Professor Rebecca Lawthom

BA (Hons) Psychology, MSc Occupational Psychology, PhD, Senior Fellow SFHEA, MBPS

School of Education

Head of School

Professor of Community Psychology

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r.lawthom@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 8172

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Professor Rebecca Lawthom
School of Education
The Wave
2 Whitham Road
91Ö±²¥
S10 2AH
Profile

I joined 91Ö±²¥ in 2020 as the incoming Head of School of Education. I am a Professor of Community Psychology, a psychology that recognises inequality and takes context seriously. I am used to working with people, collaboratively and recognising that people have answers, skills and expertise. I have engaged in research which includes and collaborates with people who may often be considered as marginalised.   Working with disabled people, migrants or those who are ageing, community psychology allows me to embrace creative approaches which position people as experts. I am currently working with colleagues in Brazil and India (ESRC), to explore how older adults age well in place in different city neighbourhoods. Before joining 91Ö±²¥, I worked at Manchester Metropolitan University in a range of roles. Latterly, I was co-leading a research centre of interdisciplinarity around health, psychology and communities. I was also leading on International strategy across the faculty. In addition to funded research collaboration, I am committed to developing research capacity. I enjoy working with doctoral students and I have successfully worked with 35 students supervising them to doctoral completion.

Research interests

I am delighted to be joining the school and looking forward to learning and collaborating with others. I have extensive experiences of galvanising research across a range of education, health, social care and social science disciplines and combine this with my own interests in community-led approaches to co-production and participatory research. This research encompasses the contexts of community, education, health and social care; necessitating an interdisciplinary approach to research.

Some examples of externally funded research
 
2007: Manchester PCT, Refugee and Asylum Seekers Health Experiences and Access to Health Care, with Judith Sixsmith (MMU), £30,000
2007: BPS Research Seminars Competition, Arts for Health Seminar Series, with Carolyn Kagan and Judith Sixsmith (MMU),  £3,000
2008: British Council PMI2,  Promoting UK-Malaysian Collaboration: Critical Disability Studies, with Dan Goodley (MMU), £40,000
2009, JRF, Forced Labour and Chinese migrant experiences, with Carolyn Kagan £97,000
2010: BPS Psychology of Women section, Seminar series Feminism and Impact, £1000
2011: AHRC Connected Communities Development Grant, £15,000
2012: JISC Embedding Impact Analysis, The Impact of Schools Stand up to Racism: Analysis and Articulation, with Sue Baines, Geraldine Lee Treweek, £15,000
2012: Locality (Government funded) Community Organizer, with Jenny Fisher and Carolyn Kagan, £90,000
2013: Economic and Social Research Council, Big Society? Disabled People with Learning Disabilities and Civil Society. PI: Dan Goodley (University of 91Ö±²¥), Co-Is: Katherine Runswick Cole (Manchester Metropolitan University), Toby Brandon (Northumbria University), Kelley Johnson (Bristol University), £425,000
2018: Economic and Social Research Council, Place-Making with Older People: Towards Age Friendly Communities', with Ryan Woolrych and Jenny Fisher, £798,593.
2019: Age UK Cheshire, Evaluation of Men in Sheds for Age UK Cheshire, with Jenny Fisher, £40,000. 
Publications

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Books

  • Goodley D, Banister P, Bunn G, Burman E, Daniels J, Duckett P, Lawthom R, Parker , Runswick-Cole K, Sixsmith J , Smailes S et al (2011) Qualitative methods in psychology. A research guide. London: McGraw Hill. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Kagan C, Akhurst J, Alfaro J, Lawthom R, Richards M & Zambrano A () . Routledge. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Kagan C, Burton M, Duckett P, Lawthom R & Siddiquee A () . Routledge. RIS download Bibtex download

Edited books

  • Goodley D, Hughes B & Davis L (Eds.) (2012) . Palgrave Macmillan UK. RIS download Bibtex download
  • (Ed.) () . Routledge. RIS download Bibtex download

Journal articles

  • Lucas Casanova M, Costa P, Lawthom R & Coimbra JL (2022) . British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 50(4), 515-532. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Goodley D, Lawthom R, Liddiard K & Runswick-Cole K (2022) . Sociology of Health and Illness. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Woolrych R, Sixsmith J, Duvvuru J, Portella A, Fang ML, Menezes D, Henderson J, Fisher J & Lawthom R (2022) . The Gerontologist, 62(1), 119-129. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Casanova ML, Costa P, Lawthom R & Coimbra JL (2021) . Frontiers in Psychology, 12. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lucas Casanova M, Pacheco LS, Costa P, Lawthom R & Coimbra JL (2021) . Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica / Psychology: Research and Review, 34(1). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Bozic N, Lawthom R, Murray J & Oldfield J (2021) . Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, 21(3), 280-289. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Woolrych R, Sixsmith J, Fisher J, Makita M, Lawthom R & Murray M (2021) . Ageing and Society, 41(6), 1398-1420. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Roehrle B, Akhurst J, Carr N, Herrera Sánchez IM, Arcidiacono C, Lawthom R & Stark W (2020) . Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, 30(5), 494-507. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Woolrych R, Duvurru J, Portella A, Sixsmith J, Menezes D, Fisher J, Lawthom R, Reddy S, Datta A, Chakravarty I , Khan AM et al (2020) . Psychology and Developing Societies, 32(2), 201-223. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Goodley D, Lawthom R, Liddiard K & Runswick-Cole-Cole K (2020) . Journal of Disability Studies in Education. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Hunter J, Runswick-Cole K, Goodley D & Lawthom R (2020) . British Journal of Special Education, 47(2), 134-151. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Fisher J, Languilaire J-C, Lawthom R, Nieuwenhuis R, Petts RJ, Runswick-Cole K & Yerkes MA (2020) . Community, Work & Family, 23(3), 247-252. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Makita M, Woolrych R, Sixsmith J, Murray M, Menezes D, Fisher J & Lawthom R (2020) . PsyEcology, 11(2), 214-231. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Hartley SE, Fisher J, Lawthom R, Koivunen E & Yeowell G (2020) . Physiotherapy, 107, e200-e201. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lucas Casanova M, Pacheco LS, Costa P, Lawthom R & Coimbra JL (2019) . Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica, 32(1). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Vargas VR, Lawthom R, Prowse A, Randles S & Tzoulas K (2019) . Journal of Cleaner Production, 235, 733-740. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lucas Casanova M, Menezes I, Lawthom R & Coimbra JL (2019) . Portuguese Journal of Social Science, 18(3), 319-340. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Goodley D & Lawthorn R (2019) . Rethinking History, 23(2), 233-251. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Goodley D, Liddiard K & Runswick-Cole K (2019) . Disability & Society, 34(6), 972-997. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Richards M, Lawthom R & Runswick-Cole K (2019) . Disability & Society, 34(2), 204-227. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lawthom R & O’Callaghan C (2019) . Journal of Literary & Cultural Disability Studies, 13(1), 117-120. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Vargas VR, Lawthom R, Prowse A, Randles S & Tzoulas K (2019) . Journal of Cleaner Production, 208, 470-478. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Fisher J, Lawthom R, Mitchell-Smith Z, O’Neill T & McLaughlin H (2019) . Families, Relationships and Societies, 8(2), 249-266. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Fisher J, Woolrych R, Lawthom R, Makita M, Gunther I, Gunther H, Portella A & Pereira G (2018) . Innovation in Aging, 2(suppl_1), 242-242. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lawthom R, Woolrych R, Fisher J, Murray M, Smith H, Garcia-Ferrari S, Portella A & Pereira G (2018) . Innovation in Aging, 2(suppl_1), 242-242. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Woolrych R, Fisher J, Lawthom R, Sixsmith J, Makita M, Portella A, Pereira G & Murray M (2018) . Innovation in Aging, 2(suppl_1), 242-242. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Locke A, Lawthom R & Lyons A (2018) . Feminism & Psychology, 28(1), 3-10. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Bozic N, Lawthom R & Murray J (2018) . Educational Psychology in Practice, 34(1), 26-40. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Robinson J & Lawthom R (2017) Layering violence: Mapping the material & theoretical dislocation of women under neoliberalism. Clinical Psychology Forum(293), 12-17. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lawthom R, Kagan C, Burton M, Lo S, Mok L, Sham S, Baines S & Greenwood M (2017) . Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community, 45(1), 7-18. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Bridger AJ, Emmanouil S & Lawthom R (2017) . Qualitative Research in Psychology, 14(1), 42-61. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Swindells R, Lawthom R, Parkinson C, Clennon O, Kagan C & De Bézenac C (2016) . Journal of Applied Arts & Health, 7(3), 347-367. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Fisher J, Lawthom R & Kagan C (2016) . Local Economy: The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit, 31(4), 502-517. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Runswick-Cole K, Lawthom R & Goodley D (2016) . Community, Work & Family, 19(2), 257-260. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lawthom R & Kagan C (2016) . Community, Work & Family, 19(2), 181-192. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Clennon OD, Kagan C, Lawthom R & Swindells R (2016) . International Journal of Inclusive Education, 20(3), 331-346. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Siddiquee A, Sixsmith J, Lawthom R & Haworth J (2016) . Leisure Studies, 35(1), 36-45. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Fang ML, Sixsmith J, Lawthom R, Mountian I & Shahrin A (2015) . BMC Public Health, 15(1). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Crossley AR & Lawthom R (2015) . Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, 45(2), 261-286. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Goodley D, Lawthom R & Runswick-Cole K (2014) . Subjectivity, 7(4), 342-361. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Goodley D, Lawthom R & Runswick-Cole K (2014) . Disability & Society, 29(6), 980-984. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Duckett P, Fryer D, Lawthom R, Nic Giolla Easpaig B & Radermacher H (2013) . Qualitative Research Journal, 13(2), 145-153. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Goodley D & Lawthom R (2013) . Critical Sociology, 39(3), 369-384. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Jones I, Marshall J, Lawthom R & Read J (2013) . International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 15(1), 75-78. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Swindells R, Lawthom R, Rowley K, Siddiquee A, Kilroy A & Kagan C (2013) . Perspectives in Public Health, 133(1), 60-65. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lawthom R, Kagan C, Baines S, Lo S, Sham S, Mok L, Greenwood M & Gaule S (2013) . International Journal of Work Organisation and Emotion, 5(3), 261-261. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Goodley D & Lawthom R (2011) . International Journal of Inclusive Education, 15(1), 101-115. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lawthom R (2011) . International Journal of Inclusive Education, 15(1), 153-164. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Whelan P & Lawthom R (2009) . Feminism & Psychology, 19(3), 414-418. RIS download Bibtex download
  • O'Donnell VL, Tobbell J, Lawthom R & Zammit M (2009) . Active Learning in Higher Education, 10(1), 26-40. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Goodley D & Lawthom R (2008) . Disability & Society, 23(2), 191-192. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lawthom R, Sixsmith J & Kagan C (2007) . Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, 17(4), 268-279. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Goodley D & Lawthom R (2005) . Disability & Society, 20(2), 135-151. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lawthom R (2005) . British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 33(3), 152-153. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lawthom R & Goodley D (2005) Community psychology Towards an empowering vision of disability. Psychologist, 18(7), 423-425. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Patterson MG, West MA, Shackleton VJ, Dawson JF, Lawthom R, Maitlis S, Robinson DL & Wallace AM (2005) . Journal of Organizational Behavior, 26(4), 379-408. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Tobbell J & Lawthom R (2005) Dispensing with labels: Enabling children and professionals to share a community of practice. Educational and Child Psychology, 22(3), 89-97. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Goodley D & Lawthom R (2002) The social psychology of stigma. DISABILITY & SOCIETY, 17(2), 225-227. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Chappell AL, Goodley D & Lawthom R (2001) . British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 29(2), 45-50. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lawthom R & Burman E (1999) Tensions and possibilities of feminist authority in post-compulsory education. Educational and Child Psychology, 16(2), 35-48. RIS download Bibtex download
  • West MA, Smith H, Feng WL & Lawthom R (1998) . Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 71(3), 261-281. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lawthom R (1997) . Feminism & Psychology, 7(4), 533-538. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lawthom R, Patterson M, West M & Staniforth D (1996) . Women in Management Review, 11(6), 3-10. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Menezes D, Woolrych R, Sixsmith J, Makita M, Smith H, Fisher J, Garcia-Ferrari S, Lawthom R, Henderson J & Murray M () . Ageing and Society, 1-20. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Goodley D, Goodley R & Lawthom R () . The Sociological Review Magazine. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Goodley D, Lawthom R, Liddiard K & Runswick-Cole K () Key Concerns for Critical Disability Studies in Covid-19 Times. International Journal of Disability and Social Justice. RIS download Bibtex download

Chapters

  • Fisher J, Lawthom R, Rimmer L & Stevenson A (2022) , The Palgrave Handbook of Innovative Community and Clinical Psychologies (pp. 545-557). Springer International Publishing RIS download Bibtex download
  • Goodley D, Lawthom R & Runswick-Cole K (2021) , Routledge International Handbook of Critical Issues in Health and Illness (pp. 209-220). Routledge RIS download Bibtex download
  • Kagan C, Burton M, Duckett P, Lawthom R & Siddiquee A (2020) , Psychological Insights for Understanding COVID-19 and Society (pp. 45-108). Routledge RIS download Bibtex download
  • Mountian I, Lawthom R, Kellock A, Duggan K, Sixsmith J, Kagan C, Hawkins J, Haworth J, Siddiquee A, Worley C , Brown D et al (2020) On utilising a visual methodology: Shared reflections and tensions, A Handbook of Visual Methods in Psychology: Using and Interpreting Images in Qualitative Research: Second Edition (pp. 572-587). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Mountian I, Lawthom R, Kellock A, Duggan K, Sixsmith J, Kagan C, Hawkins J, Haworth J, Siddiquee A, Worley C , Brown D et al (2020) , A Handbook of Visual Methods in Psychology (pp. 572-587). Routledge RIS download Bibtex download
  • Clennon OD, Kagan C, Lawthom R & Swindells R (2019) , Creating Inclusive Knowledges (pp. 117-132). Routledge RIS download Bibtex download
  • Goodley D, Lawthom R, Liddiard K & Runswick-Cole K (2019) , The Palgrave Handbook of Disability and Citizenship in the Global South (pp. 211-222). Springer International Publishing RIS download Bibtex download
  • Bridger AJ, Emmanouil S & Lawthom R (2019) , The SAGE Handbook of Applied Social Psychology (pp. 515-529). SAGE Publications Ltd RIS download Bibtex download
  • Runswick-Cole K, Goodley D & Lawthom R (2018) , The Palgrave Handbook of Disabled Children’s Childhood Studies (pp. 425-442). Palgrave Macmillan UK RIS download Bibtex download
  • Goodley D, Lawthom R, Liddiard K & Cole KR (2017) , The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Social Psychology (pp. 491-505). Palgrave Macmillan UK RIS download Bibtex download
  • Kagan C, Lawthom R, Clennon O, Fisher J, Diamond J & Goldstraw K (2017) , Sustainable Development Research at Universities in the United Kingdom (pp. 245-262). Springer International Publishing RIS download Bibtex download
  • Evans SD, Duckett P, Lawthom R & Kivell N (2017) , APA handbook of community psychology: Theoretical foundations, core concepts, and emerging challenges. (pp. 107-127). American Psychological Association RIS download Bibtex download
  • Goodley D & Lawthom R (2017) THE ETHICS OF RESEARCHING AND REPRESENTING DIS/ABILITY, ROUTLEDGE INTERNATIONAL HANDBOOK ON NARRATIVE AND LIFE HISTORY (pp. 481-492). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lawthom R, Kagan C, Baines S, Lo S, Sham S, Mok L, Greenwood M & Gaule S (2015) , Vulnerability, Exploitation and Migrants (pp. 174-186). Palgrave Macmillan UK RIS download Bibtex download
  • Goodley D & Lawthom R (2013) , Disabled Children's Childhood Studies (pp. 164-179). Palgrave Macmillan UK RIS download Bibtex download
  • (2013) Palgrave Macmillan UK RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lawthom R & Whelan P (2012) In Azzopardi A & Grech S (Ed.), Inclusive Communities: A Critical Reader (pp. 11-22). Rotterdam: SensePublishers. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lawthom R (2012) , Disability and Social Theory (pp. 233-251). Palgrave Macmillan UK RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lawthom R, Kagan C, Richards M, Sixsmith J & Woolrych R (2012) , Advances in Health Psychology (pp. 204-219). Macmillan Education UK RIS download Bibtex download
  • (2011) Palgrave Macmillan UK RIS download Bibtex download
  • Goodley D & Lawthom R (2011) , Deleuze and Sex (pp. 89-105). Edinburgh University Press RIS download Bibtex download
  • Kellock A & Lawthom R (2011) , Children and the Capability Approach (pp. 137-161). Palgrave Macmillan UK RIS download Bibtex download
  • Goodley D & Lawthom R (2011) , Deleuze and Sex (pp. 89-104). Edinburgh University Press RIS download Bibtex download
  • Kagan C, Lawthom R, Duckett P & Burton M (2006) , Disability and Psychology (pp. 170-186). Macmillan Education UK RIS download Bibtex download
  • Goodley D & Lawthom R (2006) , Disability and Psychology (pp. 1-16). Macmillan Education UK RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lawthom R & Goodley D (2006) , Disability and Psychology (pp. 187-204). Macmillan Education UK RIS download Bibtex download
  • Clough P, Goodley D, Lawthom R & Moore M (2004) In Clough P, Goodley D, Lawthom R & Moore M (Ed.), Researching Life Stories: Method, Theory and Analyses in a Biographical Age (pp. ix-x). Taylor & Francis RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lawthom R & Stamford C (2004) , Researching Life Stories: Method, Theory and Analyses in a Biographical Age (pp. 15-25). RIS download Bibtex download
  • () Routledge RIS download Bibtex download
  • Goodson I () Routledge RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lawthom R & Chataika T () , Disability and Social Theory Palgrave Macmillan RIS download Bibtex download
  • Gallo-Lopez L () Routledge RIS download Bibtex download
  • Kellock A & Lawthom R () , Children and the Capability Approach Palgrave Macmillan RIS download Bibtex download
  • Goodley D & Lawthom R () , Disabled Children's Childhood Studies Palgrave Macmillan RIS download Bibtex download

Conference proceedings papers

  • Woolrych R, Sixsmith J, Makita M, Fisher J & Lawthom R (2018) . Gerontechnology, Vol. 17(s) (pp 67-67) RIS download Bibtex download

All publications

Books

  • Goodley D, Banister P, Bunn G, Burman E, Daniels J, Duckett P, Lawthom R, Parker , Runswick-Cole K, Sixsmith J , Smailes S et al (2011) Qualitative methods in psychology. A research guide. London: McGraw Hill. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Kagan C, Akhurst J, Alfaro J, Lawthom R, Richards M & Zambrano A () . Routledge. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Kagan C, Burton M, Duckett P, Lawthom R & Siddiquee A () . Routledge. RIS download Bibtex download

Edited books

  • Goodley D, Hughes B & Davis L (Eds.) (2012) . Palgrave Macmillan UK. RIS download Bibtex download
  • (Ed.) () . Routledge. RIS download Bibtex download

Journal articles

  • Lucas Casanova M, Costa P, Lawthom R & Coimbra JL (2022) . British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 50(4), 515-532. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Goodley D, Lawthom R, Liddiard K & Runswick-Cole K (2022) . Sociology of Health and Illness. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Woolrych R, Sixsmith J, Duvvuru J, Portella A, Fang ML, Menezes D, Henderson J, Fisher J & Lawthom R (2022) . The Gerontologist, 62(1), 119-129. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Casanova ML, Costa P, Lawthom R & Coimbra JL (2021) . Frontiers in Psychology, 12. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lucas Casanova M, Pacheco LS, Costa P, Lawthom R & Coimbra JL (2021) . Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica / Psychology: Research and Review, 34(1). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Bozic N, Lawthom R, Murray J & Oldfield J (2021) . Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, 21(3), 280-289. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Woolrych R, Sixsmith J, Fisher J, Makita M, Lawthom R & Murray M (2021) . Ageing and Society, 41(6), 1398-1420. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Roehrle B, Akhurst J, Carr N, Herrera Sánchez IM, Arcidiacono C, Lawthom R & Stark W (2020) . Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, 30(5), 494-507. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Woolrych R, Duvurru J, Portella A, Sixsmith J, Menezes D, Fisher J, Lawthom R, Reddy S, Datta A, Chakravarty I , Khan AM et al (2020) . Psychology and Developing Societies, 32(2), 201-223. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Goodley D, Lawthom R, Liddiard K & Runswick-Cole-Cole K (2020) . Journal of Disability Studies in Education. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Hunter J, Runswick-Cole K, Goodley D & Lawthom R (2020) . British Journal of Special Education, 47(2), 134-151. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Fisher J, Languilaire J-C, Lawthom R, Nieuwenhuis R, Petts RJ, Runswick-Cole K & Yerkes MA (2020) . Community, Work & Family, 23(3), 247-252. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Makita M, Woolrych R, Sixsmith J, Murray M, Menezes D, Fisher J & Lawthom R (2020) . PsyEcology, 11(2), 214-231. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Hartley SE, Fisher J, Lawthom R, Koivunen E & Yeowell G (2020) . Physiotherapy, 107, e200-e201. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lucas Casanova M, Pacheco LS, Costa P, Lawthom R & Coimbra JL (2019) . Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica, 32(1). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Vargas VR, Lawthom R, Prowse A, Randles S & Tzoulas K (2019) . Journal of Cleaner Production, 235, 733-740. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lucas Casanova M, Menezes I, Lawthom R & Coimbra JL (2019) . Portuguese Journal of Social Science, 18(3), 319-340. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Goodley D & Lawthorn R (2019) . Rethinking History, 23(2), 233-251. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Goodley D, Liddiard K & Runswick-Cole K (2019) . Disability & Society, 34(6), 972-997. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Richards M, Lawthom R & Runswick-Cole K (2019) . Disability & Society, 34(2), 204-227. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lawthom R & O’Callaghan C (2019) . Journal of Literary & Cultural Disability Studies, 13(1), 117-120. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Vargas VR, Lawthom R, Prowse A, Randles S & Tzoulas K (2019) . Journal of Cleaner Production, 208, 470-478. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Fisher J, Lawthom R, Mitchell-Smith Z, O’Neill T & McLaughlin H (2019) . Families, Relationships and Societies, 8(2), 249-266. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Fisher J, Woolrych R, Lawthom R, Makita M, Gunther I, Gunther H, Portella A & Pereira G (2018) . Innovation in Aging, 2(suppl_1), 242-242. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lawthom R, Woolrych R, Fisher J, Murray M, Smith H, Garcia-Ferrari S, Portella A & Pereira G (2018) . Innovation in Aging, 2(suppl_1), 242-242. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Woolrych R, Fisher J, Lawthom R, Sixsmith J, Makita M, Portella A, Pereira G & Murray M (2018) . Innovation in Aging, 2(suppl_1), 242-242. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Locke A, Lawthom R & Lyons A (2018) . Feminism & Psychology, 28(1), 3-10. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Bozic N, Lawthom R & Murray J (2018) . Educational Psychology in Practice, 34(1), 26-40. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Robinson J & Lawthom R (2017) Layering violence: Mapping the material & theoretical dislocation of women under neoliberalism. Clinical Psychology Forum(293), 12-17. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lawthom R, Kagan C, Burton M, Lo S, Mok L, Sham S, Baines S & Greenwood M (2017) . Journal of Prevention & Intervention in the Community, 45(1), 7-18. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Bridger AJ, Emmanouil S & Lawthom R (2017) . Qualitative Research in Psychology, 14(1), 42-61. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Swindells R, Lawthom R, Parkinson C, Clennon O, Kagan C & De Bézenac C (2016) . Journal of Applied Arts & Health, 7(3), 347-367. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Fisher J, Lawthom R & Kagan C (2016) . Local Economy: The Journal of the Local Economy Policy Unit, 31(4), 502-517. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Runswick-Cole K, Lawthom R & Goodley D (2016) . Community, Work & Family, 19(2), 257-260. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lawthom R & Kagan C (2016) . Community, Work & Family, 19(2), 181-192. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Clennon OD, Kagan C, Lawthom R & Swindells R (2016) . International Journal of Inclusive Education, 20(3), 331-346. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Siddiquee A, Sixsmith J, Lawthom R & Haworth J (2016) . Leisure Studies, 35(1), 36-45. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Fang ML, Sixsmith J, Lawthom R, Mountian I & Shahrin A (2015) . BMC Public Health, 15(1). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Crossley AR & Lawthom R (2015) . Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, 45(2), 261-286. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Goodley D, Lawthom R & Runswick-Cole K (2014) . Subjectivity, 7(4), 342-361. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Goodley D, Lawthom R & Runswick-Cole K (2014) . Disability & Society, 29(6), 980-984. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Duckett P, Fryer D, Lawthom R, Nic Giolla Easpaig B & Radermacher H (2013) . Qualitative Research Journal, 13(2), 145-153. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Goodley D & Lawthom R (2013) . Critical Sociology, 39(3), 369-384. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Jones I, Marshall J, Lawthom R & Read J (2013) . International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 15(1), 75-78. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Swindells R, Lawthom R, Rowley K, Siddiquee A, Kilroy A & Kagan C (2013) . Perspectives in Public Health, 133(1), 60-65. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lawthom R, Kagan C, Baines S, Lo S, Sham S, Mok L, Greenwood M & Gaule S (2013) . International Journal of Work Organisation and Emotion, 5(3), 261-261. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Goodley D & Lawthom R (2011) . International Journal of Inclusive Education, 15(1), 101-115. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lawthom R (2011) . International Journal of Inclusive Education, 15(1), 153-164. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Whelan P & Lawthom R (2009) . Feminism & Psychology, 19(3), 414-418. RIS download Bibtex download
  • O'Donnell VL, Tobbell J, Lawthom R & Zammit M (2009) . Active Learning in Higher Education, 10(1), 26-40. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Goodley D & Lawthom R (2008) . Disability & Society, 23(2), 191-192. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lawthom R, Sixsmith J & Kagan C (2007) . Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, 17(4), 268-279. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Goodley D & Lawthom R (2005) . Disability & Society, 20(2), 135-151. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lawthom R (2005) . British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 33(3), 152-153. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lawthom R & Goodley D (2005) Community psychology Towards an empowering vision of disability. Psychologist, 18(7), 423-425. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Patterson MG, West MA, Shackleton VJ, Dawson JF, Lawthom R, Maitlis S, Robinson DL & Wallace AM (2005) . Journal of Organizational Behavior, 26(4), 379-408. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Tobbell J & Lawthom R (2005) Dispensing with labels: Enabling children and professionals to share a community of practice. Educational and Child Psychology, 22(3), 89-97. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Goodley D & Lawthom R (2002) The social psychology of stigma. DISABILITY & SOCIETY, 17(2), 225-227. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Chappell AL, Goodley D & Lawthom R (2001) . British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 29(2), 45-50. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lawthom R & Burman E (1999) Tensions and possibilities of feminist authority in post-compulsory education. Educational and Child Psychology, 16(2), 35-48. RIS download Bibtex download
  • West MA, Smith H, Feng WL & Lawthom R (1998) . Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 71(3), 261-281. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lawthom R (1997) . Feminism & Psychology, 7(4), 533-538. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lawthom R, Patterson M, West M & Staniforth D (1996) . Women in Management Review, 11(6), 3-10. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Menezes D, Woolrych R, Sixsmith J, Makita M, Smith H, Fisher J, Garcia-Ferrari S, Lawthom R, Henderson J & Murray M () . Ageing and Society, 1-20. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Goodley D, Goodley R & Lawthom R () . The Sociological Review Magazine. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Goodley D, Lawthom R, Liddiard K & Runswick-Cole K () Key Concerns for Critical Disability Studies in Covid-19 Times. International Journal of Disability and Social Justice. RIS download Bibtex download

Chapters

  • Fisher J, Lawthom R, Rimmer L & Stevenson A (2022) , The Palgrave Handbook of Innovative Community and Clinical Psychologies (pp. 545-557). Springer International Publishing RIS download Bibtex download
  • Goodley D, Lawthom R & Runswick-Cole K (2021) , Routledge International Handbook of Critical Issues in Health and Illness (pp. 209-220). Routledge RIS download Bibtex download
  • Kagan C, Burton M, Duckett P, Lawthom R & Siddiquee A (2020) , Psychological Insights for Understanding COVID-19 and Society (pp. 45-108). Routledge RIS download Bibtex download
  • Mountian I, Lawthom R, Kellock A, Duggan K, Sixsmith J, Kagan C, Hawkins J, Haworth J, Siddiquee A, Worley C , Brown D et al (2020) On utilising a visual methodology: Shared reflections and tensions, A Handbook of Visual Methods in Psychology: Using and Interpreting Images in Qualitative Research: Second Edition (pp. 572-587). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Mountian I, Lawthom R, Kellock A, Duggan K, Sixsmith J, Kagan C, Hawkins J, Haworth J, Siddiquee A, Worley C , Brown D et al (2020) , A Handbook of Visual Methods in Psychology (pp. 572-587). Routledge RIS download Bibtex download
  • Clennon OD, Kagan C, Lawthom R & Swindells R (2019) , Creating Inclusive Knowledges (pp. 117-132). Routledge RIS download Bibtex download
  • Goodley D, Lawthom R, Liddiard K & Runswick-Cole K (2019) , The Palgrave Handbook of Disability and Citizenship in the Global South (pp. 211-222). Springer International Publishing RIS download Bibtex download
  • Bridger AJ, Emmanouil S & Lawthom R (2019) , The SAGE Handbook of Applied Social Psychology (pp. 515-529). SAGE Publications Ltd RIS download Bibtex download
  • Runswick-Cole K, Goodley D & Lawthom R (2018) , The Palgrave Handbook of Disabled Children’s Childhood Studies (pp. 425-442). Palgrave Macmillan UK RIS download Bibtex download
  • Goodley D, Lawthom R, Liddiard K & Cole KR (2017) , The Palgrave Handbook of Critical Social Psychology (pp. 491-505). Palgrave Macmillan UK RIS download Bibtex download
  • Kagan C, Lawthom R, Clennon O, Fisher J, Diamond J & Goldstraw K (2017) , Sustainable Development Research at Universities in the United Kingdom (pp. 245-262). Springer International Publishing RIS download Bibtex download
  • Evans SD, Duckett P, Lawthom R & Kivell N (2017) , APA handbook of community psychology: Theoretical foundations, core concepts, and emerging challenges. (pp. 107-127). American Psychological Association RIS download Bibtex download
  • Goodley D & Lawthom R (2017) THE ETHICS OF RESEARCHING AND REPRESENTING DIS/ABILITY, ROUTLEDGE INTERNATIONAL HANDBOOK ON NARRATIVE AND LIFE HISTORY (pp. 481-492). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lawthom R, Kagan C, Baines S, Lo S, Sham S, Mok L, Greenwood M & Gaule S (2015) , Vulnerability, Exploitation and Migrants (pp. 174-186). Palgrave Macmillan UK RIS download Bibtex download
  • Goodley D & Lawthom R (2013) , Disabled Children's Childhood Studies (pp. 164-179). Palgrave Macmillan UK RIS download Bibtex download
  • (2013) Palgrave Macmillan UK RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lawthom R & Whelan P (2012) In Azzopardi A & Grech S (Ed.), Inclusive Communities: A Critical Reader (pp. 11-22). Rotterdam: SensePublishers. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lawthom R (2012) , Disability and Social Theory (pp. 233-251). Palgrave Macmillan UK RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lawthom R, Kagan C, Richards M, Sixsmith J & Woolrych R (2012) , Advances in Health Psychology (pp. 204-219). Macmillan Education UK RIS download Bibtex download
  • (2011) Palgrave Macmillan UK RIS download Bibtex download
  • Goodley D & Lawthom R (2011) , Deleuze and Sex (pp. 89-105). Edinburgh University Press RIS download Bibtex download
  • Kellock A & Lawthom R (2011) , Children and the Capability Approach (pp. 137-161). Palgrave Macmillan UK RIS download Bibtex download
  • Goodley D & Lawthom R (2011) , Deleuze and Sex (pp. 89-104). Edinburgh University Press RIS download Bibtex download
  • Kagan C, Lawthom R, Duckett P & Burton M (2006) , Disability and Psychology (pp. 170-186). Macmillan Education UK RIS download Bibtex download
  • Goodley D & Lawthom R (2006) , Disability and Psychology (pp. 1-16). Macmillan Education UK RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lawthom R & Goodley D (2006) , Disability and Psychology (pp. 187-204). Macmillan Education UK RIS download Bibtex download
  • Clough P, Goodley D, Lawthom R & Moore M (2004) In Clough P, Goodley D, Lawthom R & Moore M (Ed.), Researching Life Stories: Method, Theory and Analyses in a Biographical Age (pp. ix-x). Taylor & Francis RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lawthom R & Stamford C (2004) , Researching Life Stories: Method, Theory and Analyses in a Biographical Age (pp. 15-25). RIS download Bibtex download
  • () Routledge RIS download Bibtex download
  • Goodson I () Routledge RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lawthom R & Chataika T () , Disability and Social Theory Palgrave Macmillan RIS download Bibtex download
  • Gallo-Lopez L () Routledge RIS download Bibtex download
  • Kellock A & Lawthom R () , Children and the Capability Approach Palgrave Macmillan RIS download Bibtex download
  • Goodley D & Lawthom R () , Disabled Children's Childhood Studies Palgrave Macmillan RIS download Bibtex download

Conference proceedings papers

  • Woolrych R, Sixsmith J, Makita M, Fisher J & Lawthom R (2018) . Gerontechnology, Vol. 17(s) (pp 67-67) RIS download Bibtex download
Research group

I am a member of the iHuman Executive (/ihuman) and the School of Education's Critical Psychology and Education Cluster. 

Teaching interests

Rebecca has taught for over 20 years across undergraduate and postgraduate courses in psychology and the social sciences. She has supervised students in community, health and educational psychology. 

Professional activities and memberships
Senior Fellow, Higher Education Academy
Executive Editor, Community, Work and Families
Editorial Board Member, Qualitative Research in Psychology
Editorial Board member, Community, Work and Family
Editorial Board Member, Disability and the Global South
Member, Expert Reference Group from Poverty to Flourishing, British Psychological Society, 2020-
Member, Community Psychology Section Committee, British Psychological Society, 2015 -
Chair, Psychology of Women Section of British Psychological Society (2012-2015)