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Dr Helene Joffe
Appointment
- Reader in Psychology
- Clinical, Educational & Hlth Psychology
- Div of Psychology & Language Sciences
- Faculty of Brain Sciences
Joined UCL
01/09/1995
Biography
In the Media
- Cultural barriers to earthquake preparedness.
- New Scientist article on the response to the Japanese Earthquake March 2011
- Talk show on Japanese Earthquake March 2011
- TEDxUCL talk: Distancing the self from risk: AIDS, earthquakes and climate change
Research Groups
Research Themes
Research Summary
Research Projects
Transforming the Engineering of Cities to Deliver Societal and Planetary Wellbeing (with Professor Nick Tyler, Professor Brian Collins and Dr Francesca Medda at UCL and colleagues at Birmingham, Lancaster and Southampton) EPSRC.Earthquake and People Interaction Centre (with Dr Tiziana Rossetto, UCL Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering) EPSRC
Carbon Governance Project, Human Behaviour Group (with Dr Jon Agar, Dr Simon Lock and Professor Chris Rapley) UCL Grand Challenges.
Teaching Summary
Course Co-ordinator
- PSYC3109 - Psychology of Health Risks (3rd Year BSc Psychology)
- PSYCGR08 - Qualitative Methods (MSc in Research Methods)
Academic Background
| 1993 | PhD | Doctor of Philosophy | London School of Economics and Political Science |
| 1987 | MSc | Master of Science | London School of Economics and Political Science |
| 1985 | BA | Bachelor of Arts | University of the Witwatersrand |
