Dr Jared Piazza

Senior Lecturer

Research Overview

I study the psychological processes involved in moral judgment, prosocial behaviour, and ethical decision making, particularly ethical decision making as it relates to animals and food. See my personal webpage for full list of publications by topic, research tools, and other professional materials.

I am one of the co-founders of the Society for the Psychology of Human-Animal Intergroup Relations (PHAIR) and run the PHAIR blog. I'm an Associate Editor for the PHAIR journal.

Research Interests (Key words)

  • Moral consideration of animals
  • Ethical decision-making and moral judgment
  • Food and morality
  • Moral emotions
  • Moral character
  • Psychology of religion
  • Prosocial behaviour
  • Behavioural change
  • Meat consumption
  • Vegetarianism and veganism

NWSSDTP: The pursuit and maintenance of sustainable diets (Dr Rebecca Gregson)
01/10/2024 → 30/09/2025
Research

Children as agents of environmental change: Reducing barriers to sustainable and healthy diet choices. (Victoria Simpson)
01/05/2023 → 31/12/2023
Research

CASE: Rebecca Gregson: Using smartphone-based experience sampling to assess interventions for dietary change
01/10/2019 → 30/09/2022
Research

‘Mindsets’ on meat baseline
01/09/2018 → 31/01/2020
Research

Pledging a Meat-free Month: An Experience Sampling Study with Smartphones
15/01/2018 → 31/08/2020
Research

Does better understanding animals change our moral concern for them?
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar

The Psychology of Plant-based Eating: Who is doing it, why, and how?
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar

Light-touch Animal Messages and Microbe-brewed Eggs
Non-governmental organization

Frontiers in nutrition (Journal)
Editorial activity

Psychology of Human-Animal Intergroup Relations (Journal)
Editorial activity

Society for the Psychology of Human-Animal Intergroup Relations (External organisation)
Membership of board

The Vegan Society, Research Advisory Committee (External organisation)
Member of Advisory Panel

Research consultant for Greenpeace International
Expert Opinion

Victoria Simpson

Victoria Simpson

PhD student

Developmental Psychology, Social Processes

  • FST Sustainability Advisory Committee
  • Social Processes