Dr Irina Anderson
Principal Lecturer
Lecturer
Department of Psychology & Human Development , School of Childhood and Social Care
I graduated from the University of Sheffield with a degree in Psychology. I then stayed on at Sheffield University, having gained an ESRC Postgraduate Studentship, to complete a PhD in social psychology on attribution theory. Upon completion, I joined the School of Psychology at the University of Birmingham as a lecturer before moving to the School of Childhood and Social Care at the University of East London as senior lecturer and then principal lecturer.
Qualifications
- BA (Hons)
- PhD
Areas Of Interest
- Financial decision-making
- Financial trader psychology
- Women and finance
- Attribution theory
- Social cognition
- Language and discourse
SUMMARY
Dr Anderson’s research focuses on professional financial trader self-insight, self-awareness, and performance. Recent projects include investigations of dual-process theories of decision-making in trader finance, and female traders and identity in financial trading, the latter project presented as a talk to the Royal Bank of Canada’s Women in Finance Series.
MODULES
- PY 6317 - Critical Social Psychology (Module leader)
- PY5202: Social Psychology and CHiPS
- PYM 7153: Masters in Research Methods
- PY4202: Assessing the Individual
PROGRAMMES
- BSc Psychology
- MSc Psychology
Publications
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Full publications list
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- Using Narrative Analysis to Inform About Female and Male Sexual Victimization in: Squire, C. (ed.) Stories Changing Lives: Narratives and Paths toward Social Change. Oxford University Press
- The edge of reason: A thematic analysis of how professional financial traders understand analytical decision making European Management Journal. 39 (2), pp. 304-314. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.emj.2020.08.006
- Sexual Violence and Rape in: Turner, Bryan S. (ed.) The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social Theory. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., pp.1-3
- Good Thinking or Gut Feeling? Cognitive Reflection and Intuition in Traders, Bankers and Financial Non-Experts PLoS ONE. 10 (4), p. e0123202
- Gender differences in medical students’ attitudes toward male and female rape victims Psychology, Health & Medicine. 14 (1), pp. 105-110