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Ruth Knight — York St John University

Created 2026-07-18
Status active
Tags research-networkbrnetpsychologycontact

Research-network contact from the BRNet 2026 meeting in Padua.

Who

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Senior Lecturer in Psychology, York St John University (School of Education, Language & Psychology).

Research focus

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  • Body image, eating disorders, and mental health in populations traditionally excluded from research: LGBTQ+ communities (PhD area), neurodivergent and disabled communities, marginalized genders.
  • Body representation studies: effects of viewing angle and social-media-style imagery on body satisfaction and body size estimation.
  • Mixed methods with a co-production / participatory lens.

Connection to Baseworks

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  • At BRNet 2026 (Padua, June 8–9) she opened the early-career researcher panel with “Career Options and Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity Considerations in Research” — the same meeting where Asia presented the Baseworks poster and joined the panel. See 2026-06-brnet-body-representation and the recap campaign in 02-areas/communications/campaigns/2026-07-brnet-recap/.
  • Patrick connected with her on LinkedIn in July 2026 following the talk. Relationship is at the early professional-contact stage.

Why she is relevant

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Her research territory (body representation, body image, participation gaps in research populations) overlaps with the Baseworks research direction, and her participatory-methods angle is a useful reference for how Baseworks frames studying underrepresented experience in movement practice. A candidate for future research conversation if the LinkedIn exchange develops.