Miss 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

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Publications

Economic commentary [October 2025]: McFadyen Chirsty, Spowage Mairi, Randolph Hannah L, Catalano Allison, Hampson Josh, Williamson Jack; Fraser of Allander Economic Commentary Vol 50 (2025)
Serving the Future Policy Briefing : Tackling In-work Poverty in the Hospitality Sector: McFadyen Chirsty, Gillan Brodie, Hartley Ralph, Robertson Laura, Wilks Lauren, Hirvonen Anna; (2025)
Observing Receipt of the Scottish Child Payment in Survey Data: Randolph Hannah, McFadyen Chirsty, Congreve Emma; (2025)
Evidence on the Financial Security of People with Learning Disabilities in Scotland: McFadyen Chirsty, Muirhead Matthew, Callander Ruth, Congreve Emma; (2025)
Meeting Scotland's Child Poverty Targets : Modelling and Policy Packages: Randolph Hannah L, McFadyen Chirsty, Congreve Emma; (2025)
Research on Employer Behaviour Regarding Hiring People with Learning Disabilities: McFadyen Chirsty, Congreve Emma, Jack David, Johnson-Burgess Vanessa, Blake Samantha; (2024)

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Professional Activities

Developing an approach to understanding disabled people’s needs and costs: Participant; 22/9/2025
Fraser of Allander Institute Flagship 50th Anniversary Applied Economics Conference: Member of programme committee; 18/9/2025
Fraser of Allander Institute Flagship 50th Anniversary Applied Economics Conference: Speaker; 18/9/2025
Fraser of Allander Institute Flagship 50th Anniversary Applied Economics Conference: Chair; 18/9/2025
Down's Syndrome Scotland Employment Pilot Workshop 1: Invited speaker; 27/8/2025
Pam Duncan Glancy MSP: Host; 18/8/2025

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Projects

Serving the Future: Reducing and preventing in-work poverty in Scotland's hospitality sector: McFadyen, Chirsty (Co-investigator); 06-Jan-2022 - 06-Jan-2025
Child poverty data & modelling: Randolph, Hannah (Principal Investigator) Congreve, Emma (Co-investigator) McFadyen, Chirsty (Co-investigator); 04-Jan-2024 - 03-Jan-2025
Additional living costs for people with a learning disability: Congreve, Emma (Principal Investigator) McFadyen, Chirsty (Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2023 - 25-Jan-2025
Extra Costs of Disability: Congreve, Emma (Principal Investigator) McFadyen, Chirsty (Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2023 - 18-Jan-2024
JOINT RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP AGREEMENT FOR A SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT ACADEMIC FELLOWSHIP: McFadyen, Chirsty (Principal Investigator) Catalano, Allison (Co-investigator); 05-Jan-2023 - 29-Jan-2023
Partners in Change - Robertson Trust: McFadyen, Chirsty (Principal Investigator) Congreve, Emma (Co-investigator) Davidson, Jennifer (Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2025