Kayleigh Smith
- Psychology
- School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences
Contact details
- Email: kayleigh.smith@ed.ac.uk
PhD supervisors:
Address
- Street
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Psychology Building
- City
- 7 George Square, Edinburgh
- Post code
- EH8 9JZ
Qualifications
MSc Psychological Research - University of Edinburgh
BSc Psychology (Hons) - University of Edinburgh
Undergraduate teaching
Data Analysis for Psychology in R 2
PPLS Skills Centre
Postgraduate teaching
PPLS Skills Centre
Research summary
My research primarily focuses on using the social identity approach and social identity approach to leadership to understand feelings of safety, engagement in safe behaviour, and overall experience when attending mass events.
My current research explores the relationships between football fans and their clubs to understand: (a) what contributes to positive fan-club relationships, (b) how fan-club relations impact fan experience and feelings of safety when attending football, and (c) how interventions based on the social identity approach/social identity approach to leadership can further promote safety at football.
Conference details
Smith, K., Widdicombe, S., & Templeton, A. (2025). Football clubs as identity leaders: communication and club action on fan-club relationships. Presentation at International Conference on Social Identity Leadership and Followership, Prague, May.
Smith, K. (2025). Understanding the drivers of safety at major sporting events. Presentation at the Social Psychology Seminar Series, University of Edinburgh, March.
Smith, K., Widdicombe, S., Whitehouse, D., & Templeton, A. (2025). English football clubs as identity leaders: communication and club action on fan-club relationships. Poster at SPSP Annual Convention, Denver, February.
Smith, K. (2024). Football clubs as identity leaders: considering the role of non-traditional leaders in promoting positive intergroup relations. Invited presentation at Collective Action Network, Online, November.
Smith, K., Widdicombe, S., Whitehouse, D., & Templeton, A. (2024). “It’s a business” - what is the football club, and how does this contribute to the relationships with its fans? Poster at BPS Scottish Branch Postgraduate Conference, Robert Gordon University, August.
Smith, K., Widdicombe, S., Whitehouse, D., & Templeton, A. (2024). Football clubs as identity leaders: communication and club action on fan-club relationships. Presentation at BPS Scottish Branch Postgraduate Conference, Robert Gordon University, August.
Smith, K., Widdicombe, S., Whitehouse, D., & Templeton, A. (2024). “It’s a business” - what is the football club, and how does this contribute to the relationships with its fans? Poster at BPS Social Psychology Section Annual Conference, Queens University Belfast, August.
Smith, K., Widdicombe, S., Whitehouse, D., & Templeton, A. (2024). Football clubs as identity leaders: communication and club action on fan-club relationships. Blitz Presentation at BPS Social Psychology Section Annual Conference, Queens University Belfast, August.
Smith, K., Templeton, A., Whitehouse, D., & Widdicombe, S. (2023). Football clubs as identity entrepreneurs in promoting positive relations with fans. Poster at BPS Social Psychology Section Annual Conference, Heriot Watt University, August.
Smith, K., Templeton, A., Whitehouse, D., & Widdicombe, S. (2023). Football clubs as identity entrepreneurs in promoting positive relations with fans. Poster at BPS Scottish Branch Postgraduate Section Conference, University of Strathclyde, August.
Smith, K., Templeton, A., & Drury, J. (2023). Social identity processes associated with perceived risk at UK pilot sporting events during COVID-19. Presentation at the European Association of Social Psychology General Meeting, Krakow, July.
Smith, K., & Templeton, A. (2022). Group relations with leadership and adherence to COVID-19 measures in hospital settings. Presentation at BPS Social Psychology Section Annual Conference, University of Greenwich, September.
Smith, K., Templeton, A, & Drury, J. (2022). Social identity processes associated with perceived risk at early pilot sporting events during COVID-19. Presentation at BPS Social Psychology Section Annual Conference, University of Greenwich, September.
Smith, K., & Templeton, A. (2021). The effects of social identity processes on perceived risk at pilot sporting events held during COVID-19. Poster presented at BPS Social Psychology Section Annual Conference, online, August.