Professor Kelly Fielding
Professor

Kelly Fielding

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Background

Kelly Fielding's research focuses broadly on understanding the social and psychological determinants of environmental sustainability. She seeks to understand environmental decisions and behaviours and to develop communication and behaviour change strategies that can promote greater environmental sustainability. A key focus of her current reseach is on sustainable urban water management, specifically, how we can engage communities with this issue, how we can communicate about new water technologies such as recycled waater, how we can promote water conservation, and how we can understand and communicate about drinking water supplies. Her research is also focused on understanding climate change beliefs as well as identifying ways to address climate change skepticism and inaction. In the past she has conducted research in the areas of sustainable natural resource management, domestic and public place recycling, and environmental activism. She takes an interdisciplinary approach to her research and has worked with local council, State Government, and catchment management authorities to undertake this research.

Research interests:

  • Environmental sustainability
  • Sustainable urban water management
  • Climate change beliefs and action
  • Social identity and norms

Availability

Professor Kelly Fielding is:
Available for supervision

Fields of research

Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services Psychology Urban and regional planning

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Arts, The University of Queensland
  • Bachelor (Honours) of Arts, The University of Queensland
  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland

Research interests

  • Social and psychological determinants of environmentally sustainable behaviour

  • Psychology of urban water management

  • Community responses to alternative water sources

  • Climate change communication

  • Promoting environmental sustainability in organisations

  • Environmental sustainability

  • Climate change

  • Social identity

  • Group processes and intergroup relations

  • Environmental behaviour change

Search Professor Kelly Fielding’s works on UQ eSpace

151 works between 1997 and 2024
All (151) Journal Article (126) Book Chapter (11) Conference Publication (8) Book (3) Other Outputs (3)

1 - 20 of 151 works

2024

Journal Article

Eliciting diverse perspectives to prioritize community actions for biodiversity conservation

Dean, Angela J., Fielding, Kelly S., Smith, Liam D. G., Church, Emma K. and Wilson, Kerrie A. (2024). Eliciting diverse perspectives to prioritize community actions for biodiversity conservation. Conservation Biology, e14372. doi: 10.1111/cobi.14372

Eliciting diverse perspectives to prioritize community actions for biodiversity conservation

2024

Journal Article

Pathways to conventional and radical climate action: The role of temporal orientation, environmental cognitive alternatives, and eco-anxiety

Pittaway, Charlie R., Fielding, Kelly S. and Louis, Winnifred R. (2024). Pathways to conventional and radical climate action: The role of temporal orientation, environmental cognitive alternatives, and eco-anxiety. Global Environmental Change, 87 102886, 102886. doi: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2024.102886

Pathways to conventional and radical climate action: The role of temporal orientation, environmental cognitive alternatives, and eco-anxiety

2024

Book Chapter

Understanding and improving the visitor experience: how can we increase the positive social impact of animal–visitor interactions?

McLeod, Emily M., Fielding, Kelly S. and Dean, Angela J. (2024). Understanding and improving the visitor experience: how can we increase the positive social impact of animal–visitor interactions?. Human-animal interactions in zoos: integrating science and practice. (pp. 192-204) edited by Eduardo J. Fernandez and Sally L. Sherwen. Wallingford, United Kingdom: CABI. doi: 10.1079/9781800622715.0014

Understanding and improving the visitor experience: how can we increase the positive social impact of animal–visitor interactions?

2024

Journal Article

Community stewardship to protect coastal and freshwater ecosystems–pathways between recreation and stewardship intentions

Dean, Angela J., Uebel, Konrad, Schultz, Tracy, Fielding, Kelly S., Saeck, Emily, Ross, Helen and Martin, Victoria (2024). Community stewardship to protect coastal and freshwater ecosystems–pathways between recreation and stewardship intentions. People and Nature, 6 (4), 1452-1468. doi: 10.1002/pan3.10658

Community stewardship to protect coastal and freshwater ecosystems–pathways between recreation and stewardship intentions

2024

Journal Article

Examining contrasting influences of extreme weather experiences on individual climate activism

Ettinger, Joshua, Walton, Peter, Painter, James, Fielding, Kelly S., Gulliver, Robyn and Otto, Friederike E. L. (2024). Examining contrasting influences of extreme weather experiences on individual climate activism. Global Environmental Psychology, 2, 1-24. doi: 10.5964/gep.10829

Examining contrasting influences of extreme weather experiences on individual climate activism

2024

Journal Article

Public opinion about solar radiation management: A cross-cultural study in 20 countries around the world

Contzen, Nadja, Perlaviciute, Goda, Steg, Linda, Reckels, Sophie Charlotte, Alves, Susana, Bidwell, David, Böhm, Gisela, Bonaiuto, Marino, Chou, Li-Fang, Corral-Verdugo, Victor, Dessi, Federica, Dietz, Thomas, Doran, Rouven, Eulálio, Maria do Carmo, Fielding, Kelly, Gómez-Román, Cristina, Granskaya, Juliana V., Gurikova, Tatyana, Hernández, Bernardo, Kabakova, Maira P., Lee, Chieh-Yu, Li, Fan, Lima, Maria Luísa, Liu, Lu, Luís, Sílvia, Muinos, Gabriel, Ogunbode, Charles A., Ortiz, María Victoria, Pidgeon, Nick ... Sütterlin, Bernadette (2024). Public opinion about solar radiation management: A cross-cultural study in 20 countries around the world. Climatic Change, 177 (4) 65. doi: 10.1007/s10584-024-03708-3

Public opinion about solar radiation management: A cross-cultural study in 20 countries around the world

2023

Journal Article

If at first, you don’t succeed: strategies used by environmental activist volunteer leaders to overcome failure

Gulliver, Robyn E., Pittaway, Charlie, Fielding, Kelly S. and Louis, Winnifred R. (2023). If at first, you don’t succeed: strategies used by environmental activist volunteer leaders to overcome failure. Social Movement Studies, 1-19. doi: 10.1080/14742837.2023.2296871

If at first, you don’t succeed: strategies used by environmental activist volunteer leaders to overcome failure

2023

Journal Article

Psychological ownership of nature: relationships with pro-environmental intentions in less environmentally-oriented individuals

Wang, Xiongzhi, Fielding, Kelly S. and Dean, Angela J. (2023). Psychological ownership of nature: relationships with pro-environmental intentions in less environmentally-oriented individuals. Personality and Individual Differences, 213 112304, 112304. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2023.112304

Psychological ownership of nature: relationships with pro-environmental intentions in less environmentally-oriented individuals

2023

Journal Article

Developing an indicator of community appreciation of biodiversity

Fielding, Kelly S., Prober, Suzanne M., Williams, Kristen J. and Dean, Angela J. (2023). Developing an indicator of community appreciation of biodiversity. Environmental and Sustainability Indicators, 19 100278, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.indic.2023.100278

Developing an indicator of community appreciation of biodiversity

2023

Journal Article

Influences on koala habitat selection across four local government areas on the far north coast of NSW

McAlpine, Clive A., Callaghan, John, Lunney, Daniel, Rhodes, Jonathan R., Goldingay, Ross, Goulding, Will, Adams‐Hosking, Christine, Fielding, Kelly, Hetherington, Scott Benitez, Brace, Angie, Hopkins, Marama, Caddick, Liz, Taylor, Elisha, Vass, Lorraine and Swankie, Linda (2023). Influences on koala habitat selection across four local government areas on the far north coast of NSW. Austral Ecology, 48 (5), 928-951. doi: 10.1111/aec.13313

Influences on koala habitat selection across four local government areas on the far north coast of NSW

2023

Journal Article

International media coverage promotes donations to a climate disaster

Chapman, Cassandra M., Hornsey, Matthew J., Fielding, Kelly S. and Gulliver, Robyn (2023). International media coverage promotes donations to a climate disaster. Disasters, 47 (3), 725-744. doi: 10.1111/disa.12557

International media coverage promotes donations to a climate disaster

2023

Journal Article

The criminalization of climate change protest

Gulliver, Robyn E., Banks, Robin, Fielding, Kelly S. and Louis, Winnifred R. (2023). The criminalization of climate change protest. Contention, 11 (1), 24-54. doi: 10.3167/cont.2023.110103

The criminalization of climate change protest

2023

Journal Article

Resources that help sustain environmental volunteer activist leaders

Gulliver, Robyn E., Pittaway, Charlie, Fielding, Kelly S. and Louis, Winnifred R. (2023). Resources that help sustain environmental volunteer activist leaders. VOLUNTAS: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, 34 (6), 1299-1309. doi: 10.1007/s11266-023-00561-3

Resources that help sustain environmental volunteer activist leaders

2023

Journal Article

“Nature is mine/ours”: measuring individual and collective psychological ownership of nature

Wang, Xiongzhi, Fielding, Kelly S. and Dean, Angela J. (2023). “Nature is mine/ours”: measuring individual and collective psychological ownership of nature. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 85 101919, 101919. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvp.2022.101919

“Nature is mine/ours”: measuring individual and collective psychological ownership of nature

2022

Journal Article

Investigating how economic and national identity loss messages impact climate change policy support

Klas, Anna, Clarke, Edward J. R., Fielding, Kelly, Mackay, Matthew, Lohmann, Susanne and Ling, Mathew (2022). Investigating how economic and national identity loss messages impact climate change policy support. Climatic Change, 175 (3-4) 17, 1-24. doi: 10.1007/s10584-022-03472-2

Investigating how economic and national identity loss messages impact climate change policy support

2022

Journal Article

Nature connection, pro-environmental behaviours and wellbeing: understanding the mediating role of nature contact

Liu, Yongbo, Cleary, Anne, Fielding, Kelly S., Murray, Zoe and Roiko, Anne (2022). Nature connection, pro-environmental behaviours and wellbeing: understanding the mediating role of nature contact. Landscape and Urban Planning, 228 104550, 104550. doi: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2022.104550

Nature connection, pro-environmental behaviours and wellbeing: understanding the mediating role of nature contact

2022

Journal Article

Beyond proximity: how subjective perceptions of enablers and constraints influence patterns of blue space recreation

Dean, Angela J., Ross, Helen, Roiko, Anne, Fielding, Kelly S., Saeck, Emily, Johnston, Kim, Beatson, Amanda, Udy, James and Maxwell, Paul (2022). Beyond proximity: how subjective perceptions of enablers and constraints influence patterns of blue space recreation. Landscape and Urban Planning, 228 104557, 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2022.104557

Beyond proximity: how subjective perceptions of enablers and constraints influence patterns of blue space recreation

2022

Journal Article

Maintaining a social license to operate for wastewater-based monitoring: the case of managing infectious disease and the COVID-19 pandemic

Cooper, Bethany, Donner, Erica, Crase, Lin, Robertson, Hamish, Carter, David, Short, Michael, Drigo, Barbara, Leder, Karin, Roiko, Anne and Fielding, Kelly (2022). Maintaining a social license to operate for wastewater-based monitoring: the case of managing infectious disease and the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Environmental Management, 320 115819, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2022.115819

Maintaining a social license to operate for wastewater-based monitoring: the case of managing infectious disease and the COVID-19 pandemic

2022

Journal Article

A political experiment may have extracted Australia from the climate wars

Hornsey, Matthew J., Chapman, Cassandra M., Fielding, Kelly S., Louis, Winnifred R. and Pearson, Samuel (2022). A political experiment may have extracted Australia from the climate wars. Nature Climate Change, 12 (8), 695-696. doi: 10.1038/s41558-022-01431-4

A political experiment may have extracted Australia from the climate wars

2022

Journal Article

A systematic review of the outcomes of sustained environmental collective action

Gulliver, Robyn E., Star, Cassandra, Fielding, Kelly S. and Louis, Winnifred R. (2022). A systematic review of the outcomes of sustained environmental collective action. Environmental Science and Policy, 133, 180-192. doi: 10.1016/j.envsci.2022.03.020

A systematic review of the outcomes of sustained environmental collective action

Current funding

  • 2022 - 2025
    The effect of unconventional advocates on public support for climate policy (ARC Discovery Project administered by ANU)
    Australian National University
    Open grant
  • 2022 - 2025
    The psychology of gridlock: Compromise, coalitions, and radicalisation
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2024
    Assessing effectiveness of PFAS exposure control in individuals from exposed communities and occupationally exposed cohorts such as fire fighters
    NHMRC Targeted Research
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2021 - 2024
    Private Land Conservation in a Dynamically Changing and Risky World
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2021
    Component of the Community Resilience Project
    Bundaberg Regional Council
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2021
    Promoting water conservation in the Central Highlands Region
    Central Highlands Regional Council
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2021
    Maximising outcomes for koalas on private land
    New South Wales Office of Environment and Heritage
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2020
    Community appreciation of biodiversity indicator (Department of Planning, Industry and Environment grant led by CSIRO)
    CSIRO
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2019
    Promoting stewardship: identifying pathways to greater participation
    New South Wales Environmental Trust
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2020
    Conserving and recovering the koala populations on NSW Far North Coast
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2018
    Water Sensitive City Transition Strategies and Implementation Plans
    CRC for Water Sensitive Cities
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2017
    Public perceptions of recreational use of water reservoirs: Assessing community perceptions and developing effective engagement and communication tools
    Queensland Bulk Water Supply Authority trading as Seqwater
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2019
    Framing messages to appeal to political identities: The case of climate change and nuclear energy
    Vice-Chancellor's Research and Teaching Fellowship
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2018
    Securing the essential: assisting Indigenous communities and their service providers to sustainably manage water and energy supply (ARC Linkage Project led by Griffith University)
    Griffith University
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2017
    Understanding (and responding to) scepticism about science
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2015
    UQ Travel Award 2015 - Dr Ellen Van der Werff
    UQ Travel Grants Scheme
    Open grant
  • 2014 - 2017
    Assessing, understanding and influencing customer perceptions of water quality (Water Research Australia)
    Water Research Australia Research Programs
    Open grant
  • 2014 - 2015
    Public perceptions of recreational use of water reservoirs
    Queensland Bulk Water Supply Authority trading as Seqwater
    Open grant
  • 2014
    Empowering Aboriginal communities toward improved security and sustainable management of essential services: developing an empirically-based national approach
    UQ Collaboration and Industry Engagement Fund - FirstLink
    Open grant
  • 2013 - 2017
    Engaging communities with Water Sensitive Cities
    CRC for Water Sensitive Cities
    Open grant
  • 2012
    Taste and Odour in Drinking Water - Understanding the social cost of taste and odour in drinking water
    Queensland Bulk Water Supply Authority trading as Seqwater
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2017
    Accelerating Transitions to Water Sensitive Cities by Influencing Behaviour
    CRC for Water Sensitive Cities
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2014
    Sending and responding to messages about climate change: The role of emotion and morality
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2015
    Public responses to alternative water supplies: The role of risk, beliefs, and identity
    ARC Future Fellowships
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2013
    What about me? Factors affecting individual adaptive coping capacity across different population groups (National Climate Change Adaptation Research Grant administered by UWA)
    University of Western Australia
    Open grant
  • 2009 - 2010
    Environmental Sustainability in Residential Housing: understanding attitudes and behaviour towards waste, water and energy in consumption and conservation among Australian households
    Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Limited
    Open grant
  • 2007 - 2012
    Demand Management and Communication Research (SEQ Urban Water Security Research Alliance)
    Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation Trust
    Open grant
  • 2007 - 2009
    Improving first year outcomes across campuses
    UQ Teaching & Learning Strategic Grants
    Open grant
  • 2006 - 2008
    Identity Barriers to Engaging in Pro Environmental Behaviour
    UQ Early Career Researcher
    Open grant
  • 2005 - 2009
    Improved policy interventions for encouraging the voluntary use by landowners of practices protecting and enhancing biodiversity
    AgResearch
    Open grant
  • 2005 - 2007
    Improving Local Government Solid Waste Management Practices Through Deliberative Citizen Decision-Making And Behaviour Change Communication Strategies
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2004 - 2005
    Social Capital, social identity and sustainable natural resource management
    UQ New Staff Research Start-Up Fund
    Open grant

Availability

Professor Kelly Fielding is:
Available for supervision

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Communicating our way to successful koala conservation.

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    The untold story of Australian farming women, social media and climate change

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Natalie Collie

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Turning climate change into a success story

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Angela Dean

  • Doctor Philosophy

    The psychology of gridlock: Compromise, coalitions, and radicalisation

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Winnifred Louis

  • Doctor Philosophy

    The future under threat: Young adults and future orientation in times of climate uncertainty.

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Winnifred Louis

  • Master Philosophy

    How does social advantage or disadvantage influence capacity for environmental concern?

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Angela Dean

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Call Me Anything, Just Don't Call Me an Environmentalist

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Winnifred Louis

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Ethical wildlife tourism: creating positive experiences for people and wildlife

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Angela Dean

Completed supervision

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