prof. dr. E.M. (Linda) Steg

Administrative functions

Fellow of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW).

Lead author IPCC report 'Global warming of 1.5°C: an IPCC special report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5°C above above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathway' (2017-2018).

Member Workgroup ‘Circular Economy’ and ‘Energy’ of the Dutch Science Agenda (2015-2016).

Program committee ‘Uncertainty Reduction in Smart Energy Systems of the Dutch National Science Foundation (NWO-URSES; from 2015).

Coordinator Platform for Energy Research in the Socio-Economic Nexus (PERSON, from 2014).

Chairman Expertise Group Environmental Psychology, University of Groningen (from 2021).

Chairman Expertise Group Social Psychology, University of Groningen (2014-2021).

Member jury Social Sciences Dutch Science Agenda (‘Nationale Wetenschapsagenda’; 2014).

Scientific Director Kurt Lewin Institute (2013-2017).

Chair Task Force Communication, International Association of Applied Psychology (IAAP; 2013-2014).

Member Presidium van het Ubbo Emmius Colleghie, Groningen (2013-2014).Associated member of the Council for the Environment and Infrastructure (from 2013).

Member founding group and board Virtual Community Sustainability and Consumption (from 2011).

President of Division 4 ‘Environmental Psychology’ of the International Association of Applied Psychology (IAAP; 2010-2014); President-Elect 2006-2010, Past-President 2014-2018.

Member of the Commission ‘Sustainable behaviour’ of the Council for the Environment and Infrastructure (2012-2013).

Member of the Scientific Board of the Groningen Energy and Sustainability Programme (from 2011).

Teaching Director Kurt Lewin Institute (2010-2013).

Chair admissions committee Master Psychology University of Groningen (2010-2012).

Coordinator English-language Master of Science in Psychology, University of Groningen (2010-2012).

Founder and Member Steering Committee PhD Summer school on Theories in Environmental Psychology (STEP; from 2009).

Coordinator Master Social Psychology, University of Groningen (2008-2010).

Chair of the Educational Committee of the Department of Psychology, University of Groningen (2006-2008).

Treasurer of Division 13 ‘Traffic and Transportation Psychology’ of the International Association of Applied Psychology (IAAP; 2003-2014).

Coordinator of the Sustainability Network of the International Association for People-Environment Studies (IAPS, until 2010).