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Overview

Fiona Mackay is affiliated with the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on social sciences with an emphasis on gender studies and sociology and political science. Their work also spans areas related to general health professions, organizational behavior, human resource management, and history.

The main topics covered by Fiona Mackay's research include:

  • Gender Politics and Representation
  • Gender Diversity and Inequality
  • Gender, Security, and Conflict
  • Management and Organizational Studies
  • Sex work and related issues
  • Crime, Deviance, and Social Control
  • Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies

Their publications appear in a range of academic venues such as the European Journal of Politics and Gender, Political Studies Review, Contemporary British History, Clinical Psychology Forum, and Radiotherapy and Oncology.

Some of the recent papers featuring Fiona Mackay's work are:

  • "Feminist critical friends: dilemmas of feminist engagement with governance and gender reform agendas," 2020, European Journal of Politics and Gender
  • "Dilemmas of an Academic Feminist as Manager in the Neoliberal Academy: Negotiating Institutional Authority, Oppositional Knowledge and Change," 2020, Political Studies Review
  • "Campaigning against workplace 'sexual harassment' in the UK: law, discourse and the news press c. 1975-2005," 2023, Contemporary British History
  • "Harnessing the workplace as a tool for public mental health and prevention," 2022, Clinical Psychology Forum
  • "242: Prospective monitoring for radiotherapy late effects in head and neck cancer patients," 2024, Radiotherapy and Oncology

Fiona Mackay has collaborated with multiple coauthors including Louise Chappell, Louise A. Jackson, Sophia Ayada, Ashlee Christoffersen, and Hazel Conley. These collaborations reflect interdisciplinary connections across their fields of study.

In 2018, Fiona Mackay was awarded the title of Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, recognizing their contributions to academia and research.

Best Publications

  • New Institutionalism Through a Gender Lens: Towards a Feminist Institutionalism?:

    Fiona Mackay;Meryl Kenny;Louise Chappell

  • Gender, Politics and Institutions: Towards a Feminist Institutionalism

    Mona Lena Krook;Fiona Mackay

  • A potent cytotoxic photoactivated platinum complex

    Fiona S. Mackay;Julie A. Woods;Julie A. Woods;Pavla Heringová;Jana Kašpárková

  • A Potent Trans-Diimine Platinum Anticancer Complex Photoactivated by Visible Light

    Nicola J. Farrer;Julie A. Woods;Luca Salassa;Yao Zhao

  • Photoactivatable platinum complexes.

    Patrick J. Bednarski;Fiona S. Mackay;Peter J. Sadler

  • Gender, Politics and Institutions

    Mona Lena Krook;Fiona Mackay

  • Nested Newness, Institutional Innovation, and the Gendered Limits of Change

    Fiona Mackay

  • A Photoactivated trans‐Diammine Platinum Complex as Cytotoxic as Cisplatin

    Fiona S. Mackay;Julie A. Woods;Harry Moseley;James Ferguson

  • Gender and Political Representation in the UK: The State of the ‘Discipline’:

    Fiona Mackay

  • ‘THICK’ CONCEPTIONS OF SUBSTANTIVE REPRESENTATION: WOMEN, GENDER AND POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS

    Fiona Mackay

  • Introduction: Gender, Politics, and Institutions

    Mona Lena Krook;Fiona Mackay

  • LEARNING FROM EXPERIENCE: LESSONS IN MAINSTREAMING EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES

    Fiona Mackay;Kate Bilton

  • Love and Politics: Women Politicians and the Ethics of Care

    Fiona Mackay

  • Light-activated destruction of cancer cell nuclei by platinum diazide complexes

    Patrick J. Bednarski;Renate Grünert;Michael Zielzki;Anja Wellner

  • Conclusion: Towards a Feminist Institutionalism?

    Fiona Mackay

  • Photocytotoxic trans-Diam(m)ine Platinum(IV) Diazido Complexes More Potent than Their cis Isomers

    Nicola J. Farrer;Julie A. Woods;Vivienne P. Munk;Fiona S. Mackay

  • Already Doin' It for Ourselves? Skeptical Notes on Feminism and Institutionalism

    Meryl Kenny;Fiona Mackay

  • Women's Representation in the Scottish Parliament and National Assembly for Wales: Party Dynamics for Achieving Critical Mass

    Meg Russell;Fiona Mackay;Laura McAllister

  • Women and Constitutional Change in Scotland and Northern Ireland

    Alice Brown;Tahyna Barnett Donaghy;Fiona Mackay;Elizabeth Meehan

  • The Feminist Potential of Sociological Institutionalism

    Fiona Mackay;Surya Monro;Georgina Waylen

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter J. Sadler
Peter J. Sadler University of Warwick
Simon Parsons
Simon Parsons University of Edinburgh
Mona Lena Krook
Mona Lena Krook Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Stephen A. Moggach
Stephen A. Moggach University of Western Australia
Jana Kasparkova
Jana Kasparkova Czech Academy of Sciences
Viktor Brabec
Viktor Brabec Czech Academy of Sciences
Guy J. Clarkson
Guy J. Clarkson University of Warwick
Georgina Waylen
Georgina Waylen University of Manchester
Neil Robertson
Neil Robertson University of Edinburgh
Robert J. Deeth
Robert J. Deeth University of Warwick

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