Psicologia ambiental no Brasil: uma análise da produção do Grupo de Trabalhos da ANPEPP (2000-2020)

Abstract

The present dissertation aimed to understand Environmental Psychology in Brazil based on the work of the Environmental Psychology Working Group (GT-PA) of the National Association of Research and Post-Graduate Studies in Psychology (ANPEPP). To achieve this objective, we analysed the records of the proceedings related to the group's meetings, from 2000 to 2020, totalling 11 documents, to highlight indicators of its development in the country. In the Brazilian context, Environmental Psychology gained prominence with the creation of the Working Group in ANPEPP, which has functioned as an Invisible College and promoted the consolidation of research networks, contributing to the dissemination of knowledge and the training of new researchers in the field. As result, we listed the main characteristics of the field over the last twenty years based on the information recorded in the proceedings, identified the main deficiencies detected by researchers at different times, and outlined the solutions proposed by them. We also highlighted the indicators of the field's growth in the country, proposing the systematization of a possible fourth and fifth phase of Environmental Psychology in Brazil.