BA Hons, CQSW, MA, PhD
Professor of Social and Community Development
Chris Miller is Director of the Centre for Local Democracy, a multi-disciplinary research centre. He is also a Research Fellow in the Centre for Psycho-Social Studies at the University . He is also Editor of the international Community Development Journal, the leading peer reviewed journal unique in its field and published since 1966 by Oxford University Press. He is a Trustee on the ‘Bridge and Arts Foundation, a non-profit organisation concerned with conflict mediation, group and organisational development.
Chris is currently working with Professor Marilyn Taylor on a international comparative research project, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council’s ‘Non-Governmental Programme’, examining the dilemmas faced by non-governmental community-based organisations operating within new governance spaces. The research compares the experience of CBOs in England, Wales, Bulgaria and Nicaragua.
Chris recently completed with Professors Paul Hoggett and Marjorie Mayo an ESRC research project entitled, ‘Negotiating Ethical Dilemmas in Contested Communities’. This was concerned with the identification of ethical dilemmas and the coping strategies adopted by front-line professionals working in the area of regeneration and development.
Publications include
Miller C. (2007) ‘Authority’ in Marturano A. and Gosling J. (eds.), Leadership: The Key Concepts, London, Routledge
Taylor M., Howard J., Miller C., Petrov R., Serra Vasquez L. (2007) ‘Non-Governmental Actors and the Political Dimension: Navigating the Tensions in New Governance Spaces’ International Society for Third Sector Research, Seventh international Conference, Bangkok, Conference Working Papers Volume, www.istr.org
Hoggett, P., Mayo M. and Miller C. (2007) ‘Individualization and ethical agency’, in Howard, C. (ed.) Contested Individualization: Debates About Contemporary Personhood, Basingstoke: Palgrave-Macmillan.
Mayo, M., Hoggett P. and Miller, C (2007) ‘Ethics, Ethical Dilemmas, the Public Service Ethos and Caring’, in Balloch S. & Hill M. (eds.) Care, Citizenship and Communities: Research and Practice in a Changing Policy Context, Bristol: Policy Press.
Miller C. (2007) ‘Public Health in the Local Authority Context’, in Public Health for the 21st Century: New Perspectives on Policy, Participation and Practice, Orme J. Powell J., Taylor P., Harrison T. and Grey M. (eds.) Buckingham, Open University Press
Mayo, M., Hoggett, P. and Miller C. (2006), ‘Capacities of the Capacity Builders: Should Training Frameworks Include Ethical and Emotional Dimensions?’ in J. Diamond, J., Southern A., Liddel J. & Townsend A. (eds.), Managing the City,London: Routledge
Hoggett, P., Mayo, M., Miller, C. (2006) ‘On Good Authority’, Socio-Analysis 8 (1-16)
Miller C., Hoggett P., Mayo M. (2006) ‘The Obsession with Outputs: Over Regulation and the Impact on the Emotional Identities of Public Service Professionals’, International Journal of Work, Organisation and Emotions, Vol. 1, No. 4 pp. 366-378
Hoggett P., Mayo M., Miller C. (2006) Private Passions, the Public Good and Public Service Reform, Social Policy and Administration, Vol. 40 No. 4, December, pp. 758-773
Hoggett P. Mayo M., Miller C. (2006) Relations of Authority, Organisational and Social Dynamics, Vol. 6 No. 2, pp. 224-240
Hoggett, P., Beedell, P., Jimenez, L., Mayo, M., Miller, C. (2006) ‘Identity, Life History and Commitment to Welfare’, Journal of Social Policy, 35, 4. Pp 689-704
Broussine M., Miller C. (2005) ‘Authority, Resistance and Voice’, Journal of Business Ethics: A European Review [Special issue on leadership and ethics]
Miller C. (2004) ‘Community Development as the Pursuit of Human Rights: The New Direction of Travel?’ in Community Development Human Rights and the Grassroots Conference: Conference Proceedings, Kenny S., Hawkins L., Connors P., Kyne C., Brown K. (eds.) Deakin University, Victoria, Australia pp. 141-159
Miller C. (2004) ‘Producing welfare: A modern agenda’, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan
Professor Christopher Miller is also a Director of Studies or a member of the Supervisory Team for Research Degrees:
Completed Faculty Research Student Projects
Christopher.Miller@uwe.ac.uk
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