Academic Employment
Mar 2021 - present
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Philosophy and Psychology, University of Stirling, UK UKRI funded project: ‘Agency, Rationality, and Epistemic Defeat.’ PI: Dr Giacomo Melis, Co-Is: Dr Eva Rafetseder & Dr Zsófia Virányi |
Jan - Mar 2021
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Research Assistant
Psychology, University of Stirling, UK ERC funded project: ‘The cog in the ratchet: Illuminating the cognitive mechanisms generating human cumulative culture.’ PI: Prof Christine Caldwell |
2017 - 2021
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Teaching Assistant (Part-time)
Psychology, University of Stirling, UK |
Qualifications
2023
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Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education
University of Stirling, UK |
2021
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PhD Psychology
Developing distinctively human cumulative culture: Age-related changes in social information use University of Stirling, UK Supervisors: Prof Christine Caldwell & Dr Eva Rafetseder External examiner: Prof Sarah Beck Passed Viva Voce: 12 February 2021 |
2017
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MSc Child Development - Distinction
University of Stirling, UK Supervisor: Prof Christine Caldwell Awarded Research-Based Learning Prize |
2016
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BSc (Hons) Psychology (Applied) - First Class Honours
Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK Supervisors: Dr Nicola McGuigan & Dr Emily Messer |
Outreach Activities
2023
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Practitioner workshop engaging seven charities and organisations working in the field of animal welfare, with the aim of bridging the gap between theory and practice. University of Stirling.
Organised three events at Stirling Science Festival. 1) A Café Philosophique “The relation between human and animal intelligence”, 2) public lecture by Prof Erica Fudge, 3) a family day activity “The power of teamwork”.
2-day Glasgow Science Festival event ‘Human and Animal Minds’.
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2022
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University of Stirling Psychology Kindergarten Research Open Day and Parent Open Day (Invited speaker).
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2021
2020
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University of Stirling Psychology Kindergarten Research Open Day (Invited speaker).
University of Stirling Psychology Kindergarten Open Day (Invited speaker), research outreach event for Kindergarten parents.
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2019
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Inaugural Summer Science Festival held by the University of Stirling Psychology division, research outreach event for families with children aged 2-to-6-years-old.
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2018 - 2020
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Data collection and public engagement at RZSS Edinburgh Zoo.
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2018
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Edinburgh Science Festival event ‘Culture Club’ run by Christine Caldwell and the RATCHETCOG Research Group.
Data collection and public engagement at Dundee Science Centre.
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2017
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Data collection and public engagement at Glasgow Science Centre.
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Research Activities
Ad hoc reviewer for: Cognitive Development, Developmental Science, PeerJ, Scientific Reports
Ad hoc conference reviewer for: BCCCD, Culture Conference
2023
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Organised “Propositional thought and truth-functional reasoning” workshop, University of Stirling, UK & Virtual.
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2023
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Organiser of Agency, Rationality and Epistemic Defeat workshop, Messerli Research Institute, Vienna
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2022
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Launched Peer Mentoring Scheme for early career researchers, Psychology, University of Stirling
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2021
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Co-organiser of the Culture Conference 2021 'Evolutionary Perspectives on Culture'
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2019
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Assisted with organisation of Inaugural Summer Science Festival, University of Stirling
Assisted with organisation of the Culture Conference 2019 'Communication in Culture'
Attended Thinking Impact: Research Impact in Psychology and Beyond, University of Dundee
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2018
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2017 - 2019
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University of Stirling Open Day tours of the Psychology Kindergarten (Promoting research facilities to prospective students)
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2017
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MSc Research Placement - Theirworld Edinburgh Birth Cohort, Patrick Wild Centre, University of Edinburgh
Supervisor: Dr Sue Fletcher-Watson |
2016 - 2017
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Support Worker, Autism Initiatives, Edinburgh
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Awards & Grants
2024
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UKRI FLF Development Network grant “Empirical Epistemology Network” for £24,000, to establish network and organise two interdisciplinary workshops in 2024.
Co-Lead (with Giacomo Melis, Jack Lyons & Peter Graham) |
2017-2020
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PhD Research Studentship Award. Secured 3 years full funding from European Research Council & University of Stirling.
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2019
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Human Behavior & Evolution Society (HBES) Conference funding award, $1,500. “Culture Conference 2020” (Lead). Conference postponed until 2021.
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2017
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PhD student poster prize, University of Stirling, UK
Postgraduate Research-Based Learning Prize (outstanding demonstration of integrating research into learning), University of Stirling.
MSc Student Poster Prize, University of Stirling, UK
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2016
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Postgraduate Academic Merit Scholarship (MSc Child Development), University of Stirling (£2,000)
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Teaching & Supervision
Fellow of Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
Large and Small Group Teaching
- Child Development (MSc: lectures & seminars)
- Can infants and animals reflect on their own beliefs? (BSc: 8-week seminar series)
- Developmental Psychology (BSc & MSc: lectures & seminars)
- Animal Behaviour (BSc: lectures)
- Research Methods in Psychology (MSc: seminars)
Student Research Supervision
- BSc Research Project (x 6)
- MSc Research Project (x 8)
- BSc Research Placements (x 6)
- MSc Research Placement (x 12)
Relevant Skills & Training
- Experienced in Open Science practices (pre-registration, open data, analysis code, & materials).
- Advanced in use of Microsoft applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
- Advanced in use of R, Jamovi and SPSS for data wrangling, statistical analysis, and data visualisation.
- Advanced in use of PsychoPy for coding computer-based psychology experiments in Python.
- Advanced in use of BORIS for behavioural video coding.
- Proficient in use of Tobii Spectrum and Tobii Pro-Lab for eye-tracking studies with young children.
- Paediatric Emergency First Aid Certificate.
Memberships
- Fellow of Higher Education Academy (FHEA)
- The Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour (ASAB)
- Comparative Cognition Society (CCS)
- European Society for Philosophy and Psychology (ESPP)
- Scottish Primate Research Group (SPRG)
- Eligible for British Psychological Society (BPS) membership