Overview
My broad research interests concern factors that surround transformations to sustainable lifestyles, sustainable diets, as well as deliberative research methods.
My current research project focusses on cross-cultural visions of low-carbon futures in Brazil, China, and Sweden. Within the Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformation (CAST), theme 1, we are co-developing low-carbon visions in the four interest areas material consumption, diet, mobility, and thermal comfort in the three cultural contexts.
Biography
I joined Cardiff University as a Research Associate after completing my PhD at the University of Sheffield in which I investigated the effects of a meat reduction intervention in a workplace on employees’ pro-environmental behaviours at home. Using mixed methods approaches, my previous research centred around promoting sustainable lifestyles and behaviour change, with a particular focus on sustainable diets and identity.
Prior to my PhD, I completed a MSc in environmental psychology at the Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Germany, in 2015. During my postgraduate studies I worked as a research assistant with a focus on environmental psychology and behaviour change at the Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, the Institute of Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) in Potsdam, and a research consultancy in Berlin.
I completed my undergraduate degree in psychology at the University of Hamburg, Germany, in 2011. While completing my studies I worked as a student assistant in media psychology, media management, and market research at the University of Hamburg, the Hamburg Media School and in the private sector.
I was also a board member of the Psychology Initiative in Environmental Protection (IPU) in Germany, a Co-founder of the British Environmental Psychology Society, and an initiator of the Sustainability office at the Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg.
Publications
2022
- Verfuerth, C. and Sanderson Bellamy, A. 2022. Accessible Veg: A pilot project exploring the barriers and benefits to CSA memberships for food-insecure households. Project Report. Cardiff: Cardiff University.
- Isham, A., Verfuerth, C., Armstrong, A., Elf, P., Gatersleben, B. and Jackson, T. 2022. The problematic role of materialistic values in the pursuit of sustainable well-being. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19(6), article number: 3673. (10.3390/ijerph19063673)
2021
- Moore, B. et al. 2021. Transformations for climate change mitigation: A systematic review of terminology, concepts, and characteristics. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change 12(6), article number: e738. (10.1002/wcc.738)
- Cherry, C., Capstick, S., Demski, C., Mellier, C., Stone, L. and Verfuerth, C. 2021. Citizens' climate assemblies: Understanding public deliberation for climate policy.. Project Report. Cardiff: Cardiff University.
- Verfuerth, C., Gregory-Smith, D., Oates, C. J., Jones, C. R. and Alevizou, P. 2021. Reducing meat consumption at work and at home: facilitators and barriers that influence contextual spillover. Journal of Marketing Management 37(7-8), pp. 671-702. (10.1080/0267257X.2021.1888773)
2020
- Capstick, S., Demski, C., Cherry, C., Verfuerth, C. and Steentjes, K. 2020. Climate change citizens' assemblies: CAST briefing paper 03. CAST Briefing Paper.
2019
- Verfuerth, C., Henn, L. and Becker, S. 2019. Is it up to them? Individual leverages for sufficiency. GAiA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society 28(4), pp. 374-380. (10.14512/gaia.28.4.9)
- Verfuerth, C., Jones, C. R., Gregory-Smith, D. and Oates, C. 2019. Understanding contextual spillover: using identity process theory as a lens for analyzing behavioral responses to a workplace dietary choice intervention. Frontiers in Psychology 10, article number: 345. (10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00345)
2018
- Verfuerth, C. and Gregory-Smith, D. 2018. Spillover of pro-environmental behaviour. In: Wells, V. K., Gregory-Smith, D. and Manika, D. eds. Research Handbook on Employee Pro-Environmental Behaviour. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 455-484.
