Professor Environmental Psychology

Lorraine works for the University of Bath to understand what people think and are doing about climate change.

She uses questionnaires and interviews to gather views and also experiments to test how to change behaviours. For instance, testing ways to get people to eat less red meat.

Lorraine then tells decision-makers what she’s found so they can create better policies.

Job insight

Earning: £50,000 – £100,000

Workplace: Lorraine collects data online and works with other researchers, but also politicians, civil servants, business charities, community groups and members of the public.

Best part? “Discovering new things about what people think and do.”

Lorraine’s Career Path

Lorraine’s top career tip: “Think about what makes you happy, and how you can make the world a better place – if there’s something that does both, do it!“

To get a job in research or influencing policies like Lorraine, after school you could try:

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Discover your top strengths

Go to WISE “My Skills My Life” and take the personality quiz.

It’s just 15 quick questions and you can see how you match up to Lorraine’s strength’s below.

Lorraine’s personality strengths:

Investigator

Influencer

Trainer

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