Rate My Professor Lewis Goodings

A qualitative social psychologist, Goodings explores ways to improve the quality of life for people with learning disabilities through participatory design and co-design approaches. His research interests include how self and identity are mediated via social media technologies and digital tools, such as mental health apps, and their impacts on mental health communities. He also examines space, affect, and the body, along with the subjective and collective spaces shaped by affective practices, employing primarily discursive qualitative methods. Goodings is a member of the Applied Health and Social Justice Research Group. His key publications include the book Understanding Mental Health Apps: An Applied Psychosocial Perspective (Springer Nature, 2024, with D. Ellis and I. Tucker); ‘Experiences of Using Mental Health Apps to Support Psychological Health and Wellbeing’ (Journal of Applied Social Science, 2024, with N. Simmons and I. Tucker); ‘Contested Science Communication: Representations of Scientists and Their Science in Newspaper Articles and the Associated Comment Sections’ (Public Understanding of Science, 2025, with K. K. Donois, M. Finlay, and N. Gibson); ‘Norms Concerning the Recognition of Victimhood in Postconflict Societies’ (Political Psychology, 2025, with W. M. L. Finlay et al.); and ‘Communicating Contested Science in a Polarized World: Scientists’ Views on Science Communication’ (Sage Open, 2026, with K. K. Donois and E. W. Carey). He leads the MSc Psychology (Conversion) course and modules on Self & Society and Cyberpsychology.