Colleges
Research groups
Talks, podcasts, and blogs
"Should I feel guilty eating turkey for my Christmas dinner?" - Oxford Sparks Big Questions podcast episode
"Food and Social Networks" - Science Short talk at the Oxford University Natural History Museum
"Our Social Environments Impact Our Meat Eating Choices" - Blog post on the LEAP website
Elif Naz Çoker
BA, MPhil (Cantab)
DPhil Candidate
I am a social psychologist and behavioral researcher focused on designing and delivering interventions that promote sustainable and healthy diets. My DPhil studies explore barriers and enablers to reducing meat consumption, with an emphasis on the role of social norms in individuals’ likelihood to change their behavior. I am part of the Livestock, Environment, and People (LEAP) team.
Education
I am originally from Turkey, and a graduate of the Dual BA Program between Columbia University in New York, USA and Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po) in France. I hold two Bachelor of Arts degrees, one in Psychology and Sociology and the other in Political Science and Middle Eastern Studies. Following my undergraduate degrees, I completed my MPhil in Social and Developmental Psychology at the University of Cambridge, and worked as a research assistant at the Cambridge Social Decision Making Lab before moving to Oxford and joining the department.
Supervisors
Recent publications
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Perceptions of social norms around healthy and environmentally-friendly food choices: Linking the role of referent groups to behavior
Journal article
Çoker EN. et al, (2022), Frontiers in Psychology
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Fleshing out the theory of planned of behavior: Meat consumption as an environmentally significant behavior
Journal article
Çoker EN. and van der Linden S., (2022), Current Psychology, 41, 681 - 690
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A dynamic social norm messaging intervention to reduce meat consumption: A randomized cross-over trial in retail store restaurants
Journal article
Çoker EN. et al, (2021), Appetite