Ans Vercammen

Biographic Data

ID1904402
NAMEAns Vercammen
GIVEN NAMESAns
FAMILY NAMEVercammen
SIGNATUREVERCAMMEN A
AFFILIATIONSThe University of Queensland
ORCID0000-0003-1229-9401
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR7
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX0

  • Connecting climate change and mental health and wellbeing in Oceania

    Open AccessSuhailah Ali, Ans Vercammen et al.ARTICLECritical Public Health2026

    Introduction Climate change poses escalating, interconnected threats to mental health and wellbeing across Oceania, a region marked by cultural diversity, geographic vulnerability, and strong Indigenous knowledge systems. Despite growing recognition, research remains fragmented and often reflects Western paradigms that overlook relational, collective, and place-based understandings of wellbeing.Methods This paper presents research and action prio…

  • Arts-based approaches to climate change, mental health and (un)natural disasters

    Open AccessC Watfern, Priya Vaughan et al.ARTICLEArts & Health2026

    BACKGROUND: Climate change affects mental health and wellbeing globally, and in a range of contexts - from the trauma of (un)natural disasters to the anxiety and grief that comes with awareness of current and future threats. METHODS: This scoping review describes how arts-based approaches are being used in research and/or practice to understand, manage and mitigate distress associated with climate change and natural disasters. After searching two…

  • Climate Distress and the Practice of Connection

    Open AccessC Watfern, Sally Gillespie et al.ARTICLEEcopsychology2025

    How might we build community and connection as the wounded world grows warmer and more unlivable? How might we address climate distress in ways that honor right relationships between people, planet, place, and our more-than-human companions? We ask questions like these in this article and seek to answer them as we present a narrative case study of an Australian community of practice focused on climate distress. We draw from the transcripts of a s…

  • Predicting the replicability of social and behavioural science claims in Covid-19 preprints

    Open AccessAlexandru Marcoci, David P Wilkinson et al.ARTICLENature Human Behaviour2024References: 48

    Replications are important for assessing the reliability of published findings. However, they are costly, and it is infeasible to replicate everything. Accurate, fast, lower-cost alternatives such as eliciting predictions could accelerate assessment for rapid policy implementation in a crisis and help guide a more efficient allocation of scarce replication resources. We elicited judgements from participants on 100 claims from preprints about an e…

  • Psycho-social factors associated with climate distress, hope and behavioural intentions in young UK residents

    Open AccessAns Vercammen, Tassia K Oswald et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    Although the UK has been relatively spared significant geophysical impacts of climate change, many people, youth in particular, are increasingly worried about climate change. The psychological distress associated with the (perceived) threat of climate change has been linked to poorer mental wellbeing but can also promote adaptive responses such as engagement in pro-environmental behaviour. In this mixed methods study, we delve deeper into the exp…

  • Current understanding of the impact of climate change on mental health within UK parliament

    Open AccessLucy T Pirkle, Neil Jennings et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2022

    There is growing evidence that climate change is linked to adverse mental health outcomes, with both direct and indirect impacts already being felt globally, including within the United Kingdom (UK). With the UK parliament tasked with passing legislation to mitigate against and adapt to climate change, it is well placed to take a lead in implementing policies that reduce the impact of climate change on mental health and even provide mental health…

  • A Reflection on the Fair Use of Unpaid Work in Conservation

    Open AccessAns Vercammen, Caroline Park et al.ARTICLEConservation and Society2020

    With increasing demand for large-scale data and effective, wide-spread action, conservation volunteers can play an important role in tackling the global biodiversity crisis. Cost-cutting pragmatism aside, the recruitment of volunteers into diverse roles within conservation organisations also responds to growing public concern for the environment and demand for 'meaningful' engagement in people's pastime. Here we argue that this auspicious premise…