2000: Held focus groups and various surveys to encapsulate the risk perception of transport generated air pollution among a high car-use town
1999 and 2000: Studied the impact of the Jubilee Line extension in London on the travel behaviour, place attachment and views on neighbourhood quality among local residents
2001: Investigated Walking buses and Croco cycles as safe walking and cycling routes to school, including a comprehensive review of local attitudes towards active travel in the school trip
Selected Papers and Presentations
Gatersleben, B. & Appleton, K. (2007) Contemplating cycling to work; attitudes and perceptions in different stages of change. Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice 41 (4) 302-312
Gatersleben, B. and Uzzell, D. (2004) Perceptions of car users and policy makers on the effectiveness and acceptability of car travel reduction measures: an attribution theory approach. In: Rothengatter, T. and Huguenin, R. (eds). Traffic and Transport Psychology; Theory and Practice, p 469-480
Gatersleben, B. (2004) The journey to work. Third International Conference on Traffic and Transport Psychology. ICTTP, Nottingham, 6-9 September 2004
Career
Qualifications
1998
PhD at University of Groningen, Netherlands
1994
MSc Social Psychology at the University of Leiden, Netherlands.
1989
Architecture, University of Delft, Netherlands.
2006 - present
Board Member and treasurer of International Association for People and their Physical Environment
2001 - present
Course Director of Modular MSc programme in Environmental Psychology
2008
Co-founder of Centre for Transport & Psychology
Employment history
2001 - present
Lecturer in Environmental Psychology, University of Surrey.
1998 - 2001
Post Doctoral Scholar, University of Surrey.
Dr Birgitta Gatersleben
Lecturer at the University of Surrey, specialising in Environmental Psychology and sustainable lifestyles. With over 10 years of experience, Birgitta has developed a range of interdisciplinary knowledge, including restorative environments, sustainable consumption and transport psychology.
Birgitta’s work focuses on the attitudes and perceptions of individuals in the scope of transport and travel, and the possibility of moving towards a modal shift. Her recent work has included research into the perceptions and symbolic aspects of commuting, the impact of the Jubilee Line extension, and investigations into the attitudes of people at different stages of change in cycling.
