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Marcello, M., Thompson, M. & Umejesi, I. (2024). REDD+: A fine example of worst practice. Environmental Development 52, e101071. 10.1016/j.envdev.2024.101071.

Russell, C., Gyawali, D., Linnerooth-Bayer, J. & Thompson, M. (2023). Disaster risk reduction reconsidered. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 96, e103895. 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2023.103895.

Verweij, M., Ney, S. & Thompson, M. (2022). Cultural Theory’s contributions to climate science: reply to Hansson. European Journal for Philosophy of Science 12 (2), e34. 10.1007/s13194-022-00464-y.

Beck, M.B., Ingram, D. & Thompson, M. (2021). The Adaptor Emerges: A resilient business strategy for a long-term perspective. The Actuary, December 2021.

Beck, M.B., Thompson, M., Gyawali, D., Langan, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0742-3658 & Linnerooth-Bayer, J. (2018). Viewpoint – Pouring money down the drain: Can we break the habit by reconceiving wastes as resources? Water Alternatives 11 (2), 260-283.

Thompson, M. (2018). How banks and other financial institutions think. British Actuarial Journal 23, e5. 10.1017/S1357321717000253.

Thompson, M. & Beck, M.B. (2017). Not so much the water as what's in it: engineering anthropology for beginners. Social Anthropology 25 (3), 335-345. 10.1111/1469-8676.12423.

Linnerooth-Bayer, J., Scolobig, A., Ferlisi, S., Cascini, L. & Thompson, M. (2016). Expert engagement in participatory processes: translating stakeholder discourses into policy options. Natural Hazards 81 (S1), 69-88. 10.1007/s11069-015-1805-8.

Tsanakas, A., Beck, M.B. & Thompson, M. (2016). Taming uncertainty: the limits to quantification. ASTIN Bulletin 46 (01), 1-7. 10.1017/asb.2015.29.

Scolobig, A., Thompson, M. & Linnerooth-Bayer, J. (2016). Compromise not consensus: designing a participatory process for landslide risk mitigation. Natural Hazards 81 (S1), 45-61. 10.1007/s11069-015-2078-y.

Umejesi, I. & Thompson, M. (2015). Fighting elephants, suffering grass: oil exploitation in Nigeria. Journal of Organizational Change Management 5 (5), 791-811. 10.1108/JOCM-03-2015-0048.

Underwood, A., Thompson, M. & Ingram, D. (2014). All on the same train, but heading in different directions. Intelligent Risk 09 (2014), 44-53.

Yazdanpanah, M., Hayati, D., Thompson, M., Zamani, G.H. & Monfared, N. (2014). Policy and plural responsiveness taking constructive account of the ways in which Iranian farmers think about and behave in relation to water. Journal of Hydrology, 347-357. 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.04.015.

Beck, M.B., Walker, R.V. & Thompson, M. (2013). Smarter urban metabolism: Earth systems re-engineering. Engineering Sustainability : Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) 166 (5), 229-241. 10.1680/ensu.12.00038.

Yazdanpanah, M., Thompson, M., Hayati, D. & Zamani, G.H. (2013). A new enemy at the gate: Tackling Iran's water super-crisis by way of a transition from government to governance. Progress in Development Studies 13 (3), 177-194. 10.1177/1464993413486544.

Shackley, S. & Thompson, M. (2012). Lost in the mix: Will the technologies of carbon dioxide capture and storage provide us with a breathing space as we strive to make the transition from fossil fuels to renewables? Climatic Change 110 (1), 101-121. 10.1007/s10584-011-0071-3.

Ingram, D., Tayler, P. & Thompson, M. (2012). Surprise, surprise: From Neoclassical economics to E-life. ASTIN Bulletin 42 (2), 389-411. 10.2143/AST.42.2.2182803.

Beck, M.B., Thompson, M., Ney, S., Gyawali, D. & Jeffrey, P. (2011). On governance for re-engineering city infrastructure. Engineering Sustainability : Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) 164 (2), 129-142. 10.1680/ensu.2011.164.2.129.

Thompson, M. (2008). Clumsiness: Why isn't it as easy as falling off a log? Innovation 21 (3), 205-216. 10.1080/13511610802404922.

Verweij, M., Douglas, M., Ellis, R.J., Engel, C., Hendriks, F., Lohmann, S., Ney, S., Rayner, S. & Thompson, M. (2006). Clumsy solutions for a complex world: The case of climate change. Public Administration 84 (4), 817-843. 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2005.09566.x-i1.

Thompson, M. & Price, M.F. (2002). In praise of clumsiness: Understanding man and nature as a single but complex system. IHDP Update 1, 14-16.

Dake, K. & Thompson, M. (1999). Making ends meet, in the household and on the planet. Innovation: The European Journal of Social Science Research 12 (3), 427-436. 10.1080/13511610.1999.9968614.

Thompson, M., Rayner, S. & Ney, S. (1998). Risk and governance part II: Policy in a complex and plurally perceived world. Government and Opposition 33 (3), 330-354. 10.1111/j.1477-7053.1998.tb00455.x.

Thompson, M. (1997). Cultural theory and integrated assessment. Environmental Modeling & Assessment 2 (3), 139-150. 10.1023/A:1019065412191.

Thompson, M. (1997). Security and solidarity: An anti-reductionist framework for thinking about the relationship between us and the rest of nature. The Geographical Journal 163 (2), 141-149. 10.2307/3060177.

Price, M.F. & Thompson, M. (1997). The complex life: Human land uses in mountain ecosystems. Global Ecology and Biogeography Letters 6 (1), 77-90. 10.2307/2997528.

Thompson, M. (1996). Unsiteability: What should it tell us? RISK: Health, Safety & Environment

Hatley, T. & Thompson, M. (1985). Rare Animals, Poor People, and Big Agencies: A Perspective on Biological Conservation and Rural Development in the Himalaya. Mountain Research and Development 5 (4), 365-377.

Thompson, M. (1984). Among the Energy Tribes: A cultural framework for the analysis and design of energy policy. Policy Sciences 17 (3), 321-339. 10.1007/BF00138710.

Thompson, M. (1979). Rubbish Theory: The Creation and Destruction of Value. Encounter June, 12-24.

Book Section

Thompson, M. (2023). Where Would We Be Without Rubbish? In: Of Hoarding and Housekeeping: Material Kinship and Domestic Space in Anthropological Perspective. Eds. Newell, S., pp. 228-254 New York, NY: Berghahn. ISBN 978-1-80539-092-3

Thompson, M. (2022). Oblivion, Eternity and Tick-Tock. In: Künste und Apparate: Berichte aus einem Labor (1995-2005). Eds. Reck, H.U., Zielinski, S. & Butz, K., pp. 320-326 Köln: Halem Verlag. ISBN 978-3-86962-528-7

Beck, M.B., Das, D.K., Thompson, M., Chirisa, I., Eromobor, S., Kubanza, S., Rewal, T. & Burger, E. (2018). Chapter 2. Cities as Forces for Good in the Environment: A Systems Approach. In: Systems Analysis Approach for Complex Global Challenges. Eds. Mensah, P., Katerere, D., Hachigonta, S. & Roodt, A., pp. 9-39 Heidelberg: Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-71485-1 10.1007/978-3-319-71486-8_2.

Umejesi, I., Thompson, M., Marcello, M. & Vellemu, E. (2018). Chapter 4. Extract of Africa: Towards the Equitable and Ecologically Sound Governance of Mining and Drilling. In: Systems Analysis Approach for Complex Global Challenges. Eds. Mensah, P., Katerere, D., Hachigonta, S. & Roodt, A., pp. 63-88 Heidelberg: Springer. ISBN 978-3-319-71485-1 10.1007/978-3-319-71486-8_4.

Thompson, M., Beck, M.B. & Gyawali, D. (2018). Societal Drivers of Food and Water Systems 1: The Approach by Way of Material Flows, Household Consumption Styles, and Contending Schools of Engineering Thought. In: The Oxford Handbook of Food, Water and Society. Eds. Allan, T., Bromwich, B., Colman, A. & Keulertz, M., Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-066979-9 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190669799.013.48.

Beck, M.B., Gyawali, D. & Thompson, M. (2018). Societal Drivers of Food and Water Systems 2: Applying Plural Rationality to Some Wicked Problems. In: The Oxford Handbook of Food, Water and Society. Eds. Allan, T., Bromwich, B., Colman, A. & Keulertz, M., Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-066979-9 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190669799.013.62.

Thompson, M. (2018). Wicked envrionmental problems. In: Companion to Environmental Studies. Eds. Castree, N., Hulme, M. & Proctor, J.D., pp. 258-262 Abingdon, UK: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-13-819219-5

Thompson, M. & Winiwarter, V. (2017). Interdisciplinary Approaches to Technological Innovation. In: Ecologies of Innovation. Eds. Winiwarter, V., pp. 1-8 Vienna, Austria: Commission for Interdisciplinary Ecological Studies (KIOES), Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW). 10.1553/KIOESOP_006.

Thompson, M. (2017). The Wheels on the Bus go Round and Round: Innovation Cycles in Technological Evolution. In: Ecologies of Innovation. Eds. Winiwarter, V., pp. 9-19 Vienna, Austria: Commission for Interdisciplinary Ecological Studies (KIOES), Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW). 10.1553/KIOESOP_006.

Gyawali, D., Thompson, M. & Verweij, M. (2016). Afterword: The lessons from Nepal. In: Aid, Technology and Development The Lessons from Nepal. Eds. Gyawali, D., Thompson, M. & Verweij, M., pp. 218-221 Abingdon, United Kingdom: Taylor and Francis. ISBN 9781315621630 10.4324/9781315621630.

Thompson, M., Gyawali, D. & Verweij, M. (2016). The dharma of development. In: Aid, Technology and Development. Eds. Gyawali, D., Thompson, M. & Verweij, M., pp. 3-12 Abingdon, United Kingdom: Taylor and Francis. ISBN 978-113865691-8 10.4324/9781315621630.

Huang, L., Ingram, D., Terry, T. & Thompson, M. (2014). Chapter 18: Uncertain times, plural rationalities and the pension fiduciary. In: Cambridge Handbook of Institutional Investment and Fiduciary Duty. Eds. Hawley, JP, Hoepner, AGF, Johnson, KL, Sandberg, J & Waitzer, EJ, New York: Cambridge University Press. 10.1017/CBO9781139565516.022.

Mars, G. & Thompson, M. (2013). Individualism versus hierarchy: Kondratieff and his crime waves - the behavoiural underpinnings of booms and slumps. In: Locating Deviance: Crime, Change and Organizations. Eds. Mars, G, Farnum: Ashagate. ISBN 978-1-4094-2789-6

Thompson, M. (2013). Clumsy solutions to environmental change: Lessons from cultural theory. In: A Changing Environment for Human Security: Transformative Approaches to Research, Policy and Action. Eds. Sygna, L, O'Brien, K & Wolf, J, Abingdon: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-84971-301-6

Verweij, M., Ney, S. & Thompson, M. (2011). Clumsy solutions for a wicked world. In: Clumsy Solutions for a Wicked World: How to Improve Global Governance. Eds. Verwij, M, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9780230300828

Gupta, J., Persson, A., Olsson, L., Linnerooth-Bayer, J., van der Grijp, N., Jerneck, A., Klein, R.J.T., Thompson, M. & Patt, A. (2010). Mainstreaming climate change in development co-operation policy: Conditions for success. In: Making Climate Change Work for Us. Eds. Hulme, M. & Neufeldt, H., Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521119412

Thompson, M. (2010). A bit of the other: Why scarcity isn't all it's cracked up to be. In: The Limits to Scarcity: Contesting the Politics of Allocation. Eds. Mehta, L., pp. 127-142 New Delhi, India: Black Swan. ISBN 978 1 84407 542 3

Linnerooth-Bayer, J., Vari, A. & Thompson, M. (2006). Floods and fairness in Hungary. In: Clumsy Solutions for a Complex World: Governance, Politics and Plural Perception. Eds. Verweij, M. & Thompson, M., Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 0230002307

Thompson, M. (2005). Visions of the future. In: Thinking Utopia: Steps into Other Worlds. Eds. Rusen, J., Fehr, M. & Rieger, T.W., Oxford: Berghahn Books. ISBN 1-57181-440-X

Thompson, M. (2004). Zementierte Zukunftvisionen (Visions of the future made concrete). In: Die Unruhe der Kultur: Potentiale des Utopischen. Eds. Ruesen, J., Fehr, M. & Ramsbrock, A., Goettingen: Velbruck Verlag.

Thompson, M. (2002). Man and nature as a single but complex system. In: Encyclopedia of Global Environmental Change. Eds. Munn, T., John Wiley & Sons Inc.: Vol. 5: Social and Economic Dimensions of Global Environmental Change. ISBN 0-471-97796-9

Ney, S. & Thompson, M. (1999). Consulting the frogs: The normative implications of cultural theory. In: Cultural Theory as Political Science. Eds. Thompson, M., Grendstad, G. & Selle, P., London: Routledge.

Rayner, S., Malone, E.L. & Thompson, M. (1999). Equity issues and integrated assessment. In: Fair Weather? Equity Concerns in Climate Change. Eds. Toth, F.L., pp. 11-43 London, UK: Earthscan Publications Ltd..

Schwarz, M. & Thompson, M. (1999). Human choice and climate change: Introducing the reflexive policymaker and the responsive citizen. In: Major Shifts in Societal Trends and Their Impact on Climate Change. Eds. Slob, A.F.L. & Hoorn, T.M.M. van, Technology and Policy: TNO Institute of Strategy.

Schwarz, M. & Thompson, M. (1999). Human choice and climate change: Introducing the reflexive policymaker and the responsive citizen. In: Major Shifts in Societal Trends and Their Impact on Climate Change. Eds. Slob, A.F.L. & Hoorn, T.M.M. van, Technology and Policy: TNO Institute of Strategy.

Thompson, M. (1998). Global networks and local cultures: What are the mismatches and what can be done about them? In: Understanding the Impact of Global Networks on Local Social, Political and Cultural Values. Eds. Engel, C. & Keller, K., Baden-Baden: Nomos. ISBN 3-7890-6389-4

Douglas, M., Gasper, D., Ney, S. & Thompson, M. (1998). Human needs and wants. In: Human Choice and Climate Change. Vol. 1: The Societal Framework. Eds. Rayner, S. & Malone, E.L., Columbus: Battelle Press.

Thompson, M. & Trisoglio, A. (1997). Managing the unmanageable. In: Saving the Seas: Values, Scientists, and International Governance. Eds. Brooks, L.A. & VanDeveer, S.D., College Park: Maryland Sea Grant College. ISBN 0-943-676-622

Thompson, M. (1996). Cultural theory is a theory. In: Kultur Som Levemate (Culture as a Way of Life). Eds. Grendstad, G. & Selle, P., Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget.

Thompson, M. (1996). Good Science for Public Policy. In: Culture, Perceptions and Environmental Problems. Eds. Rolen, M., pp. 90-123 Stockholm, Sweden: Swedish Council for Planning and Coordination of Research.

Schwarz, M. & Thompson, M. (1985). Beyond the politics of interest. In: Plural Rationality and Interactive Decision Processes. Eds. Grauer, M., Thompson, M. & Wierzbicki, A., pp. 22-36 Berlin/Heidelberg, Germany: Springer. ISBN 978-3-662-02432-4 10.1007/978-3-662-02432-4_2.

Kunreuther, H.C., Linnerooth-Bayer, J., Lathrop, J., Atz, H., Macgill, S., Mandl, C., Schwarz, M. & Thompson, M. (1983). The FRG: ripples at Wilhelmshaven. In: Risk Analysis and Decision Processes. The Siting of Liquefied Energy Gas Facilities in Four Countries. pp. 32-63 Berlin/Heidelberg, Germany: Springer. ISBN 978-3-642-82128-8 10.1007/978-3-642-82128-8_3.

Kunreuther, H.C., Linnerooth-Bayer, J., Lathrop, J., Atz, H., Macgill, S., Mandl, C., Schwarz, M. & Thompson, M. (1983). Improving the siting process. In: Risk Analysis and Decision Processes. The Siting of Liquefied Energy Gas Facilities in Four Countries. pp. 209-231 Berlin/Heidelberg, Germany: Springer. ISBN 978-3-642-82128-8 10.1007/978-3-642-82128-8_9.

Kunreuther, H.C., Linnerooth-Bayer, J., Lathrop, J., Atz, H., Macgill, S., Mandl, C., Schwarz, M. & Thompson, M. (1983). LEG risk assessments: experts disagree. In: Risk Analysis and Decision Processes. The Siting of Liquefied Energy Gas Facilities in Four Countries. pp. 148-177 Berlin/Heidelberg, Germany: Springer. ISBN 978-3-642-82128-8 10.1007/978-3-642-82128-8_7.

Kunreuther, H.C., Linnerooth-Bayer, J., Lathrop, J., Atz, H., Macgill, S., Mandl, C., Schwarz, M. & Thompson, M. (1983). The Netherlands: The Rotterdam — Eemshaven debate. In: Risk Analysis and Decision Processes. The Siting of Liquefied Energy Gas Facilities in Four Countries. pp. 64-97 Berlin/Heidelberg, Germany: Springer. ISBN 978-3-642-82128-8 10.1007/978-3-642-82128-8_4.

Thompson, M. (1983). Postscript: a cultural basis for comparison. In: Risk Analysis and Decision Processes. The Siting of Liquefied Energy Gas Facilities in Four Countries. pp. 232-262 Berlin/Heidelberg, Germany: Springer. ISBN 978-3-642-82128-8 10.1007/978-3-642-82128-8_10.

Kunreuther, H.C., Linnerooth-Bayer, J., Lathrop, J., Atz, H., Macgill, S., Mandl, C., Schwarz, M. & Thompson, M. (1983). Risk Analysis in the Policy Process. In: Risk Analysis and Decision Processes. The Siting of Liquefied Energy Gas Facilities in Four Countries. pp. 178-208 Berlin/Heidelberg, Germany: Springer. ISBN 978-3-642-82128-8 10.1007/978-3-642-82128-8_8.

Kunreuther, H.C., Linnerooth-Bayer, J., Lathrop, John, Atz, H., Macgill, S., Mandl, C., Schwarz, M. & Thompson, M. (1983). The UK: Sparks at Mossmorran—Braefoot Bay. In: Risk Analysis and Decision Processes. The Siting of Liquefied Energy Gas Facilities in Four Countries. pp. 98-122 Berlin/Heidelberg, Germany: Springer. ISBN 978-3-642-82130-1 10.1007/978-3-642-82128-8_5.

Kunreuther, H.C., Linnerooth-Bayer, J., Lathrop, John, Atz, H., Macgill, S., Mandl, C., Schwarz, M. & Thompson, M. (1983). The USA: conflicts in California. In: Risk Analysis and Decision Processes. The Siting of Liquefied Energy Gas Facilities in Four Countries. pp. 123-147 Berlin/Heidelberg, Germany: Springer. ISBN 978-3-642-82128-8 10.1007/978-3-642-82128-8_6.

Kunreuther, H.C., Linnerooth-Bayer, J., Lathrop, J., Atz, H., Macgill, S., Mandl, C., Schwarz, M. & Thompson, M. (1983). The framework. In: Risk Analysis and Decision Processes. pp. 18-31 Berlin/Heidelberg, Germany: Springer. ISBN 978-3-642-82128-8 10.1007/978-3-642-82128-8_2.

Kunreuther, H. C., Linnerooth-Bayer, J., Lathrop, J., Atz, H., Macgill, S., Mandl, C., Schwarz, M. & Thompson, M. (1983). The problem. In: Risk Analysis and Decision Processes. The Siting of Liquefied Energy Gas Facilities in Four Countries. pp. 1-17 Berlin/Heidelberg, Germany: Springer. ISBN 978-3-642-82128-8 10.1007/978-3-642-82128-8_1.

Thompson, M. & Wildavsky, A. (1982). Proposal to Create a Cultural Theory of Risk. In: Risk Analysis Controversy: An Institutional Perspective. Eds. Kunreuther, H.C. & Ley, E.V., pp. 145-161 Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer Verlag. ISBN 3540120122

Monograph

Thompson, M. (1984). The Cultural Construction of Nature and the Natural Destruction of Culture. IIASA Working Paper. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: WP-84-092

Thompson, M. & Warburton, M. (1984). Knowing Where To Hit It: A Conceptual Framework for the Sustainable Development of the Himalayas. IIASA Working Paper. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: WP-84-030

Thompson, M. (1983). Planning and Anti-Planning: 2 Sides of a Counterfeit Coin. IIASA Working Paper. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: WP-83-013

Douglas, J., Douglas, M. & Thompson, M. (1983). Social Choice and Cultural Bias. IIASA Collaborative Paper. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: CP-83-004

Thompson, M. (1982). Among the Energy Tribes: The Anthropology of the Current Policy Debate. IIASA Working Paper. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: WP-82-059

Thompson, M. (1981). Beyond Self-Interest, a Cultural Analysis of a Risk Debate. IIASA Working Paper. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: WP-81-017

Thompson, M. (1980). An Outline of the Cultural Theory of Risk. IIASA Working Paper. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: WP-80-177

Thompson, M. (1980). The Social Landscape of Poverty. IIASA Working Paper. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: WP-80-174

Thompson, M. (1980). Political Culture: An Introduction. IIASA Working Paper. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: WP-80-175

Thompson, M. (1975). Road Safety Research in the Perspective of Policy Analysis. IIASA Research Memorandum. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: RM-75-006

Thompson, M. (1975). Systems Analysis for the Evaluation of Bio-Medical Research. IIASA Research Report (Reprint). IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: RR-75-007. Reprinted from Systems Aspects of Health Planning, N.T.J. Bailey, M. Thompson (eds), North-Holland [1975]

Ponssard, J.-P., Thompson, M. & Glass, N. (1975). The Tragedy of Strategy. IIASA Working Paper. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: WP-75-091

Thompson, M. (1974). A Study of Research and Development in Environmental Engineering Using System Approach. IIASA Research Report. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: RR-74-013

Conference or Workshop Item

Bednarik, P., Dieckmann, U. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7089-0393, Linnerooth-Bayer, J., Magnuszewski, P., Sigmund, K. & Thompson, M. (2017). Behavioral experiments reveal how risk perception and worldviews impact common-good governance. In: IIASA Institutional Evaluation 2017, 27 February-1 March 2017, IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria.

Yazdanpanah, M., Thompson, M. & Linnerooth-Bayer, J. (2016). Do Iranian Policy Makers Truly Understand And Dealing with the Risk of Climate Change RegardingWater Resource Management? In: IDRiM 2016 7th International Conference on Integrated Disaster Risk Management Disasters and Development: Towards a Risk Aware Society, October 1-3, 2016, Isfahan, Islamic Republic of Iran.

Nel, D., Komendantova, N. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2568-6179 & Thompson, M. (2012). Systematic risk assessment of Public Private Partnerships through Independent Power Production for Renewable Energies. In: Worlds Within Reach: From Science To Policy - IIASA 40th Anniversary Conference, 24-26 October 2012, Hofburg Congress Center, Vienna and IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria.

Book

Thompson, M. (2021). Mülltheorie: Über die Schaffung und Vernichtung von Werten. transcript Verlag. ISBN 9783839452240 10.1515/9783839452240.

Thompson, M. (2017). Rubbish Theory: The Creation and Destruction of Value. (2nd ed.) London, UK: Pluto Press. ISBN 978-0-7453-9978-2

Ekenberg, L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0665-1889, Hansson, K., Danielson, M., Cars, G., de Betou, L.I., Buurman, J., Ernst, M., Fasth, T., Forsberg, R., Fürst, J.G., Hansson, J., Karlström, P., Kivunike, F.N., Larsson, A., Liljenberg, T., Liljenström, H., Marincea, A., Mihai, A., Riabacke, M., Sauter, W. et al. (2017). Deliberation, Representation, Equity: Research Approaches, Tools and Algorithms for Participatory Processes. Cambridge: Open Book Publishers. ISBN 978-1-78374-303-2

Verweij, M. & Thompson, M. (2011). Clumsy Solutions for a Complex World: Governance, Politics and Plural Perceptions. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9780230319516

Thompson, M. (2008). Organising and Disorganising. A Dynamic and Non-Linear Theory of Institutional Emergence and Its Implication. Devon: Triarchy Press. ISBN 9780955768149

Thompson, M., Warburton, M. & Hatley, T. (2007). Uncertainty: On a Himalayan Scale. Patan Dhoka: Himal Books. ISBN 99933

Verweij, M. & Thompson, M. (2006). Clumsy Solutions for a Complex World: Governance, Politics and Plural Perceptions. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 0230002307

Thompson, M., Grendstad, G. & Selle, P. (1999). Cultural Theory as Political Science. London: Routledge. ISBN 9780415862714

Ellis, R.J. & Thompson, M. (1997). Culture Matters: Essays in Honor of Aaron Wildavsky. Boulder: Westview Press. ISBN 0-8133-3117-

Grauer, M., Thompson, M. & Wierzbicki, A.P. (1985). Plural Rationality and Interactive Decision Processes; Proceedings of an IIASA Summer Study on Plural Rationality and Interactive Decision Processes, Sopron, Hungary, August 16-26, 1984. Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag. ISBN 3-540-15675-5

Thompson, M. (1979). Rubbish Theory: The Creation and Destruction of Value. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-1921-7658-5

Bailey, N.T.J. & Thompson, M. (1975). Systems Aspects of Health Planning. Amsterdam: North Holland Publishing Co.. ISBN 0-444-10841-6

Other

Beck, M.B., Ingram, D. & Thompson, M. (2021). Modeling the Variety of Decision Making. SOA Research Institute , Illinois, USA.

Thompson, M. & Beck, M.B. (2015). Coping with change: urban resilience, sustainability, adaptability and path dependence. Future of cities: working paper. Foresight, Government Office for Science , London, UK.

Ingram, D., Underwood, A. & Thompson, M. (2014). Risk culture, neoclassical economics and enterprise risk management. [[Intelligent Risk]], pp.12-20 (Decempber 2014)

Ingram, D., Underwood, A. & Thompson, M. (2014). Risk Culture, Neoclassical Economics, and Enterprise Risk Management. Research Paper, presented at the Enterprise Risk Management Symposium, 29 September-1 October 2014, Chicago, IL, USA

Ingram, D., Underwood, A. & Thompson, M. (2013). Rational adaptation for ERM in a changing environment. Expert paper, InsuranceERM, London, UK (24 October 2013)

Thompson, M. (2012). Limits to growth? A new perspective on certainties and validities. [[GAIA]], 21(2):106-107 (June 2012)

Ingram, D. & Thompson, M. (2012). What's Your Risk Attitude? (And How Does It Affect Your Company?). [[HBR Blog Network]] (blog), [[Harvard Business Review]] (11 June 2011)

Thompson, M. (2011). Sustainability is an essentially contested concept (Comment). [[S.A.P.I.E.N.S]] [Online], 4.1:2011 (23 November 2011)

Ingram, D. & Thompson, M. (2011). Changing seasons of risk attitudes. [[The Actuary]], 8(1):20-24, (February/March 2011), Society of Actuaries, Schaumburg, IL, USA

Thompson, M. (1997). The New World Disorder: Is Environmental Security the Cure? Working Paper No. 9719, LOS Senteret , Bergen, Norway.

Thompson, M. (1997). Security and Solidarity. Working Paper No. 9720, LOS Senteret , Bergen, Norway.

Thompson, M. & Gyawali, D. (1997). Trans-boundary Risk Management: A Comparative Example from the South. Working Paper No. 9721, LOS Senteret , Bergen, Norway.

Thompson, M. (1996). Inherent Relationality: An Anti-Dualist Approach to Institutions. Norwegian Research Centre in Organization and Management , Bergen, Norway. Report No. 9608.