Christian Harrison
Graduation Date: 2025
Institution: University of Leeds
Thesis Title: “The conflict of hell and home”: disabled transgender identity formation and community building through social media.
Supervisor: Professor Karen Throsby
Research Pathway: Digital Technologies, Communication and Artificial Intelligence (DCA)
LinkedIn: Christian Harrison’s LinkedIn profile
Research and career:
Current job title:
Community Adviser at Scope
Give a brief overview of your current role and responsibilities:
I engage in community outreach with the disabled community in and around Leeds, working towards an equal future with disabled people. I engage organisations and businesses around decreasing the cost of being disabled, the disability employment gap and changing societal attitudes around disability.
Describe your journey from your PhD to your current role:
My PhD was focused on 2 of my communities; trans and disabled people. I wanted to do work that helps support those communities and was lucky to find a job that allowed me to do that and gave me time to recover and write after my PhD.
In what way did your experience with the WRDTP prepare you for your current career?
Training opportunities and career panels
What advice would you give to current or future WRDTP postgraduate researchers?
Each PhD journey is different, but make the most of it as you can.
