Alexandra N. Fisher
Lecturer
- Psychology
- School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences
Contact details
- Email: afisher3@ed.ac.uk
Address
- Street
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Room S14, 7 George Square
- City
- Edinburgh
- Post code
- EH8 9JZ
Background
Pronouns: she/her
I am a lecturer in Psychology at the University of Edinburgh. I completed my PhD at the University of Victoria (Canada) in 2020 followed by a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Exeter (UK, 2020-2022) and a research fellowship at the Global Institute for Women’s Leadership at the Australian National University (Australia, 2022-2024).
Postgraduate teaching
I co-supervise PhD students Samira Heidari and Khatijatusshalihah at the Australian National University.
Open to PhD supervision enquiries?
Yes
Research summary
My research combines interpersonal and intergroup perspectives, along with mixed methodologies, to understand (and often challenge) dominant norms and social scripts that underpin social inequalities, both in the context of work and close relationships. In one line of research, I examine inequalities related to gender, with a particular interest in how gender role norms and expectations can produce and perpetuate workplace and relational inequalities. In another line of research, I seek to challenge stigmatising stereotypes about single people and promote a more nuanced understanding of single people’s well-being and the intergroup and interpersonal factors that influence it.
Knowledge exchange
I regularly partner with government and organisations, including with the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction and the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (Australia), to understand and address gender and intersectional inequalities across sectors. I am currently co-PI on a project, funded by the eSafety Commissioner of Australia, aimed at developing interventions to prevent technology-based abuse against women and gender diverse people across Australia.