Robert Gifford (psychologist)

Robert Gifford
Alma materSimon Fraser University, University of California, Davis
Scientific career
FieldsEnvironmental psychology, social psychology, personality psychology
InstitutionsUniversity of Victoria
Academic advisorsRobert Sommer

Robert Gifford was Professor of Psychology and Environmental Studies from 1979 to 2024 at the University of Victoria. His main research interests are environmental psychology, social psychology and personality psychology, including work on nonverbal behavior and climate change behavior barriers. From 2004 to 2016, he was the editor in chief of the Journal of Environmental Psychology. In 2024, the University of Victoria terminated Gifford's employment for sexual harassment of a graduate student.