Biography
Kirstie is a Research Fellow at the Policy Institute, King’s College London. Her research touches on a wide range of social policy areas, with interests in public attitudes to poverty and inequalities, climate adaptation and mitigation, social division and migration policy, along with the role of values, trust and inclusion in policy making. She is an experienced mixed methods researcher, with particular specialism in deliberative, participatory and creative approaches, and survey design. She works closely with local authorities in London and policy stakeholders to deliver applied research.
Kirstie leads the Policy Institute's Communities and Opportunities research cluster, and chairs our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion committee. She also convenes the Policy Park's Methods Club and is a Trustee and Treasurer for the Social Research Association.
She is currently a Co-Investigator for the UK in the World Values Survey and European Values Study, and the King’s Climate Research Hub.
Research
King's Climate Research Hub
Studying climate change through the relationship between science, policy and culture, particularly in the developing world.
KingsCAT: Capture and Analysis Tool for Social Media Research at King’s College London
KingsCAT is an instance of the open source 4CAT: Capture and Analysis Toolkit set up to support interdisciplinary and collaborative social media research.
Project status: Ongoing
News
Report highlights creative role of cultural policy in 'post-COVID' city recovery
A new report from King’s in collaboration with the World Cities Culture Forum analyses how city policymakers around the world supported culture through the...
Who is responsible for tackling the cost-of-living crisis?
The Policy Institute is working with peer researchers to understand the impact of the cost-of-living crisis in three London boroughs
Research
King's Climate Research Hub
Studying climate change through the relationship between science, policy and culture, particularly in the developing world.
KingsCAT: Capture and Analysis Tool for Social Media Research at King’s College London
KingsCAT is an instance of the open source 4CAT: Capture and Analysis Toolkit set up to support interdisciplinary and collaborative social media research.
Project status: Ongoing
News
Report highlights creative role of cultural policy in 'post-COVID' city recovery
A new report from King’s in collaboration with the World Cities Culture Forum analyses how city policymakers around the world supported culture through the...
Who is responsible for tackling the cost-of-living crisis?
The Policy Institute is working with peer researchers to understand the impact of the cost-of-living crisis in three London boroughs