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Empathy for Sustainability

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Building Empathy for the Environment

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Meet the Team

Julia Baird

Jessica Blythe

Jessica Blythe

Principal Investigator


I am keenly interested in how individuals’ mindsets act as an important leverage point for water sustainability. My research uses resilience – the ability to persist, adapt, and transform when needed to ensure long-term well-being of humans and ecosystems – as a lens for this work. The impact of my work on policy and

Principal Investigator


I am keenly interested in how individuals’ mindsets act as an important leverage point for water sustainability. My research uses resilience – the ability to persist, adapt, and transform when needed to ensure long-term well-being of humans and ecosystems – as a lens for this work. The impact of my work on policy and practice is important to me and I embrace opportunities to collaborate with organizations, agencies, and others to ground the research. 

Jessica Blythe

Jessica Blythe

Jessica Blythe

Collaborator


I am a sustainability scientist, with expertise in equitable ocean governance, climate change adaptation, and transformations to sustainability. My research is motivated by questions such as: How do communities experience and respond to environmental change? What explains their differential capacities for adaptation and transf

Collaborator


I am a sustainability scientist, with expertise in equitable ocean governance, climate change adaptation, and transformations to sustainability. My research is motivated by questions such as: How do communities experience and respond to environmental change? What explains their differential capacities for adaptation and transformation? What supports the transformations needed to achieve more equitable and sustainable societies? 

Gary Pickering

Jessica Blythe

Gary Pickering

Collaborator


As an environmental psychologist and food scientist, I am interested in understanding human perceptions and behavior around climate change mitigation, and how best to optimize interventions to promote pro-environmental behaviors, particularly those related to dietary choices. Our recent work has focused on the role of individu

Collaborator


As an environmental psychologist and food scientist, I am interested in understanding human perceptions and behavior around climate change mitigation, and how best to optimize interventions to promote pro-environmental behaviors, particularly those related to dietary choices. Our recent work has focused on the role of individual-level factors, including empathy and personality, in shaping our response to climate change 

Gillian Dale

Evalyna Bogdan

Gary Pickering

Research Fellow

  

As an environmental psychologist, I study the relationship between individual traits, such as personality or empathy, and how they impact our perceptions and actions towards the environment. Through a combination of cross-sectional studies and controlled experiments, we have identified several factors that shape our attit

Research Fellow

  

As an environmental psychologist, I study the relationship between individual traits, such as personality or empathy, and how they impact our perceptions and actions towards the environment. Through a combination of cross-sectional studies and controlled experiments, we have identified several factors that shape our attitudes and behaviors towards the planet. Currently, my focus is on exploring the effectiveness of using targeted interventions that leverage these psychological variations, with the aim of promoting a more sustainable mindset in individuals.

Zaara Momin

Evalyna Bogdan

Evalyna Bogdan

Graduate Student Researcher


 I'm a second-year master's student at Brock University, with an undergraduate background in Environmental Engineering. My research interest revolves around sustainable water resource management and the influence of psychological characteristics on the adoption of sustainable practices. I'm thrilled to be a part

Graduate Student Researcher


 I'm a second-year master's student at Brock University, with an undergraduate background in Environmental Engineering. My research interest revolves around sustainable water resource management and the influence of psychological characteristics on the adoption of sustainable practices. I'm thrilled to be a part of this project as it perfectly aligns with my research interests and contributes to an important field of study. 

Evalyna Bogdan

Evalyna Bogdan

Evalyna Bogdan

Collaborator


 Dr. Evalyna Bogdan is an environmental and disaster sociologist. She has studied and practiced at the intersection of society and environment, focusing on topics such as floods, fuels, food, and farming, around the world in the Netherlands, Namibia, New Zealand, and various parts of Canada. In the context of these topics, her

Collaborator


 Dr. Evalyna Bogdan is an environmental and disaster sociologist. She has studied and practiced at the intersection of society and environment, focusing on topics such as floods, fuels, food, and farming, around the world in the Netherlands, Namibia, New Zealand, and various parts of Canada. In the context of these topics, her focus has been on perceptions, policies, practices, power dynamics, and participation of stakeholders.  

Hannah Marlen lübker

Hannah Marlen lübker

Hannah Marlen lübker

PhD Candidate 


In my research I am using qualitative and arts-based methods to learn how empathy is conceptualized and practiced. I am especially interested in empathy extended to non-humans and the natural environment, and how the concept of empathy relates to human-nature connectedness, relationality and care.  I am collaborating with en

PhD Candidate 


In my research I am using qualitative and arts-based methods to learn how empathy is conceptualized and practiced. I am especially interested in empathy extended to non-humans and the natural environment, and how the concept of empathy relates to human-nature connectedness, relationality and care.  I am collaborating with environmental stewardship practitioners to seek out perspectives beyond academia. 

Elson Galang

Hannah Marlen lübker

Hannah Marlen lübker

PhD Candidate


I am a Ph.D. candidate at McGill University, exploring how collaborative visioning of environmental futures of social-ecological landscapes in Canada can result in outcomes such as empathy for nature, people, and future generations. My background includes research on participatory approaches for environmental management, soci

PhD Candidate


I am a Ph.D. candidate at McGill University, exploring how collaborative visioning of environmental futures of social-ecological landscapes in Canada can result in outcomes such as empathy for nature, people, and future generations. My background includes research on participatory approaches for environmental management, social dimension of ecosystem services, and the resilience of agroforestry systems.   

Jennifer Sze

Hannah Marlen lübker

Jennifer Sze

Digital Content and Knowledge Mobilization Manager


Community Partners

Corey Burant

Mike Kirkopoulos

Simon Mitchell

Niagara Parks Commission - Collaborator

Simon Mitchell

Mike Kirkopoulos

Simon Mitchell

Sustainability Practitioner  - Collaborator

Mike Kirkopoulos

Mike Kirkopoulos

Mike Kirkopoulos

Town of Lincoln - Collaborator

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