Amy Moon

Dr Amy Moon BSc, PhD

Senior Research Fellow

Amy Moon joined the university in 2008 and is a Senior Research Fellow within the Institute for Lifecourse Development at the University of Greenwich. Amy is primarily affiliated to the Centre for Vulnerable Children and Families, where she co-leads the Youth Wellbeing Theme.

Posts held previously:

  • 2007-08, Senior Research Executive, Genactis Ltd
  • 2006-07, Research Executive, Healthcare Research Worldwide Ltd
  • 2005-06, Community support worker, Adult Mental Health, Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Psychology

Allied health professions, dentistry, nursing and pharmacy

Responsibilities within the university

Amy is responsible for overseeing the management of research projects and developing new collaborative projects.

Research / Scholarly interests

Amy's research interests lie in social and developmental psychology, specifically:

  • Wellbeing, emotions and resilience in early adulthood
  • Psycho-social predictive factors of youth antisocial behaviour
  • Widening participation and social inclusion

Key funded projects

  • 2019, GRE Seedling Fund, A collaboration to explore opportunities for funding to investigate sustainable positive wellbeing practices for TFL staff and to grow links with small and large-scale industrial partners.
  • 2018, Kent County Council (KCC), Independent review of the KCC HeadStart Resilience Toolkit part 2.
  • 2016, Kent County Council (KCC), Building resilience in schools: Independent review of the KCC HeadStart Resilience Toolkit part 1.
  • Health Education South London (HESL): Evaluating and disseminating best practise in relation the Greenlights project, a collaboration between Greenwich Mencap and the University of Greenwich, 2013-14
  • Pecan: An evaluation of Pecan's 'Moving-On' Project, 2013-14
  • University of Greenwich Research & Enterprise Investment Programme: Personality, cognitive and social factors in youth anti-social behaviour, 2013-14
  • Interreg IVA Cross Channel Programme/European Regional Development Fund, ECOTEC21, 2012-15
  • Royal Borough of Greenwich Council: Progression towards an evidence-based approach, a collaborative project between Behaviour and Attendance Partnership and the Research Centre for Children Schools and Families, 2012-13
  • Greenwich Mencap: An Evaluation of the Greenlights Project, a collaborative project between Greenwich Mencap and the Research Centre for Children Schools and Families, 2012-13
  • University of Greenwich Research & Enterprise Investment Programme: Adolescents' pro- and anti-social behaviour in China, South Africa and UK project, 2012-13
  • Interreg IVA Cross Channel Programme/European Regional Development Fund: Cross Regional Opportunities: Improving Social Cohesion (CROIS), 2011-13
  • University of Greenwich Research & Enterprise Investment Programme: Psycho-social factors in anti-social behaviour and bullying in pupils aged 6-17 years, 2011-12
  • University of Greenwich Alumni Development Fund: Identification, attendance and social, emotional and behaviour difficulties in disaffected adolescents: An opportunity for University of Greenwich undergraduate research assistants, 2011-11
  • University of Greenwich Research & Enterprise Investment Programme: Sustainability and children as agents of environmental behaviour change, 2009-10
  • E.ON and the EPSRC, Carbon, control and comfort: User-centred control systems for comfort, carbon saving and energy management, 2008-11
  • University of Greenwich Research & Enterprise Investment Programme: Psycho-social factors in young people's attitudes to higher education in Medway and Sheppey, 2008-09
  • Lewisham Council: Parents school choices in Lewisham, 2007-08

Recent publications

Article

Sanders, Alan , Keech, Marc, Burdsey, Daniel, Maras, Pamela , Moon, Amy (2020), CEO perspectives on the first twenty-five years of football in the community: challenges, developments and opportunities. Taylor & Francis. In: , , , . Taylor & Francis, Managing Sport and Leisure, 26 (1-2) . pp. 7-21 ISSN: 2375-0472 (Print), 2375-0480 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/23750472.2020.1771198).

Agnew, Steve , Maras, Pamela, Moon, Amy (2018), Gender differences in financial socialisation in the home – an exploratory study. Wiley. In: , , , . Wiley, International Journal of Consumer Studies, 42 (3) . pp. 275-282 ISSN: 1470-6423 (Print), 1470-6431 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/ijcs.12415).

Maras, Pam , Thompson, Trevor, Gridley, Nicole, Moon, Amy (2016), The "About Me" questionnaire: Factorial structure and measurement invariance. SAGE Publications. In: , , , . SAGE Publications, Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 36 (4) . pp. 379-391 ISSN: 0734-2829 (Print), 1557-5144 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/0734282916682909) NB Item availability restricted.

Conference item

Moon, Amy and , (2022), A cross-sectional study of social factors in predicting aspects of student resilience. In: British Psychological Society Social Section Annual Conference, 5th - 7th September 2022, Greenwich , . , (doi: ) NB Item availability restricted.

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