Nick Pidgeon
professor
Social & environmental psychology
University of Wales Cardiff
United Kingdom
Biography
He is Professor of Environmental Psychology and Director of the Understanding Risk Research Group within the School. He works on risk, risk perception, and risk communication and as such my research is interdisciplinary at the interface of social psychology, environmental sciences and geography, and science and technology studies.He is currently researching public responses to energy technologies, climate change risks, nanotechnologies and climate geoengineering.
Research Interest
energy technologies, climate change risks, nanotechnologies and climate geoengineering.
Publications
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Thomas M, Pidgeon N, Evensen D, Partridge T, Hasell A, Enders C, Herr Harthorn B, Bradshaw M. Public perceptions of hydraulic fracturing for shale gas and oil in the United States and Canada. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change. 2017 May 1;8(3).
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Groves C, Henwood K, Shirani F, Thomas G, Pidgeon N. Why mundane energy use matters: Energy biographies, attachment and identity. Energy Research & Social Science. 2017 Aug 1;30:71-81.
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Demski C, Evensen D, Pidgeon N, Spence A. Public prioritisation of energy affordability in the UK. Energy Policy. 2017 Nov 30;110:404-9.
