Benjamin Gardner Email & Phone Number

Dr Benjamin Gardner is recognised internationally as an expert researcher, lecturer and public speaker in the psychology of habitual behaviour. Over his 15+ years of research in behavioural science, he has published over 160 research papers and book chapters, mostly exploring how the concept of 'habit' can be used to understand and change everyday human behaviours, with especial focus on health-related behaviours. He has given talks and hosted seminars and workshops with academic, practitioner, commercial and public audiences across the UK and Europe, and in Australia, Canada, Singapore, and USA.Dr Gardner is co-Lead of the Habit Application and Theory (HabitAT) group at University of Surrey. He also leads a behaviour change programme in the Institute for Sustainability at University of Surrey, and co-Lead and founder of the European Health Psychology Society Habit Special Interest Group. Dr Gardner has led funded research projects to develop novel habit-based interventions to reduce sedentary behaviour in office workers, and older adults. He is holds editorial board positions at Social Science & Medicine and Health Psychology Review. He is a chartered member of the British Psychological Society, and Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.Dr Gardner has provided consultancy to various commercial, charity and public sector organisations, including the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence and the NHS. He has given interviews (incl live to air) about his work to various media outlets, including radio (e.g., BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 5), newspapers (e.g., Financial Times, The Guardian, Wall Street Journal), magazines (e.g., The Economist, Time), and has written pieces for public audiences (e.g., The Observer).

Listed skills include Qualitative Research, Health Psychology, Psychology, Meta Analysis, and 22 others.