Damien Hackney

Lecturer

Department of Human Sciences, Society & Culture

01752 636700

dhackney@marjon.ac.uk

Role Summary

Damien is the leader for the BPS accredited BSc Psychology programme. His teaching is focused on qualitative research methods, social psychology, and behavioural science. Damien also runs the Marjon Environmental Psychology Working Group (MEP), and leads the Psychology Enhancement Programme.

Programme leader

Qualifications

BSc Psychology (1st class honours)
MSc Social Research Methods and Evaluation (with distinction)
PhD Environmental psychology/philosophy/ethics

Teaching

Damien's teaching has a focus on research methods, social psychology and behavioural science.

Research

Damien's research focuses on nature-connection, understandings of and relationships with nature and the natural world, and the capacity of environmental philosophy to inform worldviews and values.

Publications

Hackney, D., & Cotton, D. R. E. (2026). Re-Thinking Nature-Connection: Practitioners’ Worldviews as Multi-Paradigmatic Entanglements. Sustainability, 18(2), 614. https://doi.org/10.3390/su18020614

Expert Membership of professional bodies

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Other Interests

The role of consciousness studies in developing arguments in environmental ethics.