The First Summer School on Theories in Environmental Psychology.

We are proud to announce the First STEP: the First Summer school on
Theories in Environmental Psychology 2009, which will be held at the
University of Groningen, the Netherlands.
The aim of the summer school is to provide PhD students in environmental
psychology the opportunity to learn from leading scholars in the field,
and to meet and discuss their work with peers.

Students will actively participate in one of five theme sessions:

* Values, norms and environmental behavior
* Changing behavior via community approaches
* Strategies to reduce household energy-use
* Transport pricing
* Stress and the city – restorative environments

The summer school will be held from July 13-17, 2009. Those interested
may apply for the summer school by filling out the application form
available at the website http://www.rug.nl/psy/onderwijs/firststep/.

If you would like to apply for the summer school, please do so as soon
as possible. This will allow us to make the necessary arrangements in
time. Please note that the deadline for application is the 15th of
January, 2009, but we appreciate early applications.

We would like to ask you if you could forward this information to
colleagues and/or students that might be interested in participating in
the summer school. For more information about lecturers, workshop
themes, organizing committee, expenses and accommodation, please visit
our website: http://www.rug.nl/psy/onderwijs/firststep/.

If you have any further questions, please mail us at step2009@rug.nl
.

The organising committee would like to wish you all a happy Christmas
and all the best for 2009

Linda Steg
University of Groningen
Department of Psychology