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Dr Caroline Verfuerth
Research Associate
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.
Publication
2024
- Cherry, C., Verfuerth, C. and Demski, C. 2024. Social visions for a low-carbon future. Project Report. [Online]. Cardiff Univesrity. Available at: https://cast.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/CAST-the-centre-for-climate-change-and-social-transformations-social-visions-for-a-low-carbon-future-report.pdf
2023
- Verfuerth, C., Jones, G. and Roberts, L. 2023. Workshops to discuss the future of tree planting with Welsh farmers. Welsh Government. Available at: https://www.gov.wales/workshops-discuss-future-tree-planting-welsh-farmers
- Verfuerth, C., Demski, C., Capstick, S., Whitmarsh, L. and Poortinga, W. 2023. A people-centred approach is needed to meet net zero goals. Journal of the British Academy 11(S4), pp. 97-124. (10.5871/jba/011s4.097)
- Mitev, K., Player, L., Verfuerth, C., Westlake, S. and Whitmarsh, L. 2023. The Implications of behavioural science for effective climate policy. Available at: https://www.theccc.org.uk/publication/the-implications-of-behavioural-science-for-effective-climate-policy-cast/
- Verfuerth, C., Sanderson Bellamy, A., Adlerova, B. and Dutton, A. 2023. Building relationships back into the food system: addressing food insecurity and food well-being. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 7, article number: 1218299. (10.3389/fsufs.2023.1218299)
- De vito, L., Wynne-Jones, S., Heins, E. and Verfuerth, C. 2023. Policy fellowship schemes as a vehicle for co-production - insights from Welsh Government fellowships. Available at: https://www.csap.cam.ac.uk/Research-Policy-Engagement/working-paper-series/working-paper-series/
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.
Articles
- Verfuerth, C., Demski, C., Capstick, S., Whitmarsh, L. and Poortinga, W. 2023. A people-centred approach is needed to meet net zero goals. Journal of the British Academy 11(S4), pp. 97-124. (10.5871/jba/011s4.097)
- Verfuerth, C., Sanderson Bellamy, A., Adlerova, B. and Dutton, A. 2023. Building relationships back into the food system: addressing food insecurity and food well-being. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 7, article number: 1218299. (10.3389/fsufs.2023.1218299)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
Book sections
- 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.
Monographs
- Cherry, C., Verfuerth, C. and Demski, C. 2024. Social visions for a low-carbon future. Project Report. [Online]. Cardiff Univesrity. Available at: https://cast.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/CAST-the-centre-for-climate-change-and-social-transformations-social-visions-for-a-low-carbon-future-report.pdf
- Verfuerth, C., Jones, G. and Roberts, L. 2023. Workshops to discuss the future of tree planting with Welsh farmers. Welsh Government. Available at: https://www.gov.wales/workshops-discuss-future-tree-planting-welsh-farmers
- Mitev, K., Player, L., Verfuerth, C., Westlake, S. and Whitmarsh, L. 2023. The Implications of behavioural science for effective climate policy. Available at: https://www.theccc.org.uk/publication/the-implications-of-behavioural-science-for-effective-climate-policy-cast/
- De vito, L., Wynne-Jones, S., Heins, E. and Verfuerth, C. 2023. Policy fellowship schemes as a vehicle for co-production - insights from Welsh Government fellowships. Available at: https://www.csap.cam.ac.uk/Research-Policy-Engagement/working-paper-series/working-paper-series/
- 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.
- 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.
- Capstick, S., Demski, C., Cherry, C., Verfuerth, C. and Steentjes, K. 2020. Climate change citizens' assemblies: CAST briefing paper 03. CAST Briefing Paper.
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.
