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

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Publications

Launch of the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Observatory: Spowage Mairi, MacKenzie Niall, McFadyen Chirsty, Rooney Aidan; (2025)
EIO State of The Nation : Entrepreneurship and Innovation Report 2025: MacKenzie Niall, Spowage Mairi, McFadyen Chirsty, Rooney Aidan; (2025)
Hospitality Statistics Briefing 2025: Gillan Brodie, McFadyen Chirsty; (2025)
How effective are Scotland’s employment programmes for people with learning disabilities?: McFadyen Chirsty; (2025)
Business confidence slumps as data doubts cloud jobs picture: Spowage Mairi, McFadyen Chirsty, Hampson Josh, Randolph Hannah L, Catalano Allison, Williamson Jack, Howes Megan; (2025)
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)

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Research

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Professional Activities

FAI Qualitative Methods Workshop: Organiser; 15/12/2025
Disability Research Group winter-warmer workshop: Participant; 4/12/2025
The Future of Scottish Hospitality and Tourism: Organiser; 10/11/2025
Down's Syndrome Scotland Inclusive Employment Workshop 2: Invited speaker; 6/11/2025
Hiring and Developing Diverse Talent: Organiser; 5/11/2025
Hiring and Developing Diverse Talent: Speaker; 5/11/2025

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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 - 31-Jan-2026
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-2026