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 ORCID ID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2237-8851


 Biography

 Liuna Geng is a Professor at Nanjing University in China. She received her PhD in Psychology from Beijing Normal University, China, in 2004 and served as a visiting scholar at Harvard University in 2008-2009 academic year. Her research consistently centers on the nexus of social psychology, environmental issues, and sociology. Specifically, she investigates the influence of cognitive, affective, and social processes on environmental behaviors and explores strategies to promote sustainable actions.Her research ranges across environmental topics, from climate change, to the Links of human-nature relationships, to low-carbon consumption, to energy conservation, and green travel, among others. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach, Dr. Geng collaborates with scholars from diverse fields. Furthermore, she actively engages with policymakers in the environmental sector, bring insights from behavioral science into their work.Dr. Geng’s research has been published in a variety of quality journals  surrounding  environmental  psychology  and  social  psychology, such  as  Journal  of Environmental  Psychology,  Environment  and  Behavior,  Sustainable  Development,  Journal of Environmental Management, Social Indicators research,Energy Policy.etc. Currently,Dr. Geng is the associate editor of the Journal of Environmental Psychology. She is also a member of the Editorial Committee of the Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, as well as a member of the Editorial Committee of “Psychological:Technology & Applications”[in Chinese]


Address:

 School of Social and Behavior Sciences

 310 Heren Hall

 Nanjing University

168 Xinlin Street

 Qixia District, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210046, China.

Office Phone: +86-25-89680958-310

 E-mail: gengliuna@nju.edu.cn

 Professional Affiliations:

  •  Chinese Association of Social Psychology(elected Vice President of Division for

Ecological and Environment, 2018-2026;elected President of Division for Young  scholars of social psychology, 2014-2022) , DeputySecretary-general(2014-2016),elected to Fellow in 2018.

  •  Chinese Association of psychology, member since 2001

  •  Chinese Association of Sociology(elected Vice President of Division for Social Psychology in 2022), member since 2018.

  •  Jiangsu Society of Social Psychology, China.(elected President of Division forYoung scholars of social psychology, 2018-) member since 2014, elected to Fellow in 2014, elected to Vice President in 2019.

  •  Jiangsu Society of Psychology, China. member since 2011, elected to Fellow in 2011.

  •  Senior Research Fellow, Zijin Think Tank, Jiangsu, China 2016-2022

 Editorial Activities:

 Associate Editor, Journal of Environmental Psychology, 2023-

 Editorial Board Member, Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, 2020-

 Editorial Board Member, Psychology:Techniques & Applications(in Chinese), 2016-

 Executive editor, Social Psychology Research [2015(4)]

 Ad-hoc Reviewer

 National Social Science Foundation; Ministry of Education Foundation; Key research  base  of Ministry  of Education; National  Post-doctor Foundation; National  Doctor  thesis; National Master thesis; Journal of Environmental Psychology, Environment  and  Behavior,  Energy  Policy,  Journal  of Environment  Management,  Journal  of Environmental  Planning  and  Management,   Environmental  Education  Research, Contemporary Educational Psychology , Journal  of Consumer  Behavior,  Urban  Forestry  &   Urban  Greening,  Journal  of Cleaner Production,Sustainable Development.

 Selected Grants and Awards

 Principal Investigator. (2018-2022). Social emotions and risk warning caused by haze. National Social Science Foundation.Award number: 18BSH22

 Principal Investigator.(2011-2016).Study on the stigma of AIDS among drug abusers. National Social Science Foundation, Award number: 11CSH045

 Principal  Investigator.(2010-2013).  Network public  opinion:  implicit  and  explicit aspect. Ministry of Education Foundation, Award number:10YJCXLX009

 Principal  Investigator.(2016-2017).   The   willingness   of  enterprises   to   meet   the emission  standards  and  its  influencing factors.  Environmental  planning institute of Ministry of environmental protection, Award number:2017A097

 Principal Investigator.(2015-2016). Systematic and coordinated analysis for the public intuitive   perceptions    and    environmental    protection    goals    &     tasks. Environmental  planning  institute  of  Ministry  of  environmental  protection, Award number:2015A112

 Principal  Investigator.(2015-2019).  Social  mentality  in  the  transition  era:  take environmental  social  mentality   as   an   example.   Key   research   base   of philosophy  and  social  science  of  Jiangsu  universities  (sub-project).  Award number:2015JDXM003

 Principal  Investigator.(2023-2024).Research  on   Climate   Change  Action  from  the Perspective  of Environmental  Risk.  The  Foundation  of  Jiangsu  Provincial Department of Education.Award number:SJZT202310

 Principal Investigator.(2020-2023). Social governance of environmental risks. Liberal Arts  youth  interdisciplinary  team  project  of  Nanjing  University.  Awardnumber:010914370122

 Publications:

 International Peer-reviewed Journal Articles (Selection)

 (Note: “*” denotes the corresponding author)

 Dong, X. & Geng,L.*(2023) Nature deficit and mental health among adolescents: A perspectives of conservation of resources theory. Journal ofEnvironmental   Psychology,87, 101995. https://doi.org/10. 1016/j.jenvp.2023.101995

 Wang, C., Geng, L.* & Rodríguez Casallas, J. D. (2022) Mindfulness to Climate

 Change Inaction: The Role of Awe, “Dragons of Inaction” Psychological

 Barriers and Nature Connectedness. Journal ofEnvironmental Psychology, 84, 101912. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2022.101912

 Dong, X. Geng, L. *& Rodríguez Casallas, J. D. (2022): How is cognitive reappraisal related to adolescents'willingness to act on mitigating climate change? Themediating role of climate change risk perception and believed usefulness of actions, Environmental Education Research.

 https://doi.org/10.1080/13504622.2022.2120188

 Dong, X. & Geng, L.* (2022)The role of mindfulness and meaning in life inadolescents ’ dispositional awe and life satisfaction: the broaden-and-build theory perspective.Current Psychology.

 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-022-03924-z

 Wang, C.& Geng, L.*& Rodríguez Casallas, J. D. (2023).The Role of Nature-Deficit Disorder in the Associations between Mobile Phone Overuse and Well-Being and Mindfulness. Current Psychology.

 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-01453-9

 Yang,  X.  &  Geng,  L.*(2022)  An  Integrated  Analysis  of  Social,  Economic,  and Environmental  Indicators ’ Effects  on  Public  Health  and  Health  Inequality Globally: From the Perspective of Vulnerability. Social Indicators Research, 162, 1261- 1279. https://doi.org/10. 1007/s11205-022-02877-x

 Wang, C.& Geng, L.*, Rodríguez Casallas, J. D. (2021).How and when higher climate  change  risk  perception  promotes  less  climate  change  inaction.  Journal  of cleaner production, 321, 128952. https://doi.org/10. 1016/j.jclepro.2021.128952

 Yang, X., Geng, L.* & Zhou, K. (2021).The construction and examination of social vulnerability and its effects on PM2.5 globally: combining spatial econometric modeling and geographically weighted regression. Environmental Science and Pollution  Research, 28(21),26732-26746. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-12508-6

 Rodríguez-Casallas,  J.  D.,  Luo, W.  &  Geng,  L*.(2020)  Measuring  Environmental Concern   Through   International    Surveys:   A    Study    of   Cross-Cultural Equivalence with Item Response Theory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis. Journal   of  environmental  Psychology,  71, 101494. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2020.101494.

 Wu, Z.,  Geng,  L.*  (2020).  Traveling  in  haze:  How  air  pollution  inhibits  tourists' pro-environmental     behavioral      intentions,  Science of  the      Total Environment, 707(10), 1– 11. https://doi.org/10. 1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135569.

 Yang, X., Geng, L.* & Zhou, K. (2020). Environmental pollution, income growth, and  subjective  well-being:  regional   and  individual  evidence   from  China, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 27, 34211–34222.https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-020-09678-0

 Wu, Z. Chen, Y., Geng, L.* Zhou, L. & Zhou K. (2020). Greening in nostalgia? How nostalgic    travelling     enhances    tourists ’    pro-environmental     behaviour. Sustainable Development,28,634-645. https://doi.org/10. 1002/sd.2014

 Geng, L.*,  Chen, Y., Ye,  L.  Zhou,  K.  &  Chen, Y.  (2019).  How  to  predict  future pro-environmental   intention?   The    spillover    effect   of   electricity-saving behavior  under  environmental  and  monetary  framing.  Journal  of cleaner production, 233, 1029- 1037. https://doi.org/10. 1016/j.jclepro.2019.06.088

 Geng, L. *, Wu, Z., Zhang, S. & Zhou, K. (2019). The end effect in air pollution: The role  of perceived  difference.  Journal  of Environmental  Management,  232, 413–420. https://doi.org/10. 1016/j.jenvman.2018.11.056

 Liu,T.,  Geng,  L.   *,  Ye,  L.  &  Zhou,  K.  (2019).  “Mother  Nature”  enhances  connectedness   to   nature    and   pro-environmental    behavior.   Journal   of Environmental       Psychology,     61,     37–45.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2018.12.003

 Wang. J., Geng, L.*, Schultz, P. W. & Zhou, K . (2019). Mindfulness Increases the Belief in Climate Change: The Mediating Role of Connectedness with Nature. Environment   &  Behavior,     51,    3–23. https://doi.org/10.1177/0013916517738036

 Geng, L*. Liu, T., Zhou, K. & Yang, G. (2018). Can power affect environmental risk attitude      toward       nuclear       energy.       Energy      Policy,       113,87–93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2017.10.051

 Tang, Y., Geng, L.*, Schultz, P. W*. Zhou, K. & Xiang P. (2017). The Effects of Mindful   Learning   on   Pro-environmental   Behavior:   A    Self-expansion Perspective.          Consciousness          and          Cognition,          51, 140– 148. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2017.03.005

 Jiang, T., Geng, L.*, Tang, Y. & Ye, L. (2016). The implicit sociometer effect and the  moderating   role   of   relational    self-construal.   Scandinavian   Journal    of Psychology, 57, 601–606. https://doi.org/10. 1111/sjop.12330

 Wang, X., Geng, L.*,Zhou, K., Ye,L., Ma, Y. & Zhang, S. (2016). Mindful learningcan   promote   connectedness   to   nature:   Implicit   and   explicit   evidence. Consciousness and   Cognition,   44,  1–7. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2016.06.006

 Wang, X., Geng, L.*, Qin, J. & Yao. S. (2016). The potential relationship between spicy taste and risk seeking. Judgement and Decision Making, 11, 547–553.

 Geng,  L.*,  Cheng,  X.,  Tang,  Z.,  Zhou,  K.,  &  Ye,  L.  (2016).  Can  Previous Pro-Environmental     Behaviours     Influence     Subsequent     Environmental Behaviours? The Licensing Effect of Pro-Environmental Behaviours. Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology, 10 , 1–9. https://doi.org/10. 1017/prp.2016.6

 Geng, L.*, Xiang, P., Yang, J. Shen, H. & Sang, Z. (2016). Association between hair cortisol  concentration  and  perceived  stress  in  female  methamphetamine addicts.      Journal       of      Psychosomatic       Research,       91,       82–86. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2016.10.011

 Geng,  L.*,  Zhang,  L.,  &  Zhang,  D.(2011)  Improving  spatial  abilities  through  mindfulness: Effects on the mental rotation task. Consciousness and Cognition, 2, 801–806. https://doi.org/10. 1016/j.concog.2011.02.004

 Selected Invited and Keynote Addresses:

 Chinese Society of Social Psychology.(2023).The First China Social psychology

 Construction Summit Forum. Keynote Speaker.Social psychology Research

Path of Harmonious Coexistence between Human and

 Nature.Guangzhou,Guangdong, PRC.

 Frontier Forum of Social Psychology(2023). Keynote Speaker, Perception and Response to Heat Waves, Shaoxing, Zhejiang, PRC.

 Southwest University. (2022). Invited colloquium, Personality and Social Psychology Lecture Series. Dealing with Climate Change with "Heart ". Chongqing, PRC.

 Central University of Finance and Economics. (2022). Department of Psychology,

 Invited colloquium.Looking at  psychology and society through haze. Beijing, PRC.

 China Forestry University. (2022). Department of Psychology, Invited

 colloquium.Perception and Action on Global Warming. Beijing, PRC

 Chinese Social Society.(2021).Social Psychology Division. Keynote Speaker.Social psychology Research Path of Climate Change. Tianjing, PRC.

 International Sustainable Development Research Society Conference (2019).

 Organizing Committee Member, Workshop Co-Chair and invited speaker.

 Workshop title:environmental attitude; Invited talk title:Air pollution inhibits     tourists’ pro-environmental behavior: the role of anxiety and tourism nostalgia, Nanjing, PRC.

 The 11th Cross Strait Psychologist Academic conference(2019).Organizing Committee Member, Forum chair and invited speaker. Forum title:New Era  and China Environmental Issues.Invited talk title:mindful and pro-environment, Nanjing, PRC.

 Chinese Society of Social Psychology.(2019). Ecological and Environmental

 Psychology Forum. Invited Address.Social psychology Research Path of Climate Change. Changchun, Jilin, PRC.

 Hohai University (2018). Department of Psychology, Invited colloquium.Separation of attitudes and behaviors towards environmental protection. Nanjing, PRC

 Chinese Society of Social Psychology.(2018). Ecological and Environmental

 Psychology Forum Co-chair and Invited Address. Forum title:New Era and China Environmental Issues. Invited talk title:More Air Pollution is preferred to less? The Perceived Difference Matters, Kunming, Yunnan, PRC.

 Teaching interests:

 Health,  Environment,  and  Society;  Methods  for  Social  Investigation;  Introductory Psychology;  Research  Methods  in  Psychology;  Experimental  Psychology;  Health Psychology; Human Resources, etc.






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