Planetary Health

Planetary health requires us to interrogate our current way of living and being, at economic, social and political levels, for humanity to flourish within planetary boundaries and for us to effectively assess the social impact of climate change.

This perspective has various implications in terms of behavioural and societal change. For instance, researchers are studying topics ranging from how to change the way we eat, consume, and relate to animals (including plant-based food choices, food production and consumption), to the way we consider growth in contemporary societies through activism and utopianism.

Expertise and resources

Below you can find experts, research and media focussed on current and future challenges around planetary health.

Dr Fred Basso

Associate Professor

Dr Matteo M. Galizzi

Associate Professor

Dr Dario Krpan

Assistant Professor

Dr Kate Laffan

Assistant Professor

Dr Jens Madsen

Assistant Professor

Dr Ganga Shreedhar

Assistant Professor

Heidi Zamzow

PhD candidate

Banerjee, S., Galizzi, M.M., & Mourato, S. (2023). . Nature Sustainability, 6, 1632-1642.

Laffan, K., Lades, L.K., & Delaney, L. (2023). . Journal of Environmental Psychology, 89, 102045.

Basso, F., & Krpan, D. (2023). The Lancet Planetary Health, 7(2), e106-e108.

Prelez, J., Wang, F., & Shreedhar, G. (2023). . Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 192, 106904.

Zamzow, H., & Basso, F. (2022). . Front. Sustain. Food Syst. 6:997590.

Sabherwal, A., & Shreedhar, G. (2022). . Scientific Reports, 12(1), 1-8.

Banerjee, S., Galizzi, M.M., John, P., & Mourato, S. (2022). . Geography and Environment Discussion Paper Series (32).

Basso, F., & Krpan, D. (2022). . The Lancet Planetary Health, 6(3), e230-e242.

Krpan, D., & Basso, F. (2021). . Journal of Environmental Psychology, 74, 101586.

Shreedhar, G., & Galizzi, M.M. (2021). . Journal of Environmental Psychology, 78, 101710.

Krpan, D., & Houtsma, N. (2020). . Journal of Environmental Psychology, 67, 101391.

Shreedhar, G., & Mourato, S. (2019). . Ecological Economics, 158, 180-193.

Wang, F., & Basso, F. (2019). . Appetite, 138, 153-173.

Bacon, L., & Krpan, D. (2018). . Appetite, 125, 190-200.

杏吧论坛iQ podcast

How can we survive the next mass extinction? Sea levels are rising, carbon emissions are increasing and deforestation is continuing at an alarming rate. Human created climate change is drastically reshaping life on earth, with up to 75% of the diversity of the species on our planet on their way to becoming extinct. Dr Ganga Shreedhar speaks to Anna Bevan on the 杏吧论坛iQ podcast. Listen here.

杏吧论坛 event podcast recordings

Leveraging Moments of Change for Pro-Environmental Behavioural Transformation with Professor Lorraine Whitmarsh, 9 February 2022. Environmental psychologist Lorraine Whitmarsh shared the initial findings of her project on ‘moments of change’, including how this relates to net zero societal change and the COVID-19 pandemic. Listen to the podcast recording on 杏吧论坛 Player here.