Research on the Record: meet Emma Stephenson

25/01/2024 | 2 mins

Emma Stephenson

PhD student Emma Stephenson is exploring a constant activity we perform that’s pervasive in our everyday lives, but one we often struggle to identify – mental load.

Ms Stephenson, from the School of Psychological Science, aims to develop a tool to measure and assess mental labour and its consequences at home and in the workplace – and help provide solutions for individuals and organisations.

Speaking to Research on the Record after collecting and analysing her first round of data from a measure she developed, she reveals some of the implications and preliminary findings to further explore at the exciting early stages of her investigation.

She talks about the challenge of measuring and defining a phenomenon that is often largely invisible and without boundaries, and how she hopes her findings will help improve people’s professional and personal environments.

The PhD candidate also discusses why women seem to carry a disproportionate burden of performing cognitive work to benefit others, but also why carrying the mental load might not always be a bad thing.


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