Amy Lykins

Professor Amy Lykins is a faculty member at the University of New England in the School of Psychology under the Faculty of Medicine and Health. Her work bridges clinical psychology with environmental and human-animal interaction studies.

Research Interests: Climate change and mental health, natural hazard resilience, pro-environmental behavior, companion animal welfare, and the ethics of meat consumption. Her research develops interventions for at-risk communities and explores psychological aspects of sustainability.

• Climate change anxiety and maternal mental health
• Indigenous climate adaptation in Fiji
• Wildlife provisioning post-bushfires
• One Welfare framework applications
• Human-horse interaction benefits

Awards: Recipient of multiple School Citations for Education Excellence (2022, 2023), Australia’s leading researcher in Sex and Sexuality (2018), and Vice-Chancellor’s Scholar’s Nominated Academic (2014-2016). Her articles focus on climate-mental health connections and animal welfare.

Grants: Lead investigator on major projects like Building Climate Resilience (NHMRC, $996,269) and Wildlife Assist (NSW Environmental Trust, $181,446). Collaborates with institutions across Australia on disaster recovery and environmental psychology initiatives.