Keeley Abbott

• Sexualities & Gender
• Relationship and Sex Education
• Sexual Health and Wellbeing
• Discursive Psychology
• Qualitative Research Methods & Analysis

• PhD, Discursive Psychology
• Post Graduate qualification in Discourse Analysis
• MSc in Advanced Psychological Research Methods
• BSc (Hons) Psychology
• Post Graduate Certificate, Higher Education
• Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

• The British Psychological Society
• Advance HE

• BSc Psychology
• BSc Psychology and Counselling
• BSc Psychology and Criminology

• Examining inclusivity in Relationship and Sex Education (RSE) provision
• Exploring young people’s experiences and expectations within intimate relationships
• LGBTIQ+ Psychology
• Sexualities and gendered identities and experiences

• Emily Harvey - Understanding Pansexuality and The Lived Experiences in Those Who Identify as Cisgender and Gender Diverse
• Faye Johnson-Hurt - Experiences, motivations, and Characteristics of Kink identifying adults participating in ethical non-monogamous relationship styles
• Gemma Williams - Menstrual Equity & Chronic Health: how women with Chronic Health Conditions (CHCs) manage menstruation, in the context of their CHC
• Abigail Jones - Teaching statistics in higher education
• Sarah Lloyd - Exploring the group decision-making processes of juries: A qualitative approach

Jones, A., Wood., J., Woodal, E., Abbott, K. (2026). Feedback Timing: The Impact on Undergraduates’ Statistics Anxiety, Self-Efficacy and Perceptions. Psychology Learning and Teaching. LINK

Abbott, K., Maalin, N., Gifford, A., Whitehouse, K., & Davidson, S. (2025). Implementing an employability framework using a mapping tool with six key pillars. In G. Bunting & S. Norton (Eds.), Embedding employability in higher education collaborative project. LINK

Abbott, K., Commane, G., Weckesser, A. & Williams., G. (2025). ‘Reflections from ‘Bean Flicks,’ an intersectional porn festival celebrating marginalised bodies and sexualities’. Porn Studies. LINK

Harvey, E., Abbott, K., Parker, S., & Marcano-Olivier, M. (2024). “Context and Safety Are Everything”: Exploring How Pansexual Individuals Mark and Express Their Identity. Journal of Bisexuality, 1-21. LINK

Abbott, K., Earnshaw, D., Eadon, S., & Hanlon, O. (2024). ‘It's a much bigger deal than people think’: UK undergraduate University students’ discussions around sexual consent. International Journal of Educational Research, 127, 102392. LINK

Reidy, K., Abbott, K., .Parker, S. (2023). ‘So they hit each other’: Gendered constructions of domestic abuse in the YouTube commentary of the Depp v Heard Trial. Critical Discourse Studies LINK

Abbott, K., Weckesser, A., & Egan, H. (2021). ‘Everyone knows someone in an unhealthy relationship’: young people’s talk about intimate heterosexual relationships in England. Sex Education, 21(3), 304-318. LINK 

Abbott, K., & Earnshaw, D. (2020). Double the Challenge: Reflections on Supervising Qualitative and Critical Dissertation Projects. Psychology Teaching Review, 26(1), 33-38. LINK 

Abbott, K. (2018). Young LGBT people are being excluded from sex education. The Political Quarterly. UK. LINK 

Abbott, K., Ellis, S. J., & Abbott, R. (2016). ‘We’ve got a lack of family values’: an examination of how teachers formulate and justify their approach to teaching sex and relationships education. Sex Education, 1-14. LINK 

Abbott, K. (2015). Heterosexual focus excludes pupils from SRE. SecEd. LINK 

Abbott, K., Ellis, S., & Abbott, R. (2015). “We Don’t Get Into All That”: An Analysis of How Teachers Uphold Heteronormative Sex and Relationship Education. Journal of homosexuality, 62(12), 1638-1659. LINK 

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