Dr Dimitrios Xenias - Associate Member of BRASS

Career Experience and Qualifications

Dimitrios' research areas cover social psychology and behavioural
research, using quantitative and qualitative methods, in experimental and field studies. Currently, he  focuses on behaviour change, sustainable travel, energy use and climate change communication.

Recent Publications

Xenias, D. & Whitmarsh, L. (in preparation). Upstreaming and the  effects of deliberation on public preferences for low-carbon transport options.

Xenias, D. & Whitmarsh, L. (forthcoming). Dimensions and determinants of  expert and public preferences for low-carbon transport policies and technologies.  Transportation Research Part A.

Corner, A., Whitmarsh, L., & Xenias, D. (2012). Uncertainty and  attitudes towards climate
change: biased assimilation but no polarisation. Climatic Change.

Greenland, K., Xenias, D. & Maio, G. (2012). Intergroup Anxiety From the  Self and Other: Evidence From Self-Report, Physiological Effects, and Real Interactions. European  Journal of Social Psychology, 42, 150-163.

Xenias, D. & Whitmarsh, L. (2011). Expert and public attitudes to sustainable transport options. Paper to be presented at the 9th Biennial Conference on Environmental Psychology, Eindhoven, the Netherlands (September 2011).

Whitmarsh, L., Corner, A. & Xenias, D. (2011). Responding to Climate Change Information: Biased Assimilation and Identity Protection. Paper to be presented at the 9th Biennial Conference on Environmental Psychology, Eindhoven, the Netherlands (September 2011).

Whitmarsh, L., Corner, A. & Xenias, D. (2011). Biased Assimilation, Identity Protection and Climate Change Communication. Paper to be presented at the BPS Social Psychology Section Annual Conference, Cambridge, UK (September 2011).

Xenias, D., Greenland, K. & Maio, G. (2011). An investigation on promotion focus intervention for intergroup  anxiety. Paper to be presented at the BPS Social Psychology Section Annual Conference, Cambridge, UK (September 2011).

Xenias, D. & Whitmarsh, L. (2011). Sustainable Transport: Expert and public views on policies and technologies. Poster presented at the 16th Gen. Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology (EASP), Stockholm, Sweden (July 2011).

Xenias, D. & Whitmarsh, L. (2011). Psychological aspects of behaviour change and climate change communication. Invited talk at the Northern Ireland Environment Link, Belfast, (March 2011).

Xenias, D. & Whitmarsh, L. (2010). Measuring support for sustainable transport policies and technologies. Paper presented at the BPS Social Psychology Section Annual Conference, Winchester, UK (September 2010).

Xenias, D., Greenland, K. & Maio, G. (2010). An investigation on promotion focus intervention for intergroup  anxiety. Paper presented at the BPS Social Psychology Section Annual Conference, Winchester, UK (September 2010).

Xenias, D., Greenland, K. & Maio, G. (2008). Psychophysiological correlates of  intergroup anxiety. Poster presented at the 15th General Meeting of the European Association of Experimental Social Psychology (EAESP), Opatija, Croatia (June 2008).

• Email: XeniasD@cardiff.ac.uk
  Telephone: +44(0)29 208 70714