GW4 Crucible Cohorts
Alyssa is a lecturer in the School of Psychological Science at the University of Bristol. She has a multidisciplinary background in psychology, computing, education, and design. Her main research interests focus on using the neurodiversity paradigm and participatory methods to develop evidence-based interventions that facilitate children’s and young people’s educational inclusion and wellbeing. She is also strongly interested in supporting better understanding and wider adoption of participatory research and design methods. Prior to her role at Bristol, Alyssa was based at the University of Edinburgh Division of Psychiatry as the research and impact lead for the Learning About Neurodiversity at School (LEANS) project, and has also worked at the Centre for Research in Autism and Education (CRAE) at the UCL Institute of Education, and the University of Edinburgh School of Informatics.
