The Lab Director, Robert Gifford...

...is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, the Canadian Psychological Association, and the Association for Psychological Science, and the recipient of Career Awards from the Environmental Design Research Association and Division 34 of the American Psychological Association. He is the author of over 130 refereed publications and book chapters on environmental psychology, nonverbal behaviour, and the multiple influences of personality, social, and environmental factors on human behaviour and attitudes. He is also the author of five editions of the textbook Environmental Psychology: Principles and Practice (2014) and edited the 2016 book Research Methods for Environmental Psychology. Dr. Gifford was the chief editor of the Journal of Environmental Psychology from 2004 until 2016, has served as President of APA’s Division 34, President of the Environmental Psychology division of the International Association of Applied Psychology, and Coordinator of CPA’s environmental section. He is the founding director of UVic’s minor in the Human Dimensions of Climate Change and an author of APA’s 2008 task force report on climate change.