Kimberly C. Doell

Kimberly C. Doell, PhD, is an environmental psychologist and head of the Environmental Collective Behaviour (ECo) Group in the Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour at the University of Konstanz. Her research focuses on understanding and promoting climate action via psychological and behavioural science, with an emphasis on identifying scalable interventions that drive meaningful change. She employs a diverse range of methodologies, including experimental, survey-based, and cross-cultural approaches. She frequently leverages Big Team Science collaborations and open, global datasets to address complex challenges in climate action. 
For example, she recently co-led the International Climate Psychology Collaboration (ICPC), a global megastudy testing the effectiveness of interventions to promote climate-friendly behaviour across 63 countries, 258 researchers, and nearly 60 thousand participants. The project relied on open, standardised research practices and large-scale data-sharing, reflecting the importance of transparency, collaboration, and accessibility in advancing sustainability research. Beyond ICPC, she has played a key role in multiple other Big Team Science research initiatives, contributing to the design, execution, and analysis of projects that leverage behavioural science to support evidence-based decision-making on a range of societal challenges. 
Her work bridges disciplines, integrating insights from psychology, neuroscience, and behavioural science to better understand both the individual and systemic drivers of climate action. As a strong advocate for open science, data accessibility, and interdisciplinary collaboration, she works closely with researchers across fields to ensure that research in this domain is both rigorous and actionable. Recognising the critical role of research infrastructure, digital repositories, and data-driven decision-making, she is particularly interested in how open data initiatives and research libraries can facilitate global cooperation and accelerate solutions to the climate crisis.