Research

My academic background is in environmental psychology, with a particular interest in understanding the dynamics of sustainable behaviours, often using computational models. I am keen to broaden the methodological toolbox available to people researching people-environment relationships, including agent-based modelling.  I was head of the social, economic and geographical sciences department between 2019 and 2025, and am now research lead for the institute’s portfolio of work in the broad area of sustainable behaviours.  I have considerable experience managing research projects at different scales for various funders, including RESAS and the EU.  I currently lead a large programme of work on circular economy behaviours as part of the Scottish Government’s Strategic Research Programme.

Past research

Between 2002 and 2006, he was on the board of the International Association of People Environment Studies (IAPS). He was voted back onto the board in 2012, and again in 2016. Tony was the treasurer of IAPS during the time that it was a UK registered charity.  He has also been the person responsible for the IAPS website, and has served as the organisation secretary, and eventually as IAPS president from 2018-2022.

Between 2011 and 2015, Tony led a large study of energy consumption involving several hundred households in partnership with Aberdeenshire Council and Aberdeen City Council. This study (The ‘North East Scotland Energy Monitoring Project‘) explored how effective  energy feedback (in the form of an in-home display) was in facilitating energy-reduction in households. The study involved a combined analysis of survey data with electricity-consumption data.

Tony has previously worked on EU projects looking at energy behaviours (GILDED), and pro-environmental behaviours at work (LOCAW),  sustainable lifestyles (GLAMURS), Social Innovations inEnergy Transitions (SMARTEES)

Research Gate Profile: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Tony_Craig

Google Scholar Profile: http://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=wsz_07QAAAAJ&hl=en

ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9552-1682

Publications

The following Publications have not yet been migrated to the James Hutton Institute's Pure service and relate to the research outputs from the two legacy organisations: The Macaulay Land Use Research Institute and The Scottish Crop Research Institute.

Journals

Prior to appointment

  • Conniff, A.; Craig, T.; Laing, R.; Scott, S.; Galan-Diaz, C.R. (2007) Informing the practice of planning: researching future environments using desktop computers., In: Environmental Psychology: from research to ‘real world’ applications (eds. E. Edgerton and O. Romice). Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Newcastle, pp91-108.
  • Laing, R.; Conniff, A.; Craig, T.; Galan-Diaz, C.R.; Scott, S. (2007) Design and use of a virtual heritage model to enable a comparison of active navigation of buildings and spaces with passive observation., 17(11): e0275149.
  • Galan-Diaz, C.R.; Conniff, A.; Craig, T.; Laing, R.; Scott, S. (2006) Walking participants through a virtual model: How we got there and its implications., Cognitive Processing, 7, (supplement 1), s33-s36.
  • Edge, M.; Craig, T. (2005) Internet based methodologies in housing research., In: Methodologies in Housing Research (eds. N. Wilkinson and Y. Hurol). The Urban International Press, Gateshead, pp272-285.
  • Craig, T.; Abbott, L.; Laing, R.; Edge, M. (2005) Assessing the acceptability of alternative cladding materials in housing: theoretical and methodological challenges., In: Housing, Space and Quality of Life (eds. R. Garcia-Mira, D. Uzzell, J. Real and J. Romay). Ashgate, Aldershot, pp59-69.
  • Craig, T. (2002) Overcoming expertocracy through sustainable development : the case of wastewater., In: People, Places and Sustainability (eds. G. Moser, E. Pol, Y. Bernard, M. Bonnes, J. Corraliza and V. Giuliani). Hogrefe and Huber, Gottingen, Germany, pp270-279.
  • Burkhard, R.; Deletic, A. and Craig, T. (2000) Techniques for water and wastewater management: A review of techniques and their integration in planning., Urban Water, 2, 197-221.

Technical / contract reports

  • Sutherland, L.A.; Fischer, A.; Craig, T.; Gotts, N.M. (2009) GILDED European Policy Brief One., Deliverable from GILDED FP7 Project for European Commission.

Conference papers

  • Gotts, N.M.; Sanchez, N.; Craig, T.; Polhill, J.G. (2011) Agent-based modelling in the LOCAW project., European Social Simulation Association Conference (ESSA 2011), Montpelier, France, 19-23 September 2011.
  • Polhill, J.G.; Galan-Diaz, C.R.; Gotts, N.M.; Craig, T.; Marshall, K.; Sutherland, L-A.; Kriel, A.; Fischer, A. (2010) The ODDness of modelling: early experiences from a transdisciplinary modelling exercise., Third World Congress on Social Simulation (WCSS 2010), University of Kassel, Germany, 6-9 September 2010.
  • Craig, T. (2009) Does an offshore windfarm make the seascape less restorative? What can we learn about restoration from virtual environments?, Biennial Conference on Environmental Psychology, 8th, Zurich, 6-9 September 2009.
  • Craig, T.; Dunglinson, J.; Slee, B. (2009) Predicting support for individual action and community-group action to reduce carbon emissions., Biennial Conference on Environmental Psychology, 8th, Zurich, 6-9 September 2009.
  • Conniff, A.; Craig, T.; Laing, R.; Galan-Diaz, C.R.; Scott, S. (2008) The importance of purpose in evaluating urban designs., Conference of the International Association for People-Environment Studies, “Urban Diversities, Biosphere and Well-Being”, Rome, 28 July – 1 August, 2008.
  • Craig, T.; Conniff, A.; Galan-Diaz, C. (2008) Exploring the relationship between familiarity, public participation and environmental preferences., Conference of the International Association for People-Environment Studies, “Urban Diversities, Biosphere and Well-Being”, Rome, 28 July – 1 August, 2008.

Conference posters / abstracts

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