Merideth Gattis
Professor of Psychology at Cardiff University Centre for Human Developmental Science / Teaching research methods / Researching how environments influence cognition communication & parenting
- How to make outdoor learning accessible and inclusive for all children 💡Design activities based on Universal Design for Learning 👍 Provide staff training 📣 Share good practice 🪶 Identify opportunities for flexible participation #OutdoorLearning #Psychology #DevSci www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
- Congratulations & a big thank you to Ella Godwin who led the work, the research team including Lorna Jarvis, Nicola Parkin, @wouterpoortinga.bsky.social & Kersty Hobson at Cardiff Uni & Mark Stead, Jonathan Reeves Morgan Marshall @wwtworldwide.bsky.social & JAEOL @outdoor-learning.bsky.social
- @cardiffbabylab.bsky.social @cardiffunilib.bsky.social @kerryhood.bsky.social Please help us by sharing this new #openaccess paper on how to ensure that #outdoorlearning is #accessible and #inclusive for all children!
- Reposted by Merideth GattisCongrats to Magie Junker on her 1st PhD paper 🎉, published in Environmental Education Research The study explores how children connected with nature during Generation Wild (designed & delivered by @wwtworldwide.bsky.social ) using photo-elicitation interviews 📸🌿 👉 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1350... (1/3)
- Very interesting article on why and when people have babies. 21st century families and childhoods are changing, including not only family structure and economic conditions, but also how parents feel and what they expect of themselves as parents www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
- I did not know this statistic about paternity leave in the UK: 90% of paternity leave in 2024-25 was claimed by fathers in the UK’s top half of earners. Why? Statutory paternity leave pay is just £187.18 a week. www.theguardian.com/money/2025/n...
- “If you want to help a 20-something, have some empathy for the uncertainties they wake up to each day, and show them the data about what’s ahead: In a 2022 study…happiness and satisfaction increased across every decade of adulthood from the late teens to the 70s and beyond.”
- Reposted by Merideth GattisFor a summary of the key findings, read the news story on the University of Bath's website: www.bath.ac.uk/announcement...
- Reposted by Merideth GattisNew CAST research shows that major life transitions, like starting university, can lead to greener choices, including increased recycling and active travel. ♻️ 🚴 The paper was led by Dr Kaloyan Mitev and co-authored by Prof Lorraine Whitmarsh MBE, Merideth Gattis & Dr Nick Nash. Read the paper 👇
- 📣 New paper on the effects of moments of change on pro-environmental behaviour! 👏 Congratulations to @kaloyanmitev.bsky.social who developed and implemented the work as part of his PhD at Cardiff University School of Psychology and University of Bath.
- New research by @kaloyanmitev.bsky.social, @lwhitmarsh.bsky.social, @meridethgattis.bsky.social and Nicholas Nash reinforces the value of designing timely, targeted interventions during key life transitions to encourage sustainable lifestyle change 👇 journals.plos.org/climate/arti...
- Reposted by Merideth GattisToday on the #LATINA #EqualPayDay, we would like to invite you to read our article about the International #EqualPayDay that was celebrated on the 18th September: research-sites.cardiff.ac.uk/reducing-gen...
- A call to action from @campaign4parks.bsky.social “National park rivers are being poisoned, drained and neglected – if we can’t protect these, we can’t claim to be serious about ending the UK’s water crisis” www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Reposted by Merideth GattisThe next consultations open for a new #NationalPark in Wales 📢 The first to be designated in Wales for over 60 years, this new National Park should be an exemplar for nature, climate and people 🌳🥾⛰️ Let Welsh Gov know you support the new Park 👉 ymgynghori.cyfoethnaturiol.cymru/north-east-g...
- Reposted by Merideth GattisPlease repost! We're looking for a PhD student to join us on a project exploring how ADHD is linked to greater curiosity. The PhD student will be based across Cardiff University and the University of Bath working with @ggoclowska.bsky.social , Kate Langley, and me as part of a collaborative team.
- Is humour serious enough for science? Fabulous @newyorker.com article on the insights gained from research by Elena Hoicka & orhers on the development of humour 👶🧪 #cogsci #psychscisky #devpsysky #earlyyears #infantstudies www.newyorker.com/culture/open...
- Equal Pay Day for women with children falls on 1 September this year. From this date, mothers are working for free for the rest of the year compared with fathers. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
- The gender pay gap in 2025
- The easiest way to restore your attention span could be just outside your door. LA Times interview with Marc Herman about his new book Nature and the Mind www.latimes.com/lifestyle/st...
- Berman not Herman — thanks but no thanks to autocorrect!
- Reposted by Merideth GattisAn abbreviation (ABB) in a journal article (JA) or Grant Application (GA) is rarely worth the words it saves. Every ABB requires cognitive resources (CR) and at my age by the time I'm halfway through a JA or GA I no longer have the CR to remember what your ABB stood for.
- Just over a week left to apply for this exciting postdoctoral research opportunity on children and nature! 🐾 The application deadline is Wednesday the 20th of August 2025.
- We are recruiting a postdoctoral researcher to work with Cardiff University / Prifysgol Caerdydd and WWT on a Knowledge Transfer Partnership! 🦉Join us as we inspire the next generation of nature lovers.🌳 krb-sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear...
- I don’t understand the 1-like-1-thing thing at all (am I missing something?) but I like so many of these takes that I find it difficult to say which is my favourite.
- Reposted by Merideth Gattis🎉The third round of the EADP collaboration grant is open! Got an idea you'd love to develop with colleagues across three different European countries? Don't be shy and apply! 🙌 🤝 We especially encourage @eadperu.bsky.social members to apply 🔗 www.eadp.info/collaboratio... 📅 Deadline: October 31st
- We are recruiting a postdoctoral researcher to work with Cardiff University / Prifysgol Caerdydd and WWT on a Knowledge Transfer Partnership! 🦉Join us as we inspire the next generation of nature lovers.🌳 krb-sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear...
- Reposted by Merideth GattisI'd be interested to know what proportion of academic related prompts were questions that the lecturer would be only too willing to answer if asked at the end of a lecture or on the VLE discussion board
- Three undergraduates at a Russell Group university shared their ChatGPT exchanges with Jeremy Ettinghausen. Everyone working in higher education should read this eye opening article. #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #AcademicIntegrity #HigherEd www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
- Three undergraduates at a Russell Group university shared their ChatGPT exchanges with Jeremy Ettinghausen. Everyone working in higher education should read this eye opening article. #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #AcademicIntegrity #HigherEd www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
- A few weeks ago I asked whether universities are considering how students feel about AI being used to mark their work. Ettinghausen reports that students are already doing that themselves! bsky.app/profile/meri...
- Students’ use of AI to mark their work creates a thorny problem. ChatGPT responds to one such request with high praise: “Your essay is excellent: rich in insight, theoretically sophisticated, and structurally clear…”
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View full threadWe should all be thinking about how using AI to mark student work will change their experience base and therefore change their expectations.
- Reposted by Merideth GattisWe’re looking for a new colleague at Cardiff University. We want someone to join the school with an established expertise and proven portfolio of research in Media and Communications, krb-sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear...
- Reposted by Merideth GattisDid you know that Evidence to Impact is a university spinout? We are jointly owned by Cardiff University and the University of Bristol with both institutions represented on our Board. This gives us access to academic insight and commercialisation expertise, whilst providing high level governance.
- Reposted by Merideth GattisA month ago, I shared a draft of the teaching resources list for cog psych (& related) courses. Now that the fall semester is only 4 wks away 😱, I thought I'd ask you to share your favorite books, videos, demos, syllabi, etc., to make this list more complete & more useful for interested folks.
- Reposted by Merideth GattisChildren's voices must be at the centre of political decision-making in Wales. We’re proud to have contributed to the @childreninwales.org.uk Champions for Children manifesto ahead of #Senedd2026. Will you be a #ChampionForChildren? Read and share 👇 bit.ly/46yTbOL
- Grandparents in the UK are being asked to share their experiences of helping with childcare www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
- Such an interesting example of the complexity of interactions between people and nature. Because of droughts in Spain, flamingos have moved into an area in northern Italy, and their foraging behaviours there impact on rice farmers www.theguardian.com/environment/...
