Maria Lewicka
Maria Lewicka is a professor of social and environmental psychology at the Institute of Psychology, Nicolaus University in Toruń. Initially her research interests were in cognitive psychology (human rationality, cognitive biases and errors), currently they are in social and environmental psychology. At present her studies concern: (1) Place attachment and place identity; (2) Theories of place, place meaning, and their implications for people’s attitudes and behaviors; (3) Collective memory of places in Central-Eastern Europe, with particular focus on Poland, Ukraine, and Lithuania. Her book Psychologia miejsca (Psychology of place) published in 2012 initiated research in people-place relations in Poland. In 2023 she was awarded the FNP (Foundation for Polish Science) Prize for her research on place attachment and place memory. The FNP Prize is awarded for significant advancements and scientific discoveries that shift cognitive boundaries and open new perspectives for research.
John Thøgersen
John Thøgersen is professor of economic psychology at Aarhus University, Department of Management, where he coordinates the Marketing and Sustainability Research Group. He is also connected to MAPP – Centre for research on customer relations in the food sector. His research focuses on consumer willingness to reduce their climate footprint, responses to “true” prices on food and eco- and climate labelling, “spillover” of pro-environmental behavior and the establishment of sustainable lifestyles, besides drivers and impediments for energy renovation and for buying organic food. He has published extensively on sustainable consumption in top journals, edited volumes, and recently a monograph on Edward Elgar. He is a Fellow of IAAP, editor of Journal of Consumer Policy, published by Springer-Nature, and member of several editorial boards, including Journal of Environmental Psychology. He was chair of the ICEP conference in Aarhus in 2023.
