Miss Chirsty McFadyen

Knowledge Exchange Associate

Economics

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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.

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Professional Activities

Presentation of new toolkit for Tourism and Hospitality Skills Group
Speaker
25/11/2025
Glasgow Disability Alliance
Visiting researcher
15/4/2025
A Future at Risk: Child Poverty and Health Inequalities in Scotland
Speaker
9/4/2025
Podcast - “Holyrood stands under the microscope of its own gaze” – reflections after Scotland misses its interim child poverty targets
Host
3/4/2025
Sharing Our Work: Serving the Future
Speaker
27/3/2025
Evidence on the Financial Security of People with Learning Disabilities in Scotland
Speaker
27/3/2025

More professional activities

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

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Miss Chirsty McFadyen
Knowledge Exchange Associate
Economics

Email: chirsty.mcfadyen@strath.ac.uk
Tel: 553 6079