharine Lee is a Research Associate in the Department of Psychology at the University of Bath. Her doctoral research explored adolescents’ understandings of and responses to climate change. Following this, she won an ESRC one-year postdoctoral fellowship to further expand…

Dr Caroline Verfuerth

Dr Caroline Verfuerth is a lecturer at Cardiff University Business School and her research is focused on creating a climate-friendly, healthier, and fairer food system. She joined Cardiff Business School in 2024 after working as a Research and Knowledge Exchange…

Dr Steve Westlake

Dr Steve Westlake is a Research Fellow at Cardiff University. He was formerly a Knowledge Exchange Associate for CAST, and has worked in the Climate Change Committee secretariat. Steve’s research explores how leading by example with high-impact pro-environmental behaviour influences the…

Dr Jo Swaffield

Dr Jo Swaffield’s current research at Newcastle University focuses on the acceptance, adoption and effectiveness of sustainable technologies. She is working on three projects that explore these areas with a focus on water and energy use in the home. This…

Dr James Graham

Dr James Graham is a Senior Research Associate with the Science, Society and Sustainability (3S) research group and CAST, based at the Norwich Business School, University of East Anglia. His research has moved from a background in green technology and policy to a thesis…