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With the unfolding climate crisis, ecological grief – the sense of loss that arises from experiencing environmental destruction – has become a growing phenomenon. This project will build on recent advances in phenomenology, the study of the structures of experience, to develop an integrative account of ecological grief.
A particularity of ecological grief is that it tends to be collective: there is usually a group of people who used to dwell together in an environment that is now lost or under threat. This project will advance a conception of ecological grief as a collective crisis in dwelling. This conception will connect with recent advances in cognitive science to develop into a full-blown theory that serves as the basis of future interdisciplinary research into the psychological effects of environmental destruction. The integrative theory of ecological grief will also have important real-world impact in areas such as clinical treatment and environmental policymaking.
Total award value ?151,810.40
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Philosophy
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Gleizer A, Vider J & Fernández Velasco P (2026) “Seen Again”: Ethnography, Immersive Technologies, and Temporality in the Siberian Collections at the Pitt Rivers Museum. Museum Anthropology, 49 (1), Art. No.: e70020. https://doi.org/10.1111/muan.70020
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Gregorians L, Patai Z, Velasco PF, Zisch FE & Spiers HJ (2026) Brain Dynamics during Architectural Experience: Prefrontal and Hippocampal Regions Track Aesthetics and Spatial Complexity. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 38 (2), pp. 381-405. https://doi.org/10.1162/jocn.a.104
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Ecological Grief as a Shared Emotion
Fernandez Velasco P & Richardson L (2026) Ecological Grief as a Shared Emotion. Emotion Review, 18 (1), pp. 3-14. https://doi.org/10.1177/17540739251379796
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Atmospheres and extended feelings
Velasco PF (2025) Atmospheres and extended feelings. Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11097-025-10097-0
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Perroy B, Velasco PF, Gurchani U & Casati R (2025) Three forms of temporal disorientation: A thematic analysis of subjective reports about Covid-19 restriction periods. PLOS One, 20 (6), Art. No.: e0324476. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0324476