Meet the team: Gonzalo Palomo

Get to know the people behind the science at the environmental psychology group!

Gonzalo Palomo is a postdoc environmental psychology group, and he is studying public perceptions and public acceptability of energy projects and energy policies.

Gonzalo Palomo-Vélez, Goda Perlaviciute, Nadja Contzen, Linda Steg
September 2025
Energy Research & Social Science
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2025.104279

Promoting energy sources as environmentally friendly: does it increase public acceptability?

Gonzalo Palomo-Vélez, Goda Perlaviciute, Nadja Contzen, Linda Steg
Environmental Research Communications
November 2021
DOI 10.1088/2515-7620/ac32a8

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