Fiona Mackay FRSE FAcSS is a professor of Politics at the University of Edinburgh.[1] Mackay is also director of genderED, the University of Edinburgh's interdisciplinary hub for gender and sexuality studies.[2] She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh[3] and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.[4]
Fiona Mackay FRSE, FAcSS | |
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 Fiona Mackay at Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities at the University of Edinburgh | |
| Education | University of Manchester University of Edinburgh |
| Occupation | Professor of Politics |
| Employer | University of Edinburgh |
Research and career
editMackay received her BA (Hons) in Politics and Modern History from the University of Manchester, then her PhD in Politics from the University of Edinburgh.[1] Mackay was the Dean and Head of School of Social and Political Science from 2014 to 2017.[1] She served as director of the Graduate School of Social and Political Science from 2009 to 2012,[1] and Deputy Director from 2003 to 2007.[1] Mackay was a member of the ESRC Virtual Research College from 2003 to 2008, and a member of the ESRC Case Studentship Panel from 2005 to 2007.[1]
Mackay serves on editorial boards of a number of journals: Policy and Politics, European Journal of Politics and Gender, and Politics, Groups and Identies.[1]
She founded and now co-directs Feminism and Institutionalism International Network (FIIN).[5]
Mackay's research interests include gender and political representation, feminist institutionalism, gender and institutional change, gender and public policy.[1] She has written about the nature of feminist leadership in universities.[6]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h "School of Social and Political Science: Staff profiles : Fiona Mackay". www.sps.ed.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 26 January 2021. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
- ^ "genderED – Showcasing gender and sexuality excellence in teaching, research and knowledge exchange at the University of Edinburgh". Retrieved 10 March 2021.
- ^ "Professor Fiona Mackay FRSE". The Royal Society of Edinburgh. 24 August 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
- ^ "Fellows |". www.acss.org.uk. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
- ^ "Feminism and Institutionalism International Network". www.femfiin.com. Archived from the original on 5 March 2021. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
- ^ Mackay, Fiona (1 February 2021). "Dilemmas of an Academic Feminist as Manager in the Neoliberal Academy: Negotiating Institutional Authority, Oppositional Knowledge and Change". Political Studies Review. 19 (1): 75–95. doi:10.1177/1478929920958306. ISSN 1478-9299. S2CID 228882881.