Roger A. Hart, Environmental Psychology
Professor of Environmental and Developmental Psychology and Earth and Environmental Sciences at the CUNY Graduate Center and
Director of The Children’s Environments Research Group
roghart@gmail.com
212 817-1902
www.cerg1.org
Roger Hart’s research has focused on understanding the everyday lives of children and youth and the application of this to a critical engagement with environmental policy, planning and design. In recent years, Dr. Hart has been more broadly concerned with developing research and programs that recognize children and young people’s rights as citizens. To this end, he has collaborated in a number of countries with UNICEF and the Save the Children Alliance on research and programs related to children’s rights to be heard regarding their own development and the development of their communities. In his overseas work he has focused his attention particularly on Latin America. Much of his work has focused on children’s play opportunities and the physical and social affordances that influence play.
