School of Earth and Environment

Georgios Zampas Georgios Zampas

Postgraduate Student

Telephone number: +44(0) 113 34 37966
Email address: ee09g2z@leeds.ac.uk
Room: 9.123

Biography

Biography

I am a PhD Candidate at the Sustainability Research Institute. My background is in Economics (BA in Economics from Athens University of Economics and Business) with an MSc in Business Mathematics (from Athens University of Economics and Business & University of Athens) with specialty in Operational Research and Mathematical Models of Production. I am also a current undergraduate student in Business Administration (University of Piraeus). Before my coming in Leeds I worked as a Research Associate for the Institute of Urban Environment and Human Resource in cooperation with Panteion University of Social and Political Science.

Project Details

Educating Children to Educate Their Parents. Information, Knowledge and Experience Diffusion within the Family for Pro-environmental Behaviour and Sustainable Lifestyles

Start Date: October 2009

Supervisors: Dr. Lucie Middlemiss and Dr. William Young

Project Description

In my PhD I focus on Environmental Education and how it can foster intergenerational communication and influence within the family, aiming at more sustainable lifestyles. In effect, I evaluate the capacity of environmental education interventions to lead to environmental change at home, investigating the factors that affect intergenerational communication and influence (e.g. educational, social, emotional) and having as an ulterior purpose the enhancement of children's and parents willingness to adopt pro-environmental behaviour.

Research Interests

  • Sustainable Consumption
  • Environmental Education
  • Consumer Behaviour
  • Households' Carbon Footprint