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Contact information

Email
lucienne.spencer@psych.ox.ac.uk

Research groups

Neuroscience, Ethics and Society

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

A Phenomenological Approach to Expectancy Violation in Social Anxiety Disorder

Spencer L. et al, (2026), Philosophy Psychiatry and Psychology, 33, 267 - 283

RETHINKING RECOGNITION The Complexities of Being-With in Psychiatric Care

Spencer L., (2026), Philosophy Psychiatry and Psychology, 33, 247 - 250

Expression Beyond Speech: Epistemic Justice for Non-Speaking Individuals

Spencer L. et al, (2026), Philosophy, Psychiatry, & Psychology

The epistemic harms of empathy in phenomenological psychopathology.

Spencer L. and Broome M., (2026), Phenomenol Cogn Sci, 25, 151 - 172

Trust me, I’m a doctor: a phenomenological account of epistemic privilege in the medical context

Spencer L., (2026), Philosophical Psychology

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