[CogSci] PhD in Human Behavior and Sustainability Sciences

[Coley, John]

Hello Cognitive Science Society!

I’m writing to let you know about a new PhD program in Human Behavior and Sustainability Sciences at Northeastern University:

Understanding the complex interrelations among geophysical systems, socio-ecological systems, and global environmental change processes is critically important for designing toward a more sustainable future. Understanding human behavior is also critically important for both illuminating the drivers of anthropogenic climate change, and in designing and executing feasible and effective solutions to ensure sustainability. Because an understanding of human cognitive processes, and the social and cultural contexts in which humans operate, is a necessary but often ignored component of successfully developing and deploying sustainability solutions, we have launched a PhD program that combines training in cognitive, behavioral, and social sciences with training in environmental, ecological, and sustainability sciences to produce boundary-breaking scholars who can accelerate sustainability solutions that are robustly informed by trans-disciplinary science.
The program is aimed at students with undergraduate and/or masters backgrounds in Psychology, Linguistics, Cognitive Science, Neuroscience, Ecology, Biology, Health Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Environmental Studies, and a wide variety of other backgrounds who are interested in obtaining skills in conducting interdisciplinary research in the psychology of sustainability, and who could go on to careers in academia, NGOs, government, and industry.

Please spread the word among potentially interested students. I would be more than happy to answer any questions they or you might have.

Cheers,

John Coley

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Black Lives Matter

John D. Coley, Ph.D. (he/him)
Professor of Psychology | Northeastern University | Boston MA, USA
Professor of Marine & Environmental Sciences | Northeastern University Marine Sciences Center | Nahant MA, USA

617.373.3548
j.coley at northeastern.edu<mailto:j.coley at northeastern.edu>
My Zoom Room<https://northeastern.zoom.us/my/j.coley>

Director, Conceptual Organization, Reasoning, and Education Laboratory (CORE Lab<https://corelab.sites.northeastern.edu/>)
Co-Director, Cognitive Laboratory of Environment and Arts Research (CLEAR<https://clear.northeastern.edu/>)
Co-Director, PhD Program in Human Behavior and Sustainability Sciences (HBSS<https://catalog.northeastern.edu/graduate/science/marine-environmental-sciences/human-behavior-sustainability-sciences-phd/>)



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