Tuesday 14 July 2020

E&D SERIES: UON Psychology researcher makes strides in understanding and tacking inequality

Dr Stephanie Hardacre was recently awarded her PhD in social and organisational psychology in the School of Psychology. Her research explored political solidarity and leadership processes in the context of gender equality.

Stephanie examined how leader gender shapes the capacity of male and female leaders to mobilise men and women for gender equality as a common cause.

Dr Hardacre’s work has been included in Harvard Kennedy School’s Women and Public Policy Program's Gender Action Portal – a resource for decision-makers across sectors to translate research into action. You can read about some of Stephanie’s empirical work in the recently released Frontiers Special Issue on “Understanding Barriers to Workplace Equality: A Focus on the Target’s Perspective” at https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02497/full.



 Dr Hardacre is currently working on several projects in the student equity space. These include: a philanthropic-funded longitudinal study on the impact of stereotyping post-COVID on disadvantaged students’ aspirations for higher education; a HEPPP-funded project investigating low-SES student perceptions of success at university; and a NCSEHE-funded project exploring the impact of housing on regional and remote students’ participation in higher education.



If you want to know more about Dr Hardacre and her research, email: Stephanie.Hardacre@uon.edu.au