Fiona Bender

Research Assistant
Social, Economic and Geographical Sciences
I am a research assistant in the Changes in People Place Relationships sub-group in SEGS. I graduated with a degree in Psychology from the University of Dundee and I began working at Hutton as a graduate research assistant in 2023. I then transitioned into the role of a research assistant in March 2024. I work on a range of projects, both qualitative and quantitative, supporting various stages of the research process; participant recruitment, data collecting, management, and analysis, and contributing to both literature reviews and report writing.

Journals

Technical / contract reports

  • Marshall, A.; Bender, F.; Hopkins, J.; Piras, S. (2025) A review of the policy and economic landscape in rural Scotland informing plausible and aspirational scenarios, Scottish Government Strategic Research Programme 2022-27: JHI-E1-1 Deliverable 3.2, August 2025
  • Hopkins, J.; Piras, S.; Marshall, A.; Bender, F. (2024) Identifying scenarios of economic change in rural Scotland. Scottish Government Strategic Research Programme 2022-27: JHI-E1-1 Milestone 3.2.1, Zenodo, record 14034772
  • Poskitt, S.; McKee, A.; Bender, F. (2024) Developing a citizen science initiative to support community landbased activities, This is a milestone report, detailing the process of preparing and initiating a ‘citizen science’ approach for supporting community development and planning associated with land, land use, and land ownership.
  • Colley, K.; Conniff, A.; Wooldridge, T.; Bender, F.; Sandison, F. (2024) Research on understanding barriers to and promoting use of reusable nappies in Scotland, Scottish Government Website, May 2024
  • Hague, A.; Wooldridge, T.; Somervail, P.; Bender, F.; Ballesteros-Figueroa, A.; Colley, K.; Chen, J.; Craig, T. (2024) Opportunities and barriers to the circular economy: organisational perspectives, Opportunities and barriers to the circular economy: organisational perspectives, Report for RESAS D3.2a for JHI-C4-1

Conference papers

Conference posters / abstracts