Alison is a Senior Research Assistant in Psychology based in the Psychology & Communication Technology (PaCT) Lab. Currently she is working in the well citizen challenge area within the Centre for Digital Citizens focussing on the role of digital technologies in women’s health communications. Alison’s research interests include identity, well-being, EDI, digital health, Armed Forces, mixed methodologies.
Prior to joining PaCT Lab, Alison was involved in a number of projects, including research on veterans’ reluctance to access help for alcohol problems; the health and social well-being of older veterans with limb-loss; the health and social care needs of the Armed Forces Community, military families’ experience of casualty notification, developing a peer support model for military bereaved families and the psychosocial well-being of Danish military children.
Most notably, Alison was the lead author on the ‘’ report. Working with Fighting With Pride, this was the first UK research project exploring the experiences and impact of the ban for LGBT+ veterans.
Alison completed a BSc (Hons) in Psychology, MRes in Psychology and her PhD at ϲ.
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