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Lucienne Spencer
Postdoctoral Researcher in Mental Health Ethics
Lucienne is a Postdoctoral Researcher in Mental Health Ethics located within the Neuroscience, Ethics and Society (NEUROSEC) Team in the Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford .Her research primarily focuses on phenomenology, epistemic injustice and the philosophy of psychiatry.
She completed her SWW-DTP funded PhD in Philosophy at the University of Bristol in 2021. She was supervised by Prof. Havi Carel and Dr. Lisa El Refaie. Her thesis is entitled 'Breaking the Silence: a Phenomenological Account of Epistemic Injustice and its Role in Psychiatry.
Lucienne is also a member of the executive committee for the Society for Women in Philosophy, UK.
Recent publications
The epistemic harms of empathy in phenomenological psychopathology.
Journal article
Spencer L. and Broome M., (2026), Phenomenol Cogn Sci, 25, 151 - 172
The future of phenomenological psychopathology.
Journal article
Spencer L. et al, (2025), Philos Psychol, 38, 1 - 16
Institutional Epistemic Isolation in Psychiatric Healthcare.
Journal article
Spencer LJ., (2025), Soc Epistemol, 39, 215 - 228
The need for a science of patient and public involvement and participation in child and adolescent mental health research
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Singh I. et al, (2025), Nature Mental Health
Epistemic injustice in psychiatric research and practice
Journal article
Kidd IJ. et al, (2025), Philosophical Psychology, 38, 503 - 531
