Dr Miles Thompson

Personal statement:

I am an Associate Professor in Psychology at UWE Bristol in the UK. By background, I am a clinical psychologist (University of Plymouth; 2005).

I worked full-time in the NHS at the Bath Centre for Pain Services from 2005 until 2011. Prior to working at UWE, I completed a PhD at Goldsmiths (University of London; 2016) and worked as a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Canterbury Christ Church University.

I am a mixed methods researcher with skills in both quantitative and qualitative research methods. At UWE I lead a final year undergraduate module called “Psychology and Social Justice”.

My main research interests are in psychology and its relationship to social, global and environmental justice and change. For me, these interests are often approached through the lens of community, critical community and liberation psychologies. For more about these areas, see here https://mvdct.org.uk/writing/clinical_community_liberation_psychology/

Key topic areas of research or interest:

• Psychology and its relationship to the climate and ecological emergencies
• Critical, community and liberation psychologies
• Social change

Collaboration opportunities:

I am keen to explore collaborations inside and especially outside of academic settings. Feel free to get in touch.

Publications:

Institutional repository (https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/person/696945/user/outputs)

Some recent relevant publications:

Thompson, M., Jønholt, L.-A., Nevin, S., & Selih, I. (2025). Who is responsible for tackling our environmental and wider social challenges? Participant data and reflections for community psychology. In B. R. Barnes, M. Fernandes-Jesus, C. D. Trott, & G. Barnwell (Eds.), Community, Psychology and Climate Justice (pp. 45-62). Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-99223-0_3
(Author’s version of the final manuscript: https://mvdct.org.uk/files/Thompson-25-Who-is-responsible-for-tackling-environmental-and-wider-social-challenges.pdf)

Thompson, M., Rosser, B., Stone, E., Parker, H. and Harrison-Wolff, E. (2025). Exploring Participant-Generated Examples of Social Change: A Two-Stage, Mixed Methods, Delphi Study. Journal of Community Psychology, 53: e70024. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.70024

Thompson, M., Fernandes-Jesus, M., & Barnes, B. (2024). Tackling the climate and ecological crises: Contributions from (critical) community psychology and liberation psychology. In Task Force for Critical Environmental Psychology (Initiative Psychologie im Umweltschutz) and Psychologists / Psychotherapists for Future (Eds.), Kritische Umweltpsychologie (Critical Environmental Psychology) (pp. 119-138). Psychosozial-Verlag GmbH & Co. https://doi.org/10.30820/9783837962574-119

Thompson, M., Blumer, Y., Gee, S., Waugh, L., & Weaver, Z. (2023). Climate change and community psychology: Exploring environmental and wider social challenges. Psicologia di Comunità / Journal of Community Psychology, 1, 13-33. https://doi.org/10.3280/PSC2023-001002.
(Author’s version of the final manuscript https://mvdct.org.uk/files/36-Climate-change-and-community-psychology.pdf)