Prof. Jiaying Zhao, PhD

Associate Professor

Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Science

Dept. of Psychology, Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability

Vancouver Campus

Fields

Environment, Natural Resource Economics, Social / Personality, Sustainability

Contact Information

Chosen name and pronouns:

Jiaying Zhao (She/Her/Hers)

jiayingz@psych.ubc.ca

Tel: 609-865-4765

http://zhaolab.psych.ubc.ca/

Alternate Contact

Erik Rolfsen

Senior Media Relations Specialist

Tel: 604.822.2644

Cell: 604.209.3048

Email: erik.rolfsen@ubc.ca

Expertise

Poverty, sustainability, psychology, cognition, decision making, judgment, perception, attention, learning, sustainable development,

In the Media

Health Matters: The pursuit of happy climate action – Vancouver Sun, 2023

• How to talk to people about climate change
• ‘Individual action matters’: climate communicators need to give useful advice, researcher says
• The fear of losing it all
• ‘We can do a lot better’: Metro Vancouver recycling, composting rate stalls at 63%
• Donation bin-related deaths prompt manufacturer to stop production
• Online game trains players how to sort waste correctly
• Making bins more convenient boosts recycling and composting rates
• Self-worth boosts ability to overcome poverty
• Poverty impairs cognitive function