Professor Gerald Midgley

Professor Gerald Midgley

Professor of Systems Thinking

Faculty and Department

  • Faculty of Business, Law and Politics
  • Hull University Business School

Summary

Professor Gerald Midgley is Professor of Systems Thinking in the Business School at the University of Hull. He also holds Adjunct Professorships at the University of Queensland, Australia; Mälardalen University, Sweden; the University of Canterbury, New Zealand; and Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Gerald was Director of the Centre for Systems Studies at Hull from 1997 to 2003 and from 2010 to 2014. He has had more than 300 papers published on systems thinking, action research and stakeholder engagement, and has been involved in a wide variety of public sector, community development and resource management projects.

Recent outputs

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Journal Article

The Four Waves of Systems Thinking

Cabrera, D., Cabrera, L., & Midgley, G. (2023). The Four Waves of Systems Thinking. Journal of Systems Thinking, 3, 1-51. https://doi.org/10.54120/jost.000051

The Systemic Intervention Approach

Midgley, G. (2023). The Systemic Intervention Approach. Journal of Systems Thinking, 3, 1-24. https://doi.org/10.54120/jost.000050

Designing interagency responses to wicked problems: A viable system model board game

Sydelko, P., Espinosa, A., & Midgley, G. (2024). Designing interagency responses to wicked problems: A viable system model board game. European journal of operational research, 312(2), 746-764. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2023.06.040

Resurrecting Bogdanov on the 150th anniversary of his birth

Şenalp, Ö., Midgley, G., Maracha, V., & Shchepetova, S. (2023). Resurrecting Bogdanov on the 150th anniversary of his birth. Systems research and behavioral science, 40(2), 285-289. https://doi.org/10.1002/sres.2941

Report

Toward System Change to Tackle Antimicrobial Resistance: Improving the Voluntary Stewardship of Antimicrobials in US Agriculture

Midgley, G., Elkins, A., Loneragan, G. H., Babowicz, M., Dass, M., Grohn, Y. T., …Scott, H. M. (2023). Toward System Change to Tackle Antimicrobial Resistance: Improving the Voluntary Stewardship of Antimicrobials in US Agriculture. Texas A&M AgriLife Research

Lead investigator

Project

Funder

Grant

Started

Status

Project

Visiting Professorship in Systems Thinking for Sustainability in Linaeus University, Sweden

Funder

Linnaeus University (Sweden)

Grant

£65,942.00

Started

1 September 2020

Status

Ongoing

Project

Lessons from the HUTH COVID Response

Funder

East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust

Grant

£27,777.00

Started

1 April 2021

Status

Ongoing

Project

Thinking beyond the can': Mainstreaming UK beans in healthy meals (BeanMeals)

Funder

BBSRC Biotechnology & Biological Sciences Research Counc

Grant

£227,723.00

Started

5 April 2022

Status

Ongoing

Project

Sponsorship - Systems thinking

Funder

DEFRA

Grant

£13,222.00

Started

1 October 2021

Status

Ongoing

Project

Understanding Boundary Judgment Dilemmas in Global Food Security Projects

Funder

University of Oxford

Grant

£15,200.00

Started

1 August 2018

Status

Ongoing

Project

Research integration and implementation. Commonalities and differences among diverse communities

Funder

Leuphana University Lueneburg

Grant

£700.00

Started

11 September 2017

Status

Complete

Project

Travel Grant 7-18 August 2017

Funder

University of Queensland

Grant

£4,500.00

Started

7 August 2017

Status

Complete

Project

Travel Grant 18-20 August 2017

Funder

University of Technology Sydney

Grant

£500.00

Started

18 August 2017

Status

Complete

Project

The Development of Co-Creative Capacity for Addressing Socio-Environmental Problems and Beyond

Funder

National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center

Grant

£4,305.00

Started

1 April 2016

Status

Complete

Project

Maximizing voluntary compliance in antimicrobial stewardship programs: a critical factor for effective intervention

Funder

USDA United States Department of Agriculture

Grant

£67,140.00

Started

15 January 2017

Status

Complete

Project

Sustainable Decision-Making for Future Foods

Funder

Institute of Environmental Science & Research

Grant

£15,109.00

Started

1 October 2011

Status

Complete

Project

Co-producing knowledge in transdisciplinary research – From practice to theory

Funder

Mistra Urban Futures

Grant

£500.00

Started

1 November 2017

Status

Complete

Project

QR - SPF How to Build Systems Thinking Capabilities In The Civil Service & Improve Inter-Ministry and Stakeholder Collaborations

Funder

00 University of Hull

Grant

£19,119.00

Started

15 January 2020

Status

Complete

Project

Visiting Professor of Systemic Innovation at Malardalens University, Sweden

Funder

Mälardalen University

Grant

£0.00

Started

1 April 2015

Status

Complete

Project

Systems Thinking for Positive Peace

Funder

00 University of Hull

Grant

£19,999.00

Started

1 February 2018

Status

Complete

Co-investigator

Project

Funder

Grant

Started

Status

Project

Resource recovery and remediation of alkaline wastes

Funder

NERC Natural Environment Research Council

Grant

£774,884.00

Started

31 August 2014

Status

Complete

Project

Evolving a Circular Plastics Economy

Funder

EPSRC Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council

Grant

£938,304.00

Started

1 January 2019

Status

Complete

Postgraduate supervision

I welcome applications in any area of systems thinking, and am particularly looking for students wanting to develop new methodologies and methods for application to 'wicked' policy problems and community development. Related areas in which I am interested in supervising include community operational research; problem structuring methods; dealing with power, conflict and marginalisation; and participatory practice. Completed PhDs I have supervised more than 30 PhD students to successful completion. Current PhD supervisions Maya Vachkova, Identity Issues in Radicalisation Pam Sydelko, The Design of Inter-Agency Organisations to Tackle Wicked Problems, with Specific Reference to International Organised Crime Alistair Smith, Clashing Understandings of the Role of the State in an Increasingly Pluralistic Society, and the Processes of Marginalisation this Produces in Local Communities Louie Gardiner, Developing the Theory and Practice of 'Subjective Empiricism' to Support Systemic Intervention. Delia MacNamara, Developing a Tool (the Boundary Triage) to Support Critical Self-Reflection as part of Leadership in a Networked Society Oralia de la Pena de Torres, Extending Leader-Member Exchange (LMX) Theory with the Theory of Boundary Critique to Support the Understanding of Marginalisation in Organisations. Helene Finidori, The Use of Pattern Languages to Enhance Systems Thinking Yulia Kozak, The Use of Counter-Factuals to Enhance the Systems Thinking of Managers Lisa Hilder, The Drivers and Barriers to Social Entrepreneurship in Women's Grass-Roots Community Groups

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