Lorraine Whitmarsh
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AlmamaterUniversity of Bath
University of Kent
University of Kent
Lorraine Whitmarsh | |
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 Whitmarsh in 2012 | |
| Alma mater | University of Bath University of Kent |
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| Thesis | A study of public understanding of and response to climate change in the south of England (2005) |
Lorraine Elisabeth Whitmarsh MBE is a British psychologist and environmental scientist at the University of Bath. She serves as Director of the Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformations. Her research considers how the public engage with climate change, energy and transport.
Whitmarsh was an undergraduate student at the University of Kent, where she studied theology and religious studies. As a graduate student, Whitmarsh studied psychology at the University of Bath. Her doctoral research considered the public understanding of climate change in Southern England.[1] She moved to the University of East Anglia as a research associate in 2005, where she spent four years.[citation needed]
