Thompson, Naomi; Nasimi, Rabia; Rova, Marina and Turner, Andy. 2022. Community Work with Migrant and Refugee Women: 'Insiders' and 'outsiders' in research and practice. Bingley: Emerald. ISBN 9781801174794
Thompson, Naomi. 2017. Young People and Church since 1900: Engagement and Exclusion. Abingdon: Routledge. ISBN 9781472489784
Edited Book
Callan, Brian; Nkhoma, Pearson and Thompson, Naomi, eds. 2025. Critical Research and Creative Practice with Migrant and Refugee Communities. Bristol: Policy Press. ISBN 9781447372790
Stanton, Naomi, ed. 2015. Youth Work and Faith: debates, delights and dilemmas. Lyme Regis: Russell House.
Book Section
Thompson, Naomi and Spacey, Morgan. 2026. āI would want to see young people working in here, thatās what I want to seeā¦ā How peer support opportunities in youth justice services can support a Child First, trauma-informed, and reparative model of practice for Youth Justice. In: Sean Creaney and Samantha Burns, eds. Co-production in Youth Justice. Abingdon: Routledge. ISBN 9781032992259
Thompson, Naomi; Bright, Graham and Hart, Peter. 2025. From neoliberalism to neoexclusionism: how grassroots faith communities are resisting division and crossing borders. In: Brian Callan; Pearson Nkhoma and Naomi Thompson, eds. Critical Research and Creative Practice with Migrant and Refugee Communities. Bristol: Policy Press. ISBN 9781447372790
Thompson, Naomi and Nasimi, Rabia. 2025. Reflections on being āoutsider-insidersā and āinsider-outsidersā - fluctuating positionalities in research with migrant and refugee women. In: Brian Callan; Pearson Nkhoma and Naomi Thompson, eds. Critical Research and Creative Practice with Migrant and Refugee Communities. Bristol: Policy Press. ISBN 9781447372790
Thompson, Naomi. 2025. Using a narrative method to research young peopleās religious engagement, past and present. In: L Woodhead; L Cadman and N Graham, eds. Messy Methods: Researching Religion in Practice. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 308-320. ISBN 9780199687893
Thompson, Naomi; Spacey, Meghan; Baker, Christopher and Cheal, Steve. 2024. It seemed like the āriteā thing to do ā choices about religious content in everyday celebrant-led funerals in the UK. In: Terhi Utriainen; Dorothea LĆ¼ddeckens and Brenda Mathijssen, eds. Handbook on Contemporary Death Rituals in Europe. Leiden: Brill.
Rova, Marina and Thompson, Naomi. 2022. Trauma-Informed Practice with Migrant and Refugee Women. In: Naomi Thompson; Rabia Nasimi; Marina Rova and Andy Turner, eds. Community Work with Migrant and Refugee Women: 'Insiders' and 'Outsiders' in Research and Practice. Bingley: Emerald. ISBN 9781801174794
Thompson, Naomi and Joseph, Ian. 2020. Social Media and Youth Justice ā challenges and possibilities for practice. In: Claudia Megele and Peter Buzzi, eds. Social Media and Social Work: Implications and Opportunities for Practice. Bristol: Policy Press, pp. 133-154. ISBN 9781447327394
Woodger, David; Thompson, Naomi and Anastasio, Jean. 2019. āLearning does not reside in a place called comfortableā: Exploring identity and social justice through experiential group work. In: Mike Seal, ed. Teaching Youth Work in Higher Education: Tensions, Connections, Continuities and Contradictions. Tartu, Estonia: University of Tartu/Newman University/Humak University of Applied Sciences/Estonian Association of Youth Workers, pp. 152-159. ISBN 9789985411612
Thompson, Naomi. 2019. Where is faith-based youth work heading? In: Graham Bright and Carole Pugh, eds. Youth Work: Global Futures. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers. ISBN 9789004396555
Connaughton, Paula; de St Croix, Tania; Grace, Pauline and Thompson, Naomi. 2019. In Defence of Youth Work Storytelling as Methodology and Curriculum in HEI teaching. In: Mike Seal, ed. Teaching Youth Work in Universities: Tensions, Connections, Continuities and Contradictions. Tartu, Estonia: University of Tartu/Newman University/Humak University of Applied Sciences/Estonian Association of Youth Workers, pp. 247-255. ISBN 9789985411612
Bright, Graham; Thompson, Naomi; Hart, Peter and Hayden, Bethany. 2018. Faith-based Youth Work: Education, Engagement and Ethics. In: Pam Alldred; Fin Cullen; Kathy Edwards and Dana Fusco, eds. The SAGE Handbook of Youth Work Practice. Ā鶹¹ŁĶų: SAGE, pp. 197-212. ISBN 9781473939523
Thompson, Naomi. 2017. Indoctrination. In: Fathali M. Moghaddam, ed. Sage Encyclopedia of Political Behavior. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. ISBN 9781483391168
Article
Thompson, Naomi and Spacey, Meghan. 2023. āI would want to see young people working in here, thatās what I want to seeā¦ā How peer support opportunities in youth offending services can support a Child First, trauma-informed, and reparative model of practice for Youth Justice. Safer Communities, 22(3), pp. 200-216. ISSN 1757-8043
Thompson, Naomi and Shuker, Lucie. 2023. The āsecular cultureā of youth work training: Are English universities equipping youth workers to work with diverse religious communities? Ethics and Social Welfare, 17(4), pp. 366-386. ISSN 1749-6535
Spacey, Meghan and Thompson, Naomi. 2022. Beyond individual trauma: towards a multi-faceted trauma-informed restorative approach to youth justice that connects individual trauma with family reparation and recognition of bias and discrimination. British Journal of Community Justice, 18(1), pp. 18-35. ISSN 1475-0279
Thompson, Naomi and Nasimi, Rabia. 2022. āThis place means freedom to meā: needs-based engagement with marginalized migrant Muslim women in Ā鶹¹ŁĶų. Community Development Journal, 57(2), pp. 339-359. ISSN 0010-3802
Thompson, Naomi and Woodger, David. 2020. āI hope the river floodsā: online hate speech towards Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities. British Journal of Community Justice, 16(1), pp. 41-63. ISSN 1475-0279
Thompson, Naomi and Woodger, David. 2020. Young people need youth clubs. A needs analysis in a Ā鶹¹ŁĶų borough. Youth and Policy, ISSN 2057-4266
Thompson, Naomi; Bright, Graham and Hart, Peter. 2020. From neoliberalism to neopopulism: how grassroots faith communities are resisting division and crossing borders. Radical Community Work, 4(2), ISSN 2399-178X
Thompson, Naomi. 2019. āItās a No-Win Scenario, either the Police or the Gang Will Get Youā: Young People and Organised Crime ā Vulnerable or Criminal? Youth Justice, 19(2), pp. 102-119. ISSN 1473-2254
Thompson, Naomi and Pihlaja, Stephen. 2018. Temporary liberties and uncertain futures: young female Muslim perceptions of life in England. Journal of Youth Studies, 21(10), pp. 1326-1343. ISSN 1367-6261
Pihlaja, Stephen and Thompson, Naomi. 2017. āI love the Queenā: Positioning in young British Muslim discourse. Discourse, Context and Media, 20, pp. 52-58. ISSN 2211-6958
Thompson, Naomi and Ballantyne, James. 2017. āBeing Churchā: The Social and Spiritual Purposes and Impacts of Christian Detached Youth Work. Journal of Youth and Theology, 16(2), pp. 89-116. ISSN 1741-0819
Pihlaja, Stephen and Thompson, Naomi. 2017. Young Muslims and Exclusion - experiences of 'othering'. Youth and Policy, ISSN 0262-9798
Thompson, Naomi and Slovenko, Karolina. 2015. Social Pedagogy, Informal Education and Ethical Youth Work Practice. Ethics and Social Welfare, 10(1), pp. 19-34. ISSN 1749-6535
Davies, Bernard; Taylor, Tony and Thompson, Naomi. 2015. Informal Education, Youth Work and Youth Development: Responding to the Brathay Trust Case Ā鶹¹ŁĶų. Youth and Policy, 115, ISSN 0262-9798
Stanton, Naomi. 2015. Challenging myths about young people and organised crime through collaborative research. Yresearch - Journal of Social Research and Evaluation, 1, pp. 34-46.
Stanton, Naomi. 2014. A culture of blame ā Sunday School teachers, youth workers and the decline of young people in churches. Crucible,
Stanton, Naomi. 2012. Christian youth work: teaching faith, filling churches or response to social need? Journal of Beliefs and Values, 33(3), pp. 385-403. ISSN 1361-7672
Conference or Workshop Item
Kumar, Akshi; Thompson, Naomi and Woodger, David. 2025. 'Interpretable AI for Racial Harm and Platform Trust: A Mixed-Method Framework for Analysing Social Media Racism Narratives'. In: International Conference on Data Science and AI for Social Good and Responsible Innovation. Ā鶹¹ŁĶų, United Kingdom 10 - 11 April 2026.
Report
Thompson, Naomi and Woodger, David. 2026. Youth, Race and Social Media: political legitimisation and platform amplification of online racism in 2026. Project Report.
Woodger, David; Thompson, Naomi; Law, Natalie and Freund-Williams, Leo. 2025. Youth, Race and Social Media - Project Report. Project Report. Ā鶹¹ŁĶų, Ā鶹¹ŁĶų.
Spacey, Meghan; Woodger, David and Thompson, Naomi. 2023. Young Brent Foundation - Valuing Life Programme: Year Three Evaluation, 2022/23. Project Report. Young Brent Foundation, Ā鶹¹ŁĶų.
Woodger, David and Thompson, Naomi. 2022. Barriers and supports in access to higher education for Gypsy, Traveller and Roma students. Project Report. Ā鶹¹ŁĶų, Ā鶹¹ŁĶų.
Spacey, Meghan; Thompson, Naomi and Woodger, David. 2021. Young Brent Foundation - Valuing Life Programme: Year Two Evaluation, 2021. Project Report. Young Brent Foundation, Ā鶹¹ŁĶų.
Drury, Madeleine; Thompson, Naomi and Woodger, David. 2020. Young Brent Foundation - Valuing Life Programme: Year One Evaluation, September 2019 - September 2020. Project Report. Young Brent Foundation, Ā鶹¹ŁĶų.
Thompson, Naomi and Woodger, David. 2018. āI hope the river floodsā Everyday hatred against Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities. Other. GATE Herdfordshire.