Fiona Earle is an Occupational Psychologist with 25 years' experience of working across academia, business and industry.
Following Occupational Psychology Chartership status in 2002, and Doctoral research on work-related fatigue in 2004, Fiona has specialised in Knowledge Exchange activities, developing expertise in occupational stress research in applied settings.
Over recent years, Fiona established the Centre for Human Factors, which has now grown into a thriving commercial unit, able to demonstrate significant impact on the ways organisations care for their staff.
As Director of the Centre, it is Fiona's mission to support organisations in identifying, understanding and controlling the sources of work-place stress and fatigue. Our main aim is to minimise the impact of work-related stress risks on the health, safety, wellbeing and performance of staff.
Research Interests
Fiona's main interests are in the field of work-place stress and fatigue. Her focus has primarily been on researching work-related stress and applying this to real-world settings. Specific areas of interest include: Evaluating bespoke occupational stress risks in public and private sector organisations, understanding mental and physical workload and their relationship to fatigue, exploring key manager- and peer-support activities and their relationship to employee mental health, complex task performance and performance breakdown under stress, the impact of various non-optimal working conditions on fatigue and the impact of shift work on performance and well-being.
Collaborations include: HSE, Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Vivergo Biofuels, East Riding of Yorkshire Council, Hull City Council, North Lincolnshire Council, North East Lincolnshire Council, Humberside Police, Humberside Fire and Rescue, KCOM Group, Northern Ireland Fire Service, Siemens, Centrica, G+global, Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult (OREC), British Gas, Siemens, Orsted Energy, Northern PowerGrid, SSE, Energy Networks Association, Association of Ambulance Chief Executives, British Transport Police, John Sisk Ltd., Cumbria County Council, Cumberland Council, Singleton Birch Ltd and the Cabinet Office.
Teaching and Learning
As a long standing member of the Psychology Department teaching team, Fiona has designed, delivered and assessed teaching at Undergraduate, Masters and Doctoral levels for more than 20 years. In particular, Fiona taught in the areas of Work Psychology and Human Factors, but is currently seconded to a non-teaching role.
