Dr Lara Abel

MSt Student 2024

Lara is a Research Associate at the University of Cambridge, Action Research on Research Culture project (ARRC). ARRC is an international collaboration investigating how changing the recruitment, development, and retention of researchers could improve research culture. Her academic background is in Psychology and Computer Science, with a focus on Emotion and Cognition, Information Search and Decision Making, and different Conceptualisations of Uncertainty. She is also a freelancing Market Researcher, with a decade of experience in conducting Focus Groups, Senior Project Management, and Qualitative Data Analysis.

University email address:

Oxford: lara.abel@reuben.ox.ac.uk

Cambridge: la518@cam.ac.uk

Personal website: www.lara-abel.com, LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/lara-abel-babb731ba

ORCID – 0000-0001-6359-0843

Publications:

Abel, L. (2020). Digital learning games for mathematics and computer science education: The need for preregistered RCTs, standardized methodology, and advanced technology. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 2127. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.02127

Abel, L. (2023). Feeling the odds – Emotions and subjective probability [Doctoral Thesis at the University of Surrey]. https://doi.org/10.15126/thesis.900783

Ioppolo, B.*, Hampton, J.*, Abel, L.*, Etheridge, M, Tal-Perry, N., Barnett, A., Dawson, K. M., Matthews, Z., Murray, K., Osborn, S., Simmonds, L., & Wooding, S. (2024). Exploring the use of Résumé for Research and Innovation Narrative CVs in live postdoc recruitments. Proceedings of the 28th International Conference on Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators. https://www.arrc.group.cam.ac.uk/files/media/ioppolo_hampton_abel_et_al_-_preprint.pdf

*shared first authorship