PROFILE

Wouter Poortinga, Ph.D., is professor of environmental psychology at the Welsh School of Architecture and the School of Psychology, Cardiff University; and associate director of the ESRC-funded Centre for Climate and Social Transformations (CAST). His research focuses on public engagement with climate change and sustainable lifestyles and behavior, with a core interest in the attitudinal and behavioral aspects of environmental policies. Within CAST, Wouter co-leads the theme that works with partners and public participants to accelerate low-carbon transformations through individual and community-level interventions.