Dr Kirsty Dunn
LecturerResearch Overview
My research interests lie in the investigation of cognitive development in utero and throughout the first year of life. I joined Lancaster university after being awarded an ESRC 1 + 3 studentship to investigate the effects of the social environment on infant understanding of numeracy and object permanence. I was then awarded a Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellowship to investigate the processing of social stimuli in utero. Since then, I have continued to lead on the multi-disciplinary investigation of the effect of the prenatal environment on later infant perceptual and cognitive development.
Investigating the origins of the ‘achievement gap’: the effects of adversity
01/08/2023 → 30/04/2025
Research
The Future of Human Reproduction: new agendas and methods for the Humanities and Social Sciences
22/04/2022 → 21/07/2026
Research
Studying how communicative touch between an infant and her carer enhances multisensory perception: evidence from behavioural and physiological measures
15/03/2022 → 30/12/2022
Research
Early Career Fellowship: Mapping the Origins of Early Social Processing
01/01/2018 → 31/03/2022
Research
Massive Wagons visit the Infant and Child Developmental Lab
Other
Reproduction and Speculative Cultures
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Lancaster Music Festival
Festival/Exhibition/Concert
Lancaster Music Festival
Festival/Exhibition/Concert
DRS 2024 BOSTON
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Thinking about environmental influence on development for prenatal and preterm infants
Oral presentation
Campus in the City 2024
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
International Conference of Three Societies on Literature and Science
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
From Womb to Wisdom
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar
Developmental Research Group, Language Learning Research Lab
Developmental Research Group, Social Processes
Developmental Research Group
Developmental Research Group
- Developmental Research Group
- Future of Human Reproduction