Ecopsychology Special Issue on Nature and Health—Part 1

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Almost two years ago the Ecopsychology journal partnered with the 2021 Nature and Health conference to solicit original manuscripts for a special issue of the journal, edited by Dr. Gregory N. Bratman and Dr. Hector A. Olvera Alvarez. That led to a huge number of terrific submissions.  Greg and Hector (assisted by Chrystal Dunker) led the peer-review process, and there were so many strong and cutting edge submissions that we decided to run two special issues on this topic! The first issue was just published online [liebertpub.com].  Good news, the publishers agreed to make this special issue free access until Oct 12, 2022!  So please take advantage of this opportunity to read and download the entire issue, or select articles.  The Table of Contents is copied below. The second issue will appear December 2022.

Best wishes,

Peter Kahn
Editor-in-Chief, Ecopsychology
Professor, Department of Psychology & School of Environmental and Forest Sciences
University of Washington

 

Call for Special Issue Papers: Nature and Health deadline Nov. 19th

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The Special Issue of Ecopsychology is open to submissions on other work in the nature and health field, within the categories below, and also listed here, along with details about the issue.

Deadline for Manuscript Submission: November 19, 2021

Guest Editors: Gregory N. Bratman and Hector Olvera-Alvarez

Our topic on Nature and Health is ambitious insofar as we seek to bring together cohorts within the field of ecopsychology in a traditional sense (such as Deep Ecology), with cohorts from many health-related fields and other scientific disciplines. Some of the articles for this special issue will emerge from those attending the conference. But many other articles will include authors unable to attend. If needed, the Ecopsychology journal will devote two issues to this topic, to promote the burgeoning work across disciplines. Here are examples of some of the areas and approaches:

Interaction with animals, plants, and/or landscapes for health
Social determinants of the nature-health relationship
Wilderness experiences and health
Ecotherapy
Forest bathing
Indigenous ways of knowing
Psychological pathways
Causal mechanisms
Diversity and equity
Agency, power, self-determination, and sovereignty
Social vulnerability
Epidemiology
Neuroscience
Implementation science—studies of what works
Relationship with nature (beyond STEM)
Reciprocal healing of humans and nature
Individual differences
Traditional ecological knowledge
Measuring nature contact
Racism and discrimination in nature
Positive psychological well-being
Biodiversity
Attitudes towards being in nature
Nature/built environment interactions
Multilevel studies
Novel review papers and personal narratives are welcomed, as are investigations that use qualitative methods.

Your contribution should be no longer than 5,500 words (excluding references) and submitted no later than November 19, 2021. Early submissions are welcomed. Please submit using the journal’s online submission portal. http://www.liebertpub.com/forauthors/ecopsychology/300/.

For questions, please contact Editor-in-Chief of the Ecopsychology journal, Peter Kahn at pkahn@uw.edu, or guest editors, Gregory N. Bratman at bratman@uw.edu, or Hector Olvera-Alvarez at olveraal@ohsu.edu.

Special Issue of Ecopsychology

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Nature and Health’s Steering Committee Members Peter Kahn and Usha Varanasi recently contributed to the new issue of Ecopsychology! Peter Kahn was Editor-in-Chief for the special issue Reciprocal Healing: Nature, Health, and Wild Vitality and Usha Varanasi was published in Focusing Attention on Reciprocity Between Nature and Humans Can Be the Key to Reinvigorating Planetary Health.

All articles in this issue are free for one month. After that, access to these articles are limited to subscribers, libraries, etc.