Karen Henwood is a British social psychologist and Professor of Social Sciences at Cardiff University, and an expert on identity and risk, particularly socio-cultural and environmental change.
Her research in recent years includes the ESRC project "Timescapes" on relationships and identities through the life course, and a project on men as fathers, as well as research on energy use, sustainable development, climate change policy and on living with nuclear risk.
She is affiliated with the Collaborative Centre of Excellence in Understanding and Managing Natural and Environmental Risks, and with the Sustainable Places Research Institute.
[2][3] Henwood has authored several highly cited publications within social psychology.
According to Google Scholar Henwood has been cited around 12,000 times in scientific literature and has an h-index of 45.