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Dr Su Lu is a senior lecturer in Psychology. She obtained PhD in Psychology from the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She joined ÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥ in September 2019.

Dr Su Lu’s research sits at the intersection of health and wellbeing, environmental psychology, and judgment and decision-making. Her work examines how individuals and communities navigate complex social and environmental challenges, with a particular focus on how structural inequalities shape mental health and wellbeing. Drawing on interdisciplinary methods, she investigates how people perceive risk, make decisions, and engage with interventions in contexts ranging from climate change and environmental stress to healthcare and community resilience. Her current projects emphasise participatory approaches, working closely with marginalised groups to co-produce knowledge and develop practical solutions that improve equity and inclusion.

Institute for Psychological Science

• Ogunbode, C. A., Player, L., Lu, S., Park, M. S., & Doran, R. (2025). Climate Anxiety in Perspective: A Look at Dominant Stressors in Youth Mental Health and Sleep. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.70057
• Hanss, D.,...Lu, S.,… Yadav, R. (2025). Evidence for motivated control? Climate change related distress is positively associated with domain-specific efficacy beliefs and climate action. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 106, 102695. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102695
• Lu, S., Jiang, F., Lan, J. & Wang, T. (2024). The funnier, the happier? The interplay between interpersonal humor styles on mental health via gratitude. Current Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-023-04665-3
• Jiang, F., Lu, S., Ji, L. J., & Wang, H. J. (2023). Culture and the way of granting job autonomy: Goal or execution?. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 96(3), 624-645. https://doi.org/10.1111/joop.12438
• Wang, Y., Ma, Z., Lu, S., Duan, Z., Wilson, A., Jia, Y., ... & Chen, R. (2023). Associations between sex differences, eating disorder behaviors, physical and mental health, and self-harm among Chinese adolescents. Journal of eating disorders, 11(1), 1-15. 10.1186/s40337-023-00754-7
• Ogunbode, C. A.,...Lu, S.,…& Karasu, M. (2022). Climate anxiety, wellbeing and pro-environmental action: Correlates of negative emotional responses to climate change in 32 countries. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 84(18), 101887. 10.1016/j.jenvp.2022.101887
• Park, J.,...Lu, S.,... & Yadav, R. (2022). Comparison of the inter-item correlations of the Big Five Inventory-10 (BFI-10) between Western and non-Western contexts. Personality and Individual Differences, 196, 111751. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2022.111751
• Lu, S.^, Jiang, F.^, & Zhang, R.^ (2021). Red and risk preferences: The effects of culture and individual differences. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making (Q1). doi:10.1002/bdm.2233
• Lu, S.^, Jiang, F.^, Zhu, X., & Song, X. (2021). Social media impacts the relation between interpersonal conflict and job performance. Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources (Q2), 59(3), 420–441. doi:10.1111/1744-7941.12250
• Ogunbode, C. A.,...Lu, S.,…& Lomas, M. J. (2021). Negative emotions about climate change are related to insomnia symptoms and mental health: Cross-sectional evidence from 25 countries. Current Psychology (Q2), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-01385-4
• Jiang, F., Lu, S., Wang, H., Zhu, X., & Lin, W. (2020). The Roles of Leader Empowering Behaviour and Employee Proactivity in Daily Job Crafting: A Compensatory Model. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 1–12. doi:10.1080/1359432x.2020.1813110
• Jiang, F., Lu, S., Jiang, T., & Jia, H. (2020). Does the Relation Between Humor Styles and Subjective Well-Being Vary Across Culture and Age? A Meta-Analysis. Frontiers in Psychology, 11. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2020.02213
• Jiang, F., Lu, S., Zhu, X., & Song, X. (2019). Social media impacts the relation between interpersonal conflict and job performance. Asia Pacific Journal of Human Resources. doi:10.1111/1744-7941.12250
• Wang, Y., Lu, S., Liu, J., Tan, J., & Zhang, J. (2019). The Influence of Culture on Attitudes Towards Humorous Advertising. Frontiers in Psychology, 10. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01015
• Li, Y. J., Lu, S., Lan, J., & Jiang, F. (2019). Feel Safe to Take More Risks? Insecure Attachment Increases Consumer Risk-Taking Behavior. Frontiers in Psychology, 10. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00874
• Lu, S., Au, W.-T., Zhu, Y., & Jiang, F. (2018). True versus strategic fairness in a common resource dilemma: Evidence from the dual-process perspective. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 32(3), 255–265. doi:10.1002/bdm.2111
• Yam, P. P. C., Ng, G. T. T., Au, W. T., Tao, L., Lu, S., Leung, H., & Fung, J. M. Y. (2018). The effect of subgroup homogeneity of efficacy on contribution in public good dilemmas. PLOS ONE, 13(7), e0201473. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0201473
• Yue, X., Jiang, F., Lu, S., & Hiranandani, N. (2016). To Be or Not To Be Humorous? Cross Cultural Perspectives on Humor. Frontiers in Psychology, 7. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01495
• Jiang, F., Yue, X., Lu, S., Yu, G., & Zhu, F. (2015). How Belief in a Just World Benefits Mental Health: The Effects of Optimism and Gratitude. Social Indicators Research, 126(1), 411–423. doi:10.1007/s11205-015-0877-x
• Jiang, F., Yue, X., Lu, S., & Yu, G. (2015). Can you forgive? It depends on how happy you are. Scandinavian journal of psychology, 56(2), 182-188. doi:10.1111/sjop.12185
• Jiang, F., Lu, S., Yao, X., Yue, X., & Au, W. tung. (2013). Up or Down? How Culture and Color Affect Judgments. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 27(3), 226–234. doi:10.1002/bdm.1800
• Shek, D. T. L., Leung, H., & Lu, S. (2013). Perceived Family Life Quality in Junior Secondary School Students in Hong Kong. Social Indicators Research, 117(3), 757–775. doi:10.1007/s11205-013-0397-5
• Lu, S., Au, W.-T., Jiang, F., Xie, X., & Yam, P-C. (2013). Cooperativeness and competitiveness as two distinct constructs: Validating the cooperative and competitive personality scale in a social dilemma context. International Journal of Psychology, 48, 1135-1147. doi:10.1080/00207594.2012.743666
• Jiang, F., Lu, S., Hou, Y., & Yue, X. D. (2013). Dialectical thinking and health behaviors: The effects of the theory of planned behavior. International Journal of Psychology, 43, 206-214. doi: 10.1080/00207594.2012.656130
• Au, W.-T., Lu, S., Leung, H., Yam, P., & Fung, J. (2012). Risk and prisoner’s dilemma: A reinterpretation of Coobs’ re-parameterization. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making. 25, 476-490. https://doi.org/10.1002/bdm.743

• Health and Wellbeing
• Environmental Psychology
• Judgment and Decision-Making

• PhD in Psychology, the Chinese University of Hong Kong
• MSc in Psyhcology, Peking University
• BSc in Psychology, Peking University

• Applied Psychology
• Dissertation Supervisor

• ÃÛÌÒÖ±²¥ Climate Award, Healthcare Innovation Champion, November 2024

• Joined Up Fellow of UK Youth
• Fellow of The Higher Education Academy
• Member of Experimental Psychology Society

• (PI) Advancing Equity in Health Through AI-Driven Collaborative Networks,  the Universities Partnership and LIAS Interdisciplinary Civic Scheme, March-July 2025

• (PI) Heritage as Intervention: Co-Creating Nature-Connected Wellbeing with John Clare Cottage, HLS Fee Waiver Scholarship, Awarded June 2025

• 2021-            Associate Editor for Frontiers in Public Health
• 2020             Guest editor for the special issue "Resilience and Health in the Chinese People during the COVID-19 Outbreak" in Frontiers in Psychiatry 
  
• 2019-2021   Guest editor for the special issue "Revisiting Cross-Cultural Comparison on International Business: Challenges and Opportunities" in Frontiers in Psychology
• 2024 -            Guest editor for the special issue "Individual and Societal Well-being in Clothing Consumption" in the Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology
• 2025-            Guest editor for the special issue "Digital Solutions for Workplace Conflict: Enhancing Mental Health and Job Performance" in Frontiers in Public Health and Frontiers in Psychology

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