Dr Elizabeth Gabe-Thomas

Qualifications

Education

PhD Psychology. Plymouth University (2012) Thesis Title: Individual differences in warning perception:The role of risk taking propensity.

MSc Psychological Research Methods with Distinction. Plymouth University (2007)

BSc hons Psychology Plymouth University (2005)

Other QualificationsGraduate Teaching Associates Plymouth University (2007). Certificate of Professional Development. Learning, Teaching and Assessment: Theory and Practice.

Teaching interests

Research Methods (UoP Psychology BSc, Psy245 & Psy5401) 2010-2011

Research interests

Medical Education

Behaviour Change

Environmental Psychology

Cognitive & Social Psychology

Risk & Decision Making

Risk Communication

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.

Key publications

Key publications are highlighted

Journals

Articles

Richter I, Gabe-Thomas E, Queirós AM, Sheppard SRJ & Pahl S (2023) 'Advancing the potential impact of future scenarios by integrating psychological principles' Environmental Science & Policy 140, 68-79 , DOI

Richter I, Sumeldan J, Avillanosa A, Gabe-Thomas E, Creencia L & Pahl S (2021) 'Co-created Future Scenarios as a Tool to Communicate Sustainable Development in Coastal Communities in Palawan, Philippines' Frontiers in Psychology 12, , DOI

Richter I, Gabe-Thomas E, Maharja C, Nguyen TH, Van Nguyen Q, Praptiwi R & Pahl S (2021) 'Virtual Capacity Building for International Research Collaborations in Times of COVID-19 and #Flygskam' Frontiers in Communication 5, , DOI Open access

Mogles N, Padget J, Gabe-Thomas E, Walker I & Lee J (2017) 'A computational model for designing energy behaviour change interventions' User Modeling and User-Adapted Interaction 28, (1) 1-34 , DOI

Burr SA, Zahra D, Cookson J, Salih VM, Gabe-Thomas E & Robinson IM (2017) 'Angoff anchor statements: setting a flawed gold standard?' MedEdPublish 6, (3:53) 1-7 , DOI Open access

Mogles N, Walker I, Ramallo-González AP, Lee J, Natarajan S, Padget J, Gabe-Thomas E, Lovett T, Ren G & Hyniewska S (2017) 'How smart do smart meters need to be?' Building and Environment --- Publisher Site , DOI

Ramanujam A, Cirnigliaro CM, Garbarini E, Asselin P, Pilkar R & Forrest GF (2017) 'Neuromechanical adaptations during a robotic powered exoskeleton assisted walking session' The Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine 41, (5) 518-528 , DOI

Mallaband B, Wood G, Buchanan K, Staddon S, Mogles NM & Gabe-Thomas E (2017) 'The reality of cross-disciplinary energy research in the United Kingdom: A social science perspective' Energy Research & Social Science 25, 9-18 , DOI

Ramallo-González AP, Brown M, Gabe-Thomas E, Lovett T & Coley DA (2017) 'The reliability of inverse modelling for the wide scale characterization of the thermal properties of buildings' Journal of Building Performance Simulation 11, (1) 65-83 , DOI

Lovett T, Lee J, Gabe-Thomas E, Natarajan S, Brown M, Padget J & Coley D (2016) 'Designing sensor sets for capturing energy events in buildings' Building and Environment 110, 11-22 , DOI

Vellei M, Ramallo-González AP, Coley D, Lee J, Gabe-Thomas E, Lovett T & Natarajan S (2016) 'Overheating in vulnerable and non-vulnerable households' Building Research & Information 45, (1-2) 102-118 , DOI

Gabe-Thomas E, Walker I, Verplanken B & Shaddick G (2016) 'Householders’ Mental Models of Domestic Energy Consumption: Using a Sort-And-Cluster Method to Identify Shared Concepts of Appliance Similarity' PLOS ONE 11, (7) e0158949-e0158949 , DOI Open access

Hellier E, Edworthy J, Newbold L, Titchener K, Tucker M & Gabe-Thomas E (2014) 'Evaluating the application of research-based guidance to the design of an emergency preparedness leaflet' Applied Ergonomics 45, (5) 1320-1329 , DOI Open access

Jones R, Price D, Chavannes N, Lee A, Gabe-Thomas E, Stallberg B, Lisspers K & Sundh J (2013) 'A comparison of multi-component indices of COPD severity in primary care: An UNLOCK study from the IPCRG' EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL 42, Author Site

Conference Papers

Mogles N, Ramallo-González AP & Gabe-Thomas E (2015) 'Towards a Cognitive Agent-based Model for Air Conditioners Purchasing Prediction' Elsevier BV 463-472 , DOI

Lovett T, Gabe-Thomas E, Natarajan S, Brown M & Padget J (2014) 'Designing sensor sets for capturing energy events in buildings' e-Energy '14: The Fifth International Conference on Future Energy Systems ACM , DOI

Lovett T, Gabe-Thomas E, Natarajan S, O'Neill E & Padget J (2013) ''just enough' sensing to ENLITEN' e-Energy '13: The Fourth International Conference on Future Energy Systems ACM , DOI

Other Publications

Gabe-Thomas E (2012) Individual differences in warning perception: The role of risk taking propensity. Publisher Site Open access

Conferences organised

TEDDINET workshop 5: Energy social scientists in a multidisciplinary setting: opportunities and challenges. University of Bath,21-22nd May 2015.

Seminar series - Understanding and using open source technology for research with people: An introduction to PsychoPy (14thMay), Arduino (25th June) and R (16th July). University of Bath, 2015.

School of Psychology Annual Conference. Plymouth University, 2010.

Other academic activities

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

Cockerill, J., Gabe-Thomas, E., Ferguson, C., Zahra, D., & Roberts, M.J. A Tool to Help Ensure Coverage of the Assessment Blueprint in MCQs. EBMA Assessment in Medical Education. University of Exeter, Exeter UK 14-15th October 2016.

Zahra, D., Gabe-Thomas, E., Cockerill, J., & Roberts, M.J. Measuring Knowledge Growth: Reliable Change and Identifying Struggling Students. EBMA Assessment in Medical Education. University of Exeter, Exeter UK 14-15th October 2016.

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