University of Groningen
Bringing Community and Environment Together
Sloot, Daniel
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10.33612/diss.166147736
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Sloot, D. (2021). Bringing Community and Environment Together: the role of community environmental initiatives in sustainability transitions. University of Groningen. https://doi.org/10.33612/diss.166147736
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199 Daniel Sloot (1991) completed a Bachelor of Science degree in business psychology at Leuphana University, Germany (2014), during which he discovered his interests for social and environmental psychology. He combined both interests during a Master of Science programme in social and organisational psychology at the University of Exeter, UK (2015), that set him on a track as a researcher. During this programme, he fostered his passion for research on group dynamics and social identity and completed his master thesis on social norms and sustainable behaviour under the supervision of Dr Tim Kurz.
In 2015, he started a PhD in the environmental psychology group at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands, under the supervision of Prof Linda Steg and Dr Lise Jans. His research focused on the spread and effects of com-munity environmental initiatives within the sustainable energy transition. His theorising focused on the unique influence of group and community factors on people’s pro-environmental behaviour, next to factors of personal pro-en-vironmental motivation. In collaboration with the Dutch organisation Buur-kracht, he conducted extensive field research in numerous community energy initiatives across the Netherlands. He presented his research at international conferences, workshops, and in scientific journals. He also taught courses in statistics, gave guest lectures, and supervised several bachelor and master the-ses throughout his PhD.
Daniel currently works as a research associate at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in southern Germany, where he continues to pursue his research interests. In this new role, he applies environmental and social psychological theories and methods to issues revolving around sustainable energy systems and technologies. In particular, he is involved in a project investigating a novel type of demand response program and its potential to be accepted and adop-ted by consumers.
