April Conference Session "Environmental Psychology: Pro-environmental Behaviour and Its Determinants" held by Environmental Psychology Research and Study Group

On April 15, 2021, Environmental Psychology Research and Study Group, HSE University, organized the session “Environmental Psychology: Pro-Environmental Behaviour and Its Determinants” in the framework of XXII April International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development.

At the session, cross-cultural studies on the determinants of pro-environmental behaviour, results of the research conducted in Russia, France and Kazakhstan, as well as the development of Russian scale of pro-environmental behaviour were discussed. 

Professor Elena Sautkina (School of Psychology, HSE University) presented a research jointly conducted in Russia and France with Barbara Bonnefoy (Université Paris Nanterre, France). Environmental Psychology Research Group members, PhD students Fatikha Agissova and Alexandra Ivanova presented the study carried out by the research group on the development of pro-environmental behavior scale in Russia. Professor Sofya Nartova-Bochaver (School of Psychology, HSE University) attended the session as a discussant.

The following research projects were presented at the session:

• B. Bonnefoy (Université Paris Nanterre), E. Sautkina (HSE University), S. Fomicheva (HSE University), M. Zamozhskaya (HSE University) 

On the self, well-being and pro-environmental behavior: a cross-cultural study in France and Russia 

• F. Agissova (HSE University), E. Sautkina (HSE University) 

Environmental attitudes and behavior in Kazakhstan: Understanding the effect of personal and political values 

• E. Sautkina (HSE University), A. Ivanova (HSE University) 

The determinants of pro-environmental behaviour in Russia 

• A. Ivanova (HSE University), N. Patrakova (HSE University), E. Sautkina (HSE University), F. Agissova (HSE University), V. Kabanova (HSE University), K. Ivande (HSE University) 

Development of the Russian scale of pro-ecological behavior 

This and other sessions of the conference can be viewed on the official YouTube channel of the April International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development.