Anetta Nova
Anetta Nova is a PhD researcher in the Environmental Psychology Group at the University of Vienna, working within the EU IHI-funded PFAROS project on minimising PFAS in European healthcare. Her doctoral research examines how industry actors, hospital staff, and other stakeholders across the healthcare supply chain perceive and adapt to the transition toward alternatives to PFAS, within PFAROS's work packages on sustainability, circular economy, and stakeholder engagement and change management.
Anetta completed a research placement at the University of Plymouth on the EPSRC-funded eViz project on home energy use, and an undergraduate dissertation on natural environments, exercise motivation, and environmental sustainability, for which she received the University's Sustainability Research Prize. She holds a BSc (Hons) Psychology from the University of Plymouth and an MSc in Social Policy Research from the London School of Economics and Political Science, where she held the Anniversary Scholarship. Her master's thesis evaluated anti-corruption regulation in China and India using the Corruption Perceptions Index, a topic she later worked on directly as a Training Manager in the anti-corruption industry, where she conducted research and training related to anti-corruption standards in the life sciences industry.
As a Public Sector Senior Management Consultant at Accenture and Consultant at Capita, her work included projects related to inter alia electric vehicle fleet transition and National Health Service operations. She subsequently worked as a Strategic Portfolio Manager at Bauer Media Group, overseeing a digital media portfolio across nine European markets.
Anetta co-founded and chaired the University of Plymouth London Alumni Committee and is a mentor to psychology students at the University of Plymouth.