Dr Greg Keenan
SENIOR LECTURER IN PSYCHOLOGY
Psychology
keenang@hope.ac.uk
Orcid ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3940-7401
I completed a PhD at the University of Bristol in 2016 and subsequently worked as a post-doctoral researcher and then lecturer at the University of Liverpool. I subsequently moved to the University of Salford to run a new undergraduate programme on human and animal behaviour before moving to Liverpool Hope University.
My research focuses on food intake and factors driving weight gain. I am particularly interested in how food insecurity (not knowing if you will have enough food to eat at your next meal) might place individuals at risk of weight gain and associated Psychological and Biological mechanisms. I am also interested in the role of environmental factors on food intake (larger portion sizes, meal variety, distraction whilst eating) and how we can promote more sustainable diets.
I have previously been awarded funding either as PI or Co-I from the British Psychological Society, ESRC, British Science Institute and the British Academy / Leverhulme.
I am a member of the Association for Project Management (APM), a chartered Member of the British Psychological Society (BPS),and a fellow of the Higher Education Academy
My current teaching responsibilities are leading the second year single honours block of teaching (Level I, core 2). I also lead the third-year theory lectures on emotions and motivations, co-lead the first year history of Psychology lecture series and teach advanced statistics on our MSc courses.
Primary PhD supervision:
Harmehak Singh: Project title: Establishing ways to improve acceptance of cultivated (lab-produced) meats
Prosper Galseku. Project title: Exploring the impact of food insecurity on the academic performance of university students in the United Kingdom
Selected publications:
Gough, T., Christiansen, P., Hardman, C., & Keenan, G. S. (Under review in the journal 'Appetite'). The Development and Validation of the Food Insecurity Physical Activity Scale
Keenan, G. S., Royle, W. S., Marrow, L., Scholey, A. & Owen L (Under review in the journal 'Appetite'). Income loss and diet quality during the first COVID-19 lockdown in a UK and Australian sample: the role of distress as a potential mediator.
Blanchard, A., Keenan, G., Heym, N., & Sumich, A. (2023). Covid-19 prevention behaviour is differentially motivated by primary psychopathy, grandiose narcissism and vulnerable Dark Triad traits. Personality and Individual Differences. 24, 112060, doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2022.112060
Keenan, G. S., Christiansen, P., Owen, L., & Hardman, C. (2022). The association between COVID-19 related food insecurity and weight promoting eating behaviours: the mediating role of distress and eating to cope. Appetite, 169, 1-8. DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2021.105835
Keenan, G. S., Christiansen, P., & Hardman, C. (2021) Food insecurity and diet quality: The mediating role of stress and eating to cope. Obesity. 29 (1), 143- 149. DOI: 10.1002/oby.23033
Puddephatt, J. Keenan, G. S., Fielden, A., Halford, J.C., & Hardman, C. (2020). Eating to survive: A qualitative analysis of factors influencing food choice and eating behaviour in a food-insecure population. Appetite, 147, 1-8. DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2019.104547
Keenan, G. S., Sheen, F. Haynes, A., Hardman, C. A. (2020) Are participants aware of how external factors might influence their intake? PsyArXiv. DOI: 10.31234/osf.io/8befm
Robinson, E., Henderson, J., Keenan, G.S., & Kersbergen, I. (2019). When a portion becomes a norm: Exposure to a smaller vs. larger portion of food affects later food intake. Food Quality and Preference, 75, 113-117. DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2019.02.013
Keenan, G. S., Childs, L., Rogers, P., Hetherington, M. M., & Brunstrom, J. M. (2018). The portion size effect: women demonstrate an awareness of eating more than intended when served larger than normal portions. Appetite, 126, 54-60. DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2018.03.009
Robinson, E., Keenan, G. S., Bertenshaw, E. & (2016). Remembered enjoyment and customer purchasing intentions. Report produced as part of a Unilever PLC funded project
Keenan, G. S., Ferriday, D., & Brunstrom, J. M. (2015). Effects of food variety on expected satiation: evidence for a perceived volume heuristic. Appetite, 89, 10-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2015.01.010
Kostopoulou, O., Russo, J. E., Keenan, G. S, Delaney, B. C., & Douiri, A. (2012). Information distortion in Physicians diagnostic judgments. Medical Decision Making, 32 (6), 831-839. DOI: 10.1177/0272989X12447241