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Canada Research Chair in Behavioural Sustainability and Associate Professor, University of British ColumbiaCanada Research Chair in Behavioural Sustainability and Associate Professor, University of British ColumbiaJiayingZhaoDr.Ph.D. <div class="ExternalClass633259580B924F7299EBA7C05A6D0A43"><p>​Dr. Jiaying Zhao is the Canada Research Chair in Behavioural Sustainability, and Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology and the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability at the University of British Columbia. She is also a faculty affiliate with the Center for Effective Global Action at University of California, Berkeley, and an invited researcher at J-PAL at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Zhao uses psychological principles to design behavioural solutions to address financial and environmental sustainability challenges. Specifically, she examines the cognitive consequences of poverty and designs interventions to alleviate the psychological burdens in low-income individuals. In addition, Dr. Zhao develops behavioural interventions to encourage climate actions, recycling, composting, and biodiversity conservation. ​​<br></p></div>https://zwc.ca/speakers/PublishingImages/jiaying-zhao.png, Jiaying Zhao https://zwc.ca/speakers/PublishingImages/jiaying-zhao.png

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