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| Why do you want to join the STRN network? | I am a social psychologist who has researched the nexus between environmental changes and human behaviour. Recently, I have begun exploring sustainability transitions and how best behaviour modification models can be adapted to aid sustainable living among communities. These sustainable lifestyles include eating behaviour, plastic recycling and a wide range of other pro environmental behaviors. I want to join the STRN because I believe it is a platform that offers me the right exposure to a network of researchers in the same fields as I am and also because I believe the STRN is well situated to provide answers to the environmental challenges of our times. I am hopeful that I will be able to partner with researchers across disciplines and harness our vast abilities to put STRN on the frontiers of research and policy in sustainability science as well as develop and improve myself. |
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| Position | Research Fellow |
| Website | https://researchportal.port.ac.uk/en/persons/steven-kator-iorfa |
| Short Bio | Steven is a PhD research student with the University of Portsmouth where he researches sustainable food behaviours across the UK food systems. He also teaches health psychology, business planning and organisational behaviour modules with the University. Besides his research and teaching, Steven also works as a research associate with Revolution Plastics and the Global Plastic Policy Centre at the University of Portsmouth. His research is focused primarily on getting individuals, businesses and governments to smoothly transition into more sustainable food production and consumption practices. With a background in Psychology, he uses the Behaviour Change Wheel as a model to explore the psychological drivers of and barriers to sustainable food behaviours, and also to outline the nexus between research, policy and practice for actors in the UK food system. Steven’s other research interests revolve around the links between climate change, human wellbeing/thriving, trauma, substance use and value for life. He has published extensively in these areas and also serves as an associate editor for three reputable journals and as peer reviewer for over twenty journals. He is passionate about Black representation in scientific research and academia and so volunteers with the Society of Black Academics as a Projects and Events Manager, and also with the African Researchers’ Network as Associate Director of Publicity. |
| City / Location | Portsmouth |
| Country | United Kingdom |
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