Dorothy Miell

Dorothy Evelyn Miell is a professor of Social Psychology. Since March 2010, she has been Head of the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, and Vice-Principal, at the University of Edinburgh. Before moving to Edinburgh, she was Dean of Social Sciences at the Open University. Her research focuses on collaboration and communication patterns, recently in the context of creative endeavors.

Miell is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and a Fellow of the British Psychological Society. She was President of the British Psychological Society from 2014 to 2015. She is Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors on Scottish Opera and a member of the Council of the Edinburgh International Festival. She is a Governor of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland

She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2019 Birthday Honours for services to higher education and psychology.