Britt Wray, PhD
Britt is an author and researcher working at the forefront of climate change and mental health. She is the Lead of a Chair’s Special Initiative on Climate Change and Mental Health in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences of Stanford Medicine. Britt is the author of two books, the latest being Generation Dread: Finding Purpose in an Age of Climate Crisis, and is creator of Gen Dread, a weekly newsletter about finding radical hope on the far side of climate despair (gendread.substack.com).
Britt Wray, PhD is an author and researcher working at the forefront of climate change and mental health. Her latest book Generation Dread: Finding Purpose in an Age of Climate Crisis, is an impassioned generational perspective on how to stay sane amid climate disruption and was a finalist for the 2022 Governor General’s Award. Britt is the Lead of a Chair’s Special Initiative on Climate and Mental Health in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences of Stanford Medicine. She holds a PhD in science communication from the University of Copenhagen. Britt has advised the Canadian Federal Ministers, the US State Department, and multiple Fortune 500 companies on issues pertaining climate psychology and mental health. She has hosted several podcasts, radio and TV programs with the BBC and CBC, is a TED speaker, and writes Gen Dread, a newsletter about finding hope and taking meaningful action on the far side of climate grief. She holds a Climate Psychology Certificate from California Institute of Integral Studies in California and is a 2023 Fellow in the Climate Health Organizing Fellowship offered by Harvard C-Change.
