Fiona Mackay FRSE, FAcSS | |
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Education | University of Manchester University of Edinburgh |
Occupation | Professor of Politics |
Employer | University of Edinburgh |
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]
Mackay 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]