Dr Jenny Lunt

About

I am a lecturer in Health Psychology and I possess a Professional Doctorate in Health Psychology. I am chartered with and registered as a Practitioner Psychologist with the British Psychological Society. I teach mainly on the Health Psychology MSc.

Prior to joining the University of Derby, I worked as an independent practitioner and as Principal Psychologist within the Health and Safety Executive. In that time, I applied Health Psychology to Health and Safety via research, training and consultancy with various industry sectors and at national and international levels. My research interest concern the application of behaviour change to Health and Safety and Recovery at work.

Teaching responsibilities

I am module lead for Professional Skills and Learning to Live with Long-Term conditions on the Masters in Health Psychology. I teach on other modules across the programme and to also teach final year undergraduate Psychology students. I endeavour to use my industry experience to ensure teaching is applicable to public and occupational health contexts.

Research interests

Application of behaviour change to Health and Safety and Occupational Health
Recovery at Work
Management of Chronic Health Conditions in the Work Place

Membership of professional bodies

Chartered Psychologist with the British Psychological Society
Registered Practitioner with the Health and Care Professions Council
Affiliate member of IOSH (IOSH processing application)
Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society

Qualifications

Professional Doctorate in Health Psychology
MSc in Health Psychology
BSc in Applied Human Psychology

Recent conferences

Lunt J (2019Tackling the leading causes of sickness absence at a strategic level – recovery at work. IOSH 2019
Lunt J (2019) Integrating Mental Health into Your Health and Safety Strategy, Marcus Evans, Berlin
Lunt J (2019) Integrating Mental Health into Your Health and Safety Strategy, Marcus Evans, Berlin
Lunt, J. (2018). Why health remains the poor cousin of safety. Universities of Safey and Health Association
Ormond, M and Lunt, J (2017). Addressing ‘health’ through a culture change programme – sharing insight and good practice. British Safety Council
Lunt J (2016) When and Why to Employers Engage with Health at Work. Royal Society of Medicine
Lunt, J (2016). Behavioural Safety. Workplace Health Conference 2016
Lunt, J (2015). Mindful Leadership. IOSH 2015
Lunt, J. (2014) Making Behaviour Change Happen in Health and Safety (with emphasis on High Reliability Organisations (HRO’s)). Fleming Oil 10th Annual HSE Forum in Energy (Dohar).
Lunt, J. (2014) Health and Wellbeing Update on HSL’s Approach to Health & Wellbeing. Inside Government.
Lunt, J. (2014). Applying Behavioural Insights to H&S. Cross Government Behavioural Insights Conference
Lunt, J. (2014) Introducing ACT: HSL’s Achieving Behaviour Change Toolkit for Health and Safety. IOSH 2014. Tweet: Nick Warburton @NickSHPEditor Dr Jennifer Lunt speaks at IOSH this week, She is also co-author of an excellent globalisation issue in July’s Issue
Lunt, J. (2014) Breaking Unsafe Habits and Preventing Mindlessness. Marcus Evans 8th Edition Behavioural Safety Implementation (Berlin). (Ran) Half Day Workshop
Lunt, J. (2014). Nudging H&S.: Concept & Application. IOSH Middle East Conference (Abu Dabi)
Lunt, J. (2014). Making Behaviour Change Happen In H&S .Energy Networks Association SHE Management Conference. Tweet @HSLProducts @ProspectUnion @H_S_E Dr Jenny Lunt gave first class presentation today
Lunt, J. (2014) Introducing HeRMMiN; The Health Risk Management Maturity Index; Towards a Standardised Approach to Behaviour Change. European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology.
Lunt, J. (2013). Making Behaviour Change Happen In H&S. London H&S Group
Lunt, J. (2013). The PEROSH Wellbeing Group. Wellbeing at Work (2013). (Helsinki). Finnish Institute of Occupational Health at Work
Lunt, J. (2013). Making Behaviour Change Happen International Forum of Occupational H& S Management in the 21^st Century (2013) (Energy Sector) (Luxemborg).

Experience in industry

Developed behaviour change online toolkit for the construction industry. Multi-industry experience through previous work with the Health and Safety Executive and as independent practitioner.

International experience

I have conducted consultancy in topics related to Health and Safety Culture and Behaviour Change as applied to Health and Safety as well as Wellbeing at Work for multinationals such as Nestle, L’Oreal, BAE systems, and Honeywell. I have also run Think Tank events for multionationals on applying behaviour change to Health and Safety.

Recent publications

Rozendal, W & Lunt, J., (2019) Creating a COBRACable Safety Culture of 'Better Together' between. Employer, Contractors and Subcontractors. Conference paper for the Cigre (International Council for Large Electric Systems) 2019 Symposium, Denmark.
Lunt, J., Staves. M. & Weyman, A. (2018) Ensuring safe behaviour on a global scale: L’Oréal’s approach, Policy and Practice in Health and Safety, DOI: 1080/14773996.2018.1528724
Lunt, J & Burton, K (2017). The Health – Work Toolbox. Occupational Health at Work. Vol 13/6
Lunt, J (2016). Innovative communication: Levelling the playing field between health and safety. Safety and Health Practitioner. October 2016
Kendall, N., Burton., K., Lunt, J., Mellor, N and Daniels, K. (2016). Development of an Intervention Toolbox for Common Health Problems in the Workplace. HSE Research Report RR 1053. http://www.hse.gov.uk/research/rrhtm/rr1053.htm
Lunt, J., Fishwick, D., Robinson., E et al (2015) Work-life balance: time for a change (Editorial). Occupational Medicine and Health Affairs, 2015, e111
Lunt, J, Smith, P. & Bell, N. (2014). Health & Safety in a Shrinking World. July 2014 (profiling an industry workshop on the effects of globalisation on H&S). Safety and Health Practioner July 2014 http://www.shponline.co.uk/health-and-safety-in-a-shrinking-world/
Lunt J (2013). Towards a Standardized Approach for Behavior Change in 21^st Century Occupational Health. Occup Med Health Aff 1:119. doi: 10.4172/2329-6879.1000119 http://esciencecentral.org/journals/towards-a-standardized-approach-for-behavior-change-in-21st-century-occupational-health-2329-6879.1000119.php?aid=14355. As at 03/01/2015 total views: 10591, HTML page views: 6865, pdf downloads: 3726
Lunt, J (2013). Health Psychology: The Missing Ingredient in Health and Safety? In M. Foreshaw & D. Sheffield (Eds). Health Psychology in Action pp105 – John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2013
Lunt & Staves (2011). Nudge Nudge, Think Think. Safety and Health Practitioner http://shp.shpo.portal.cmpi.net/features-content/full/cpd-article-nudge-nudge-think-think
Lunt, J., Sheffield, D, Bell, N, Bennett, V, Morris, L. (2011). Systematic Review of Behavioural Interventions for Dermal and Respiratory Hazards (updated). Occup Med 2011 Aug;61(5):311-20

Going Green During a Cost of Living Crisis

What day-to-day actions can we all take to help fight climate change? And how do we approach this in a cost of living crisis? University of Derby Behaviour Change lecturers Dr Jenny Lunt and Johanna Beswick explore possible solutions with students Katie Johns, Julie Kempthorne and Claire Thomas.

Posted: 28 February 2023

By: Dr Jenny Lunt

Speeding up the 'climate change sloth'

To help us all psychologically and behaviourally adapt to meeting the challenges posed by net-zero targets, University of Derby Psychology lecturers Jenny Lunt and Johanna Beswick have worked with MSc Behaviour Change students Abs Dixon, Alex Williams and Katie Cross, to generate some simple messages.

Posted: 14 December 2021