Lisa Parfitt

Lisa Parfitt is an Academic Associate and postgraduate researcher at York St John University, affiliated with the School of Education, Language and Psychology. Her research focuses on social processes of innovation among neurotypical and neurodivergent children. She holds a MSc in Social and Cultural Psychology from the London School of Economics and a BSc in Social Psychology from The Open University.

Her PhD research, under supervisors Dr Nicola Cutting, Dr Natalie Smith, and Dr Brett Heasman, explores how neurodivergent children engage with innovation, challenging oversimplified categorizations of autism. This work intersects with neurodiversity studies, developmental psychology, and educational theory.

No awards or grants are explicitly listed in the provided materials, though her academic contributions reflect engagement with interdisciplinary research on cognitive and social development.