Matthew Adams

Matthew Adams is a Principal Lecturer at the University of Brighton's School of Humanities and Social Science. His research bridges psychology, ecology, philosophy, and history, focusing on human-animal relations, the Anthropocene, and arts-based methodologies. He holds an AHRC Fellowship investigating animal experimentation narratives through creative arts. His work challenges anthropocentric paradigms, emphasizing multispecies perspectives and climate crisis psychology. Adams teaches ecopsychology, climate psychology, and social psychology, advocating for interdisciplinary and creative research approaches.

Research Interests: Human-animal relations, posthumanities, climate change, qualitative and arts-based methods. He supervises PhD students on topics like multispecies ethics and climate activism.

Awards:

• Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Research Fellowship (2022–2024)

Teaching & Advising: Specializes in ecopsychology, climate psychology, and critical environmental psychology. Advises on interdisciplinary projects using creative methods.

Labs/Teams: Member of the Education Research Excellence Group, Understanding Childhood and Adolescence Group, Comics and Graphic Narratives Group, and Centre for Arts and Wellbeing.