Dr Thomas Curran

Thomas Curran is a BPS chartered psychologist and Associate Professor in the Department of Psychological and Behavioural Science at the London School of Economics. He is a world-leading expert on perfectionism and has written on this and related topics for TIME magazine and the Harvard Business Review.

Dr Curran's work has been featured in the New Scientist and the Times of London, and covered by many international publications including the Guardian, Economist, Telegraph, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and Ariana Huffington's 'Thrive Global' campaign. In 2018, he gave a TEDMED talk entitled 'Our Dangerous Obsession with Perfectionism is Getting Worse' and in 2023 he published his debut book, ‘The Perfection Trap.’

Awards

• 2018 Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology Reviewer of the Year
• 2015 American Psychological Association Division 47 Dissertation Award
• 2014 University of Leeds Research Excellence Award

Expertise

Social Psychology, Perfectionism, Mental Health, Research Methods, Statistics