Dr Elizabeth Gabe-Thomas

Research interests

Medical Education

Behaviour Change

Environmental Psychology

Cognitive & Social Psychology

Risk & Decision Making

Risk Communication

Other research

Conference/ Workshop Presentations

Gabe-Thomas, E., Walker, I., & Verplanken, B. (2015). Insights from the ENLITEN project. ‘What do you know about energy literacy?’. 16th November.Bath, UK.

Gabe-Thomas, E., Walker, I., & Verplanken, B. (2015). The value of individuals’ responses in surveys of household energy use. Symposium on‘Interactions between household members in pro-environmental behaviour and attitudes’. 11th Biennial Conference on Environmental Psychology.August. Groningen, Netherlands.

Gabe-Thomas, E., Walker, I., & Verplanken, B. (2015). Energy taxonomies: Exploring the influences of domestic energy consumption at the household and behavioural level. Symposium on ‘Facing the energy challenge:From understanding behavioural strategies and mental models to behaviour change in work and domestic contexts’. 11th Biennial Conference on Environmental Psychology. August. Groningen, Netherlands.​

Gabe-Thomas,E., Walker, I., & Verplanken, B. (2015). Energy Segmentation: Clustering Households and Behaviours using Behavioural Antecedent Measures. British Environmental Psychology Society 2nd Annual Conference: Environmentally Sustainable Lifestyles. June, University of Sheffield, UK

Gabe-Thomas,E. (2015). A reflection on designing and implementing a domestic energy project in social housing: strategies for recruitment success. TEDDINET-Transforming Energy Demand through Digital Innovation. Workshop : Energy social scientists in a multidisciplinary setting: opportunities and challenges,University of Bath,UK.

Gabe-Thomas,E., Walker, I., & Verplanken, B. (2015). Exploring mental representations of home energy practices. TEDDINET- Transforming Energy Demand through Digital Innovation. Workshop 4, University of Nottingham, UK.

Gabe-Thomas,E., Walker, I., & Verplanken, B. (2014). Exploring mental representations of home energy practices. TEDDINET- Transforming Energy Demand through Digital Innovation. Workshop 2, Loughborough University, UK.

Lovett, T.,& Gabe-Thomas, E. (2014). Update on the ENLITEN project. TEDDINET-Transforming Energy Demand through Digital Innovation. Workshop 2,Loughborough University, UK.

Gabe-Thomas,E., Walker, I., & Verplanken, B. (2014). Exploring mental representations of home energy practices and habitual energy consuming behaviours. 28th International Congress of Applied Psychology, Paris, France.

Gabe-Thomas,E., Walker, I., Verplanken, B. & Lovett, T. (2013).ENLITEN project and mental representations of home energy systems. Influencing Climate Change Policy workshop. Berkshire, United Kingdom.

Gabe-Thomas,E., Walker, I., Verplanken, B., Lovett, T. (2013). ‘Mental representations of home energy systems’ 10th Biennial Conference on Environmental Psychology, Magdeburg. Germany.

Gabe-Thomas,E., Jones, R., Hyland, M., & Hellier, E. (2012). ‘The impact of graphic warnings on cigarette packets- more harm than good?’ 6th IPCRG World Conference, Edinburgh. UK.

Gabe-Thomas,E. (2012). ‘Writing up, submitting your thesis and viva preparation’. School of Psychology Postgraduate Discussion Group. Plymouth University. UK.

Gabe-Thomas,E., Hellier, E., Edworthy, J., & Handley, S. (2011). ‘Everything will be alright’: Prefactual thinking, risk taking and warnings. BPS Cognitive Psychology Section Annual Conference. KeeleUniversity. Keele UK.

Gabe-Thomas,E., Hellier, E., Edworthy, J., & Handley, S. (2010).Individual differences in waning compliance: The role of domain specific risk taking. PsyPAG25th Annual Conference. Sheffield. UK.

Gabe-Thomas,E., Hellier, E., Edworthy, J., & Handley, S. (2010).Individual differences in waning compliance: The role of domain specific risk taking. Assisting Decision Makers Workshop Meeting. University College of London.London. UK.

Gabe-Thomas,E., Hellier, E., Edworthy, J., & Handley, S. (2009).Risk propensity and warnings: Individual differences in hazard perception and intended compliance.BPS Cognitive Psychology Section Annual Conference. University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield. UK.

Gabe-Thomas,E., Hellier, E., Edworthy, J., & Handley, S. (2009).Investigating the relationship between measures of risk taking propensity and hazard perception. PsyPAG 24th Annual Conference. Cardiff. UK.

Gabe-Thomas,E., & Parmentier, F. (2008). An empirical study risk taking and attention capture by threatening stimuli. PsyPAG 23rd Annual Conference.Manchester. UK

Hellier,E., Bahadoor, C; Gabe Thomas, E & Edworthy, J (2006) Exploring the relationship between measures of sensation seeking and the perception of auditory and visual warnings. Proceedings of the IEA 16th world congress, July 2006

Poster Presentations

Lee, J., Ramallo-Gonzalez, A.P., Mogles, N., Gabe-Thomas, E., Ren, G.,Natarajan, S., Padget, J., Walker, I., Coley, D., Biri, B., Woollacott, C.(2015). Intelligent Home Energy Feedback for Occupant Energy Literacy. Reducing Energy Demand with Smart Buildings. KTN, TEDDINET, Innovate UK conference,London, UK.

Mogles, N., Gabe-Thomas, E., Padget, J. (2015). Translation of Energy Information into Internal Values for Effective Energy Feedback. Reducing Energy Demand with Smart Buildings. KTN, TEDDINET, Innovate UK conference, London, UK.

Ramallo-Gonzalez,A., Mogles, N. & Gabe-Thomas, E. (2014). Towards an agent-based model for A/C purchasing prediction. 1st International Symposium on Occupant Behaviour,OB’14. University of Nottingham, United Kingdom.

Gabe-Thomas,E., Walker, I., Verplanken, B. & Lovett, T. (2013).Card sorting as method for exploring mental representations with environmental implications. 10th Biennial Conference on Environmental Psychology, Magdeburg, Germany.

Gabe-Thomas,E., Lovett, T. & Ramallo-Gonzalez, A. (2013). ENLITEN: Energy Literacy through an Intelligent Home Energy Advisor. Futurebuild Conference. University of Bath, United Kingdom

Grants & contracts

Seminar Series - Understanding and Using Open Source Technology for Research with People: An Introduction to R, PsychoPy and Arduino. The University of Bath’s Researcher Development Fund. (£873.70 +£210.25 additional funding from the Department of Psychology, University of Bath). Gabe-Thomas, E., Martin, S., & Gamble, T. 2015.

ENLITEN impact acceleration feasibility (£5000). The University of Bath's EPSRC Impact Acceleration Account. Natarajan, S., Lovett,T., Gabe-Thomas, E., Walker, I., & O’Neill. 2013.

A comparison of multi-component indices of COPD severity in primary care: an UNLOCK study from the IPCRG (£4,705). International Primary Care Respiratory Group (IPCRG). Hyland, M., Jones, R., & Gabe-Thomas, E. 2012.