Dr Caroline Verfuerth is a Research and Knowledge Exchange Associate at the Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformations (CAST) based at both Cardiff University and the University of Bath. Her research focuses on low-carbon lifestyles, sustainable diets and food systems, and visioning research methods. She is interested in the question “How can we create a low-carbon and biodiversity rich future that enhances people’s health & wellbeing?”.

Dr Christina Demski is a Reader at the Department of Psychology, University of Bath, and Deputy Director of the Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformations (CAST). Her research explores issues within risk perception and communication, specifically public engagement with complex socio-technical and environmental issues.

Dr Stuart Capstick is a Senior Research Fellow at Cardiff University and Deputy Director of the Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformations (CAST). Stuart researches public understanding of climate change and ways to engage people with the transformations needed to achieve emissions reduction.

Professor Lorraine Whitmarsh, MBE, is the director of the Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformations (CAST) and based at the Department of Psychology at the University of Bath. Her research projects have included studies of energy efficiency behaviours, waste reduction and carrier bag reuse, perceptions of smart technologies and electric vehicles, low-carbon lifestyles, and responses to climate change.

Professor Wouter Poortinga is co-director of the Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformations (CAST) and based at the School of Psychology at Cardiff University. He is an expert in research on human-environment interactions, and has research interests in a wide range of topics, including environmental risk perception, sustainable behaviours and lifestyles, and environmental determinants of health and wellbeing.