Creating Innovative Sustainability Pathways - CRISP

CRISP seeks to identify potential pathways that will aid the EU towards the transition to a sustainable, low carbon Europe. To meet this challenge, CRISP reviews current policies and practical case studies to figure out where we are at the moment. We then plan to develop and evaluate alternative scenarios for the future so that we than can find ways in which we can bridge the gap between where we are today, and where specifically we want to be in the future. A key feature of CRISP is the involvement and participation with school pupils, as well as experts and individuals, companies and governments. We are funded by FP7, the European Union Framework 7 research programme and are a team of partners from Greece, Hungary, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway and UK. For more information: http://www.crisp-futures.eu/

Main project

This project is part of project "Acceptability of policy, technology and system changes".

Researchers and partners

Behavioural and Social Sciences, Psychology

• Leonie Venhoeven, Social Psychology
• Jan Willem Bolderdijk, Social Psychology
• Linda Steg, Social Psychology

Partners outside of the University of Groningen

• UNIVERSITY OF SURREY
• KOZEP-EUROPAI EGYETEM
• STATENS INSTITUTT FOR FORBRUKSFORSKNING
• KAUNO TECHNOLOGIJOS UNIVERSITETAS
• NEDERLANDSE ORGANISATIE VOOR TOEGEPAST NATUURWETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK - TNO
• Technological Educational Institute of Piraeus

Education

Courses connected to this project

• Master Environmental Psychology

Results

Publications

• Venhoeven, L.A., Bolderdijk, J.W., & Steg, L. (2013). Explaining the paradox: How pro-environmental behaviour can both thwart and foster well-being. Sustainability, 5, 1372-1386. doi:10.3390/su5041372.
• Venhoeven, L.A., Bolderdijk, J.W., & Steg, L. (2016). Why acting environmentally-friendly feels good: Exploring the role of self-image. Frontiers in Psychology, 7, 1846. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01846
• Venhoeven, L., Steg, L., & Bolderdijk, J.W. (2016). Can engagement in environmentally-friendly behavior increase well-being? In G. Fleury-Bahi, E. Pol, & O. Navarro (Eds.), Handbook of Environmental Psychology and quality of life research (pp. 229-237). Cham: Springer. DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-31416-7_13

Successful grant proposals and other achievements

• EU-FP7

University's focus areas

• Energy
• Sustainable Society