Critical Environmental Psychology

Sascha Kuhn is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. He previously worked at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, and completed his PhD at the German Institute of Development and Sustainability in cooperation with Heidelberg University, Germany. He is a member of the Critical Environmental Psychology Working Group. His research focuses on the decolonization of environmental psychology and the integration of critical, historically informed perspectives into the field.Steffen Krenzer coined the term critical environmental psychology (KUP) in German-speaking discourse, including through the first publications on the topic and the initiation of the KUP working group at the Initiative Psychology in Environmental Protection (e.V.). He works as a consultant and process designer at an NGO at the interface of climate protection, democratic development and citizen participation and has published books on randomly selected citizens' councils and local climate policy.Ina Lillich works in the field of moderation and process support with a focus on citizen participation, and was previously involved in a climate education project. She is active in the KUP working group of the Initiative Psychology in Environmental Protection e.V. and in Wandelwerk e.V., Germany.Lisa Reuter is Post-Doctoral Researcher at the University of Freiburg, Germany. Dr Reuter is a trained psychotherapist and a member of the Critical Environmental Psychology Working Group. Michael Gorki is a PhD student at the University of Freiburg, Germany. His research explores the relationship between people's personal perspectives and beliefs and social, technical and ecological structures. Klaus Wollner is a psychotherapist, musician, and activist in the fields of international solidarity, repair cafés, transition towns, and climate justice, among others. He is a member of the Critical Environmental Psychology Working Group.Anna Stammnitz  has been working in the psychosocial field for many years and is committed to climate justice, feminism and anti-racism. She works at Xenion e. V. and is self-employed as a broker to acquire donations and housing for refugees and people at risk of homelessness. She is a member of the Critical Environmental Psychology Working Group.Jascha L. Naumann is a community psychologist (M.Sc.) and research assistant at the FernUniversität in Hagen, Germany. He is interested in closing the gap between psychological research and urban practice, focusing on collective well-being and resilience under the pressure of socio-ecological crises. He is actively involved in civil society through the Initiative Psychology in Environmental Protection (IPU) e.V. and Psychologists for Future (Psy4F) e.V.Christoph M. Hausmann is a psychological psychotherapist in his own practice with a focus on trauma and group therapy. As part of a team, he coordinates the free counseling service offered by Psy4F e. V., published the first German-language specialist book on the subject, "Climate emotions - climate crisis and mental health", and helped translate and further develop a freely available climate psychology toolkit for therapists. He holds workshops, lectures and discussion groups.

• 1.Psychology in Crisis - Introductory Remarks to the English Edition.- 2. Psychology in Crisis - Preface to the German Edition.- Part 1 Science and Scientists in Times of Crisis: Foundational Reflections on Critical Environmental Psychology.- 3. Universal psychology? Scientific understanding and Interculturality in Psychology Gesa Duden and Christina Barz.- 4. Counter the Reproduction of Neoliberal Ideologies within Environmental and Social Psychology: A Call for Critical Reflection and Prefiguration Frank Eckerle, Edward J.R. Clarke and Annika E. Lutz.- 5. Tackling the Climate and Ecological Crises: Contributions from Community, Critical Community, and Liberation Psychology Miles Thompson, Maria Fernandes-Jesus and Brendon Barnes.- Part 2 On Diversity and Power: Decolonial and Intercultural Perspectives.- 6. A Plea for a Decolonial View of the Crisis in Psychology Lucía Muriel.- 7. Towards a Critical Environmental Psychology from Central America: Problematizing Borders and Inequalities María Andrea Araya-Carvajal and Luis Gómez-Ordoñez.- 8. Facing Cares Wrongs: Learning to Sit With Psychologys Harms Francisco A. Medina and inabel Deborah Uytiepo.- 9. The Significance of Conservation and Care of Nature for the Indigenous Nasa Community in Colombia Lizeth Cuellar Lizcano.- 10. Eastern Perspectives of a Critical Environmental Psychology Tomoaki D. Imamichi.- 11. A Critical Take on the Interaction between self-Efficacy and Collective Efficacy towards Sustainable Transitions in the Global South Dr. Soumyajit Bhar and Dr. Kalpita Bhar Paul.- 12. Psychology in Times of Climate Crises - a South Indian perspective Interview with Adeeba Hakkim.- Part 3 Psychology in Its Social Context: A Critical Perspective.- 13. The Psychology of Climate (In)justice why Attributions for Global Inequality are Relevant to Tackling the Climate Crisis Nadja Peter, Helen Landmann, Soumyajit Bhar and Anette Rohmann.- 14. The Blind Spot of Social Integration: Psychosocial Aspects of Automobility Today Yasmin Afshar.- 15.  A Brief Introduction to Collapse Jascha L. Naumann.- 16. Collapse as a Development Opportunity Interview with Norbert Prinz.- 17. Climate Activism Under Pressure from the Far Right? Interview with Jakob Springfeld.- 18. Climate Crisis in an Alienated Society - A Materialist-Social Psychological Approach Rhonda Koch and Marvin Ester.- Part 4 From Theory to Practice: Emancipatory Projects.- 19. Collective Self-Understanding as a Practice for Social Movements and Critical Environmental Psychology Flavio Stein, Lisa Reuter and Denis Neumüller.- 20. Activists on the Couch - Emancipation and Reflection in Practice Svenja Patzack and Stefan Meretz.- 21. Mutual Support and Plurality of Perspectives at the Core Introducing the Bündnis Klimapsychologie (Climate Psychology Alliance) Sonja Enste, Lawreen Masekla and Veronika Rivera.- 22. Poverty in Times of Crises: Perspectives from Critical-Psychological Counseling Miriam Block, Nele Falta, Johannes Wollmann, Jannis Alberts and Carolin Geisenhainer.- 23. Psychology in the Vegetable Patch - Transdisciplinary Research with People from Community-Supported Agriculture Armin-Laszlo Halbach and Katharina Beyerl.- 24. Instead of an afterword - Reflections on the book project.