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Dr Laura Thomas

Sport and Exercise Sciences

Faculty of Science

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Dr Laura Thomas (Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Psychology) is an academic member of staff with teaching and research responsibilities. Laura is a Chartered Psychologist with the British Psychological Society (BPS) and has been awarded Senior Fellowship to the Higher Education Academy.

Laura’s research interests include motivation, behaviour and well-being, specifically: 1) how the social environment triggers acute changes in motivational foci, 2) why and how developmental problems associated with more challenging social environments manifest differently in different people, and 3) individual differences in response to challenging events and how these responses affect adjustment. Central to these areas of interests is the development and application of Self Determination Theory.

Laura teacher across the Sport Psychology and Sport and Exercise Science BSc programmes as well as the MSc Clinical Exercise Physiology and Professional Doctorate. Laura supervises major project and placements students as undergraduate and postgraduate level and supervises a number of PhD candidates.

Degrees

2016, Aberystwyth University, United Kingdom, PhD
2014, Aberystwyth University, United Kingdom, PGCTHE
2010, Bangor University, United Kingdom, M.Sc Applied Sport and Exercise Psychology
2009, Bangor University, United Kingdom, B.Sc (Hons) Sport Science

Academic appointments

Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Psychology, Liverpool John Moores University, 2018 - present
Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Psychology, Northumbria University, 2015 - 2018

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