Patrik Sörqvist
Professor
About the researcher
I am an experimental psychologist. My research interests include cognitive psychology, environmental psychology and behavioral economics.
Behavioral aspects of economics, accounting, marketing, consumption, environment and sustainability.
Current Research
A new perspective on working memory and its relation to attention and learning
Financially supported by a grant from the Swedish Research Council (2,250,000 SEK) awarded to Patrik Sörqvist (Co-PI: Marsh).
Employment
- Professor, Environmental Psychology, University of Gävle (2015-)
- University Lecturer, Environmental Psychology, University of Gävle (2011-2015)
- Post doc, Cognitive Hearing Science, Linköping University (2010-2011)
- Ph.D. student, Engineering Psychology, University of Gävle (2007-2010)
- University Teacher, Psychology, University of Gävle (2006-2007)
- Teacher Assistant, Psychology, University of Gävle (2005-2006)
Other work experiences of relevance
- Guest researcher at Cardiff University 1st Feb 2010 - 1st April 2010
Degrees
- Professor, Environmental Psychology, University of Gävle (December, 2015)
- Associate Professor, Cognitive Hearing Science, Linköping University (May, 2011)
- Philosophy Doctoral Degree, Luleå University of Technology (June, 2010)
- Master of Social Science, University of Gävle (February, 2006)
Editorial responsibilities
- Specialty Chief Editor of Environmental Psychology, subsection of Frontiers in Psychology (since April 2016)
Invited referee assignments for the following journals
- Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition
- Journal of Environmental Psychology
- Journal of Cognitive Psychology
- British Journal of Psychology
- Noise and Health
- Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition
- Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
- Frontiers in Psychology
- Memory and Cognition
- Behavioral Neuroscience
- International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology
- PLOS ONE
- Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research
- Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics
- Applied Cognitive Psychology
- Perceptual and Motor Skills
- Sustainable Production and Consumption
- Applied Acoustics
- Noise Control Engineering Journal
- Global Ecology and Conservation
- British Food Journal
- Journal of Economic Psychology
- Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics
- Journal of Consumer Policy
- Appetite
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Invited to review papers for the World Health Organization
- Environmental noise guidelines for the European region
Scholarship
- Stiftelsen Göranssonska fondens scholarship for excellence in research 2014
Current research project:
- The interplay of physiological and cognitive mechanisms of hearing (supported by RJ)
- The relation between working memory capacity and basic learning processes (supported by VR)
- Room acoustics, speech intelligibility and learning in classroom settings (supported by FORMAS)
- Consumer behavior in the context of environmental psychology (e.g., factors influencing purchase of eco-friendly products)
Editorial responsibilities:
Specialty Chief Editor of Environmental Psychology, subsection of Frontiers in Psychology External link.
Current Ph.D. students:
- Anders Hurtig
- Mattias Holmgren
- Douglas MacCutcheon
- Hanna Andersson
Ph.D. students who have graduated under my supervision:
- Alan Kabanshi
- Niklas Halin
- Anatole Nöstl
- Andreas Haga
- Marijke Keus
Regularly
- Experimental methodology
- Statistics for the behavioural sciences
- Environmental psychology
Occasionally
- Eyewitness psychology
- Cognitive psychology
- Engineering psychology
This page was last updated 2024-05-15