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Fiona McHardy is a Research Fellow at the Scottish Health Equity Research Unit within the Department of Social Work and Social Policy at the University of Strathclyde, joining in 2024 after 15 years of applied social research at a national charity. Her work centers on socio-economic inequalities across UK and devolved policy contexts.
Her research expertise spans:
- Poverty and Socioeconomic Inequalities
- Health Inequalities and Social Determinants of Health
- Social Security and Labour Market Policies
- Housing and Child Poverty
- Poverty Stigma and Trauma-Informed Practice
She employs participatory and creative methodologies with a strong commitment to ethical research practice.
Recent 2025 publications analyze Scotland's inequality landscape and housing strategies, demonstrating how socioeconomic factors drive health disparities and informing evidence-based policy design for Scottish and UK governments.
No scientific awards were mentioned in available sources.
Her impact extends to frontline service design, local authority strategic planning, and parliamentary scrutiny in the Scottish Parliament, House of Commons, and House of Lords through mechanisms like All Party Parliamentary Groups.
As part of the Scottish Health Equity Research Unit, she collaborates on key projects including the Inequality Landscape report and housing strategy analysis with colleagues Catalano, Congreve, Jack, and Smith.
