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.
Journal Article
Towards a heart and soul for co-creative research practice: A systemic approach
Nicholas, G., Foote, J., Kainz, K., Midgley, G., Prager, K., & Zurbriggen, C. (2019). Towards a heart and soul for co-creative research practice: A systemic approach. Evidence and Policy, 15(3), 353-370. https://doi.org/10.1332/174426419X15578220630571
Expertise in research integration and implementation for tackling complex problems: when is it needed, where can it be found, and how can it be strengthened"
Bammer, G., O’Rourke, M., O’Connell, D., Neuhauser, L., Midgley, G., Thompson Klein, J., …Richardson, G. P. (2020). Expertise in research integration and implementation for tackling complex problems: when is it needed, where can it be found, and how can it be strengthened?. Palgrave communications, 6, https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-019-0380-0
Community Operational Research: Innovations, internationalization and agenda-setting applications
Midgley, G., Johnson, M. P., Chichirau, G., & Wright, J. (2018). Community Operational Research: Innovations, internationalization and agenda-setting applications. European journal of operational research, 268(3), 761-770. doi:10.1016/j.ejor.2018.03.004
Project
Funder
Grant
Started
Status
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
Maximizing voluntary compliance in antimicrobial stewardship programs: a critical factor for effective intervention
Funder
USDA United States Department of Agriculture
Grant
Started
15 January 2017
Status
Ongoing
Project
Co-producing knowledge in transdisciplinary research – From practice to theory
Funder
Mistra Urban Futures
Grant
£500.00
Started
1 November 2017
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