The Social-Ecological and Environmental Lab takes a dynamical and ecological approach to understanding interpersonal processes embedded within their physical and social environments.
Study the dynamics of
individual and interpersonal action
Emergence of sociality
through self-organized processes
Individuals as
situated in socio-physical environments
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Ecological Program
Ecological psychology approaches the study of biological perception, action, and cognition from the fundamental assumption of organism-environment mutuality. Over the past 50 years, the implications of this mutuality have played out in psychology, physics, philosophy, kinesiology, and beyond, tackling fundamental questions about individual and social dynamics.
The social psychology concentration at UConn emphasizes important social issues, like health, prejudice, and discrimination. Researchers in this area use multiple theoretical perspectives, methods, and levels of analysis, including individual, dyad, group, intergroup, culture, network, society, international, and ecology.
