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Cristina Gómez Román

Associate Professor
Department: Social and Basic Psychology and Methodology
Centre: Faculty of Psychology
Research Group: Social Behavior And Applied Psychometry (COSOYPA)
Phone.: +34 8818 13796
Email: cristina.gomez@usc.es
Web Group: COSOYPA Social Behavior and Applied Psychometric

 
 
   

Cristina Gómez-Román is an Associate Professor in the area of Social Psychology at the Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (USC) and a researcher in the Social Behaviour and Applied Psychometrics research group (COSOYPA). She obtained her PhD in Psychology from USC in 2017 with International Mention and Extraordinary Doctoral Award. Her doctoral dissertation analysed the motivational and contextual factors influencing participation in political protest, integrating identity, emotional and axiological variables in the study of collective action. This work was selected by the Spanish Centre for Sociological Research (CIS) to be presented at the Eighth CIS Seminar on Sociological and Political Science Research held at Harvard University.

Her research is framed in social and environmental psychology, focusing on the psychosocial factors that shape the social acceptance of environmental technologies and the adoption of pro-environmental behaviours. After completing her PhD, she conducted postdoctoral research stays at ISCTE – University Institute of Lisbon (Portugal) and at the University of Groningen (Netherlands), expanding her work in environmental psychology and sustainable behaviour.

She has participated in several national and international research projects related to sustainability, water management and environmental behaviour, including the European project RUN4LIFE (Horizon 2020), focused on nutrient recovery from wastewater, the TransformAr project (Horizon Europe), and the D-PATTERN project, which explores the decentralisation of urban water management systems.

Her research examines how variables such as social identity, social norms, moral obligation, emotions and metaperception influence the acceptance of environmental technologies and the transition towards sustainable lifestyles. Her work has been published in international journals such as Water Research, Resources, Conservation & Recycling, Climatic Change and Personality and Individual Differences. Her research trajectory has been recognised with the Young Researchers Award in Social Sciences from the Royal Galician Academy of Sciences (RAGC).

Alongside her research activities, she is actively involved in teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate levels at USC, where she has supervised bachelor’s and master’s theses as well as doctoral dissertations in the field of pro-environmental behaviour. She has served as coordinator of the Master’s Degree in Psychology and is currently Vice-Dean for Academic Organisation and Undergraduate Studies at the Faculty of Psychology. She is also actively involved in international scientific networks and academic societies such as the Spanish Scientific Society of Social Psychology (SCEPS), where she serves as Secretary of the Executive Board, and the Environmental Psychology Association (PSICAMB). She is Associate Editor of the journal Psyecology

Research Lines
• Social acceptance of environmental technologies
– Psychosocial factors influencing the acceptance of decentralized wastewater treatment systems
– Communication and participation strategies to promote public acceptance of environmental innovations

•Pro-environmental behaviour and behaviour change
– Social identity, social norms, and moral obligation in the adoption of sustainable behaviours
– Psychosocial factors associated with sustainable lifestyles
– Social perceptions of climate change and sustainability
– Attitudes, values, and emotions associated with the ecological transition

•Psychosocial processes and collective action
-Psychosocial factors associated with social mobilisation
– Environmental activism and citizen participation in the context of climate change