Ms Chirsty McFadyen
Knowledge Exchange Associate
Economics
Personal statement
Chirsty McFadyen is a Knowledge Exchange Associate at the Fraser of Allander Institute. Chirsty's work at the Institute is focused on employment and inequalities.
Chirsty is in the writing-up stage of her PhD which researches the labour market transitions of low paid workers. Her thesis focuses on in-work poverty and progression opportunities and barriers for low paid workers.
Chirsty has previously worked on several projects including data mapping for the poverty-related attainment gap in rural Scotland and a collaborative project related to data on care-experienced people with The Promise Scotland. She is currently working on two projects: Serving the Future, which focuses on reducing and preventing in-work poverty in the hospitality sector in Scotland; and a project on learning disabilities employment in Scotland.
Publications
- , , Robertson Laura, Wilks Lauren, Hirvonen Anna
- (2026)
- Wilks Lauren, , , Hirvonen Anna
- (2026)
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- (2025)
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Professional Activities
- Contributor
- 19/2/2026
- Speaker
- 10/2/2026
- Contributor
- 30/1/2026
- Organiser
- 15/12/2025
- Participant
- 4/12/2025
- Organiser
- 10/11/2025
Projects
- McFadyen, Chirsty (Co-investigator)
- 06-Jan-2022 - 06-Jan-2025
- McFadyen, Chirsty (Principal Investigator) Jack, David (Principal Investigator) Gillan, Brodie (Co-investigator)
- Funded by Acorns to Trees
- 01-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2027
- Randolph, Hannah (Principal Investigator) Congreve, Emma (Co-investigator) McFadyen, Chirsty (Co-investigator)
- 04-Jan-2024 - 03-Jan-2025
- Congreve, Emma (Principal Investigator) McFadyen, Chirsty (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2026
- Congreve, Emma (Principal Investigator) McFadyen, Chirsty (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2023 - 18-Jan-2024
- McFadyen, Chirsty (Principal Investigator) Catalano, Allison (Co-investigator)
- 05-Jan-2023 - 29-Jan-2023
Contact
Ms
Chirsty
McFadyen
Knowledge Exchange Associate
Economics
Email: chirsty.mcfadyen@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 553 6079