I'm a postdoctoral researcher for the Wellcome Trust funded project ‘Renewing Phenomenological Psychopathology’ at the Institute of Mental Health, University of Birmingham.
My research primarily focuses on phenomenology, epistemic injustice and the philosophy of psychiatry.
I completed my SWW-DTP funded PhD in Philosophy at the University of Bristol in 2021. I was supervised by Prof. Havi Carel and Dr. Lisa El Refaie. My thesis is entitled 'Breaking the Silence: a Phenomenological Account of Epistemic Injustice and its Role in Psychiatry. I passed my viva with no corrections (woohoo!).
I'm also a member of the executive committee for the Society for Women in Philosophy, UK.
Publications
- Spencer, L.J & Broome, M. (2023) The Epistemic Harms of Empathy in Phenomenological Psychopathology, Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11097-023-09930-1.
- Kidd, I. J., Spencer, L., & Harris, E. (2023). Epistemic Injustice Should Matter to Psychiatrists. Philosophy of Medicine, 4(1). https://doi.org/10.5195/pom.2023.159
- Spencer, L. & Broome, M. (2023) Closing the gender gap in depression through the lived experience of young women – a response to ‘Don't mind the gap: Why do we not care about the gender gap in mental health?’, Patalay and Demkowicz (2023), Child and Adolescent Mental Health. DOI: 10.1111/camh.12649
- Spencer, L.. (2023) Hermeneutical Injustice and Unworlding in Psychopathology, Philosophical Psychology. DOI: 10.1080/09515089.2023.2166821
- Kidd, J.I., Spencer, L. & Carel, H. (2022) Epistemic Injustice in Psychiatric Research and Practice, Philosophical Psychology. DOI: 10.1080/09515089.2022.2156333
- Spencer, L. (2022) Epistemic Injustice in Late-Stage Dementia: A Case for Non-Verbal Testimonial Injustice Social Epistemology, DOI: 10.1080/02691728.2022.2103474
- Spencer, L. & Carel, H. (2021) “Isn’t everyone a little OCD?’: the epistemic harm of wrongful depathologisation Philosophy of Medicine, DOI: 10.5195/philmed.2021.19
Blog Posts
o Spencer, L. (2023) Intersectionality in Phenomenological Psychopathology- Imperfect Cognitions, 21 March. .
o Spencer, L.J. (2022) “How do we account for gender differences in psychopathology?” thinkful, 18 August.
o Spencer, L.J. (2021) “Isn't Everyone A Little OCD?,” Imperfect Cognitions, 5 October.
