The TARG:ET Team
TARG:ET comprises an interdisciplinary group of researchers with interests in the social acceptance of energy supply- and demand-side technologies. We are principally based in the School of Psychology, Sport and Health Sciences at the University of Portsmouth, UK.
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Lead of TARG:ET and Professor of Environmental Psychology
A social and environmental psychologist by training, Chris now has over 17 years of research experience investigating societal perceptions and acceptance of different energy technologies.
Associate Professor of Health Psychology
An associate professor of health psychology, Daphne applies her understanding of behaviour change to studying the health-environment interface, and end-user acceptance of new technologies.
Senior Lecturer in Social Psychology
An experimental social psychologist by training, Ana applies her expertise in judgement and decision making to study people's attitudes and perceptions of new technologies.
Senior Research Associate
FEVER Project
Dr Taalia Nadeem
Taalia specialises in understanding user needs and public perspectives of emerging technologies, with expertise in qualitative and participatory research methods.
Senior Research Fellow
UK-HyRES Project
Dr Louisa Wood
Trained as an environmental scientist, Louisa is a transdisciplinary researcher that uses social science to understand attitudes and behaviours relating to natural resource management.
Postgraduate Researcher
Portsmouth Water Project
Rebecca Gale
Rebecca is working on a project to understand water use behaviour among university students living in student accommodation. She is funded by Portsmouth Water
Postgraduate Researcher
UK-HyRES Project
Jing (Eric) Gui
Eric's PhD focuses on how the multi-level perspective (MLP) framework applies to the social acceptance of hydrogen vehicles. He is funded by the University of Portsmouth and is affiliated with the UK-HyRES project.
Postgraduate Researcher
UK-HyRES Project
Chaewon (Michelle) Kim
Michelle's project focuses on the factors shaping the emergence of hydrogen spot trading markets & the spot price index. She is funded by the University of Portsmouth and is affiliated with the UK-HyRES project.
Postgraduate Researcher
FEVER Project
Tarokh Bahrdo
Tarokh is a PGR in Economics at the University of Surrey. His project aims to assess the economics or EV charging, including the viability of the FEVER project EV charging concept.
University of Portsmouth Affiliates
While based in the School of Psychology, Sport and Health Sciences, TARG:ET is linked to other parts of the University of Portsmouth through PGR supervision and research collaboration. The following people are prominent institutional affiliates of TARG:ET.
Professor of Environmental Science in the School of the Environment, Geography and Geosciences
Co-supervisor of Mike Wood (PGR, Geological Nuclear Waste Disposal Project)
Associate Professor of Geography in the School of the Environment, Geography and Geosciences
Lead Supervisor of Rebecca Gale (PGR, Portsmouth Water Project)
Senior Lecturer in Geography in the School of the Environment, Geography and Geosciences
Co-supervisor of Rebecca Gale (PGR, Portsmouth Water Project)
Senior Lecturer in Sustainability and the Built Environment in the School of Civil Engineering & Surveying
Co-supervisor of forthcoming PGRs on UK-HyRES project
Professor of Global Environmental Solutions and founding director of the Centre for Environmental and Renewable Energy Solutions (CERES).
Affiliate Members
TARG:ET is linked to Universities and Research Institutes across the world. The following people are key national and international affiliates of the group.
Prof. Dr. Roh-Pin Lee
Brandenburg University of Technology, Cottbus-Senftenberg, Germany
Prof. Lee is the chair of 'Decarbonisation and Transformation of Industry' and expert in circular carbon economy transitions.
Dr Herman Elgueta
Universidad de Magallanes, Chile
Dr Elgueta is an Assistant Professor of Psychology with expertise in attitudes, risk perception, psychometrics and statistical modelling.
Dr Mitchell Scovell
CSIRO, Australia
Dr Scovell is a research scientist with interests in the psychosocial factors that influencing public perceptions of energy technologies and natural disasters.
Dr Christian Oltra
CIEMAT, Spain
Dr Oltra is a Senior Researcher in the Socio-technical Research Centre (CISOT) at CIEMAT. His research includes the study of social perceptions of environmental and technological risk and the acceptance of energy technologies, infrastructures and applications.
Dr Mona Chitnis
University of Surrey, UK
Dr Mona Chitnis is an expert in energy economics with a focus on consumers and energy modelling. She is a key member of the socio-economic studies package of the FEVER project.