Lisa Baraitser

Professor Lisa Baraitser is a leading figure in Psychosocial Studies at Birkbeck, University of London, where she holds the position of Professor of Psychosocial Theory in the School of Social Sciences. She is co-director of the Wellcome Trust-funded Waiting Times project, exploring temporalities of healthcare, and founder of the MaMSIE Research Centre, focusing on maternal subjectivity. Her research bridges psychoanalysis, social theory, and medical humanities, addressing ethics of care, maternal studies, and temporal crises.

Education: BSc (Medical Science & Psychology, University of Edinburgh, 1990); MA (Counselling & Psychotherapy, University of East London, 2000); PhD (Psychology, Birkbeck, 2006); trained psychoanalyst (Member of the Institute of Psychoanalysis).

Research Interests: Temporal dimensions of care, maternal ethics, psychoanalytic theory, medical humanities, and social violence. Current work focuses on waiting in healthcare systems and its implications for care and justice.

Awards: Feminist and Women's Studies Association Book Prize (2009) for Maternal Encounters; ISRF Mid-Career Fellowship (2014–15). Active in editorial roles for journals such as Studies in the Maternal and International Journal of Psychoanalysis.

Teaching: Leads modules on psychoanalytic theory, creative archives, and psychosocial ethics at Birkbeck. Supervises PhD students in psychosocial studies, gender studies, and medical humanities.