Dr Fiona Earle

Professor Fiona Earle

Professor in Psychology

Faculty and Department

  • Faculty of Health Sciences
  • School of Psychology and Social Work

Qualifications

  • BSc (University of Hull)
  • PGDip (University of Hull)
  • PsyD / DPsychol
  • PhD / DPhil (University of Hull)
  • FHEA (University of Hull)

Summary

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.

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.

Recent outputs

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Journal Article

Understanding impact and factors that improve postvention service delivery: findings from a study of a community-based suicide bereavement support service in England

Bell, J., Cunnah, K., & Earle, F. (online). Understanding impact and factors that improve postvention service delivery: findings from a study of a community-based suicide bereavement support service in England. Mortality, https://doi.org/10.1080/13576275.2024.2417299

SPOWTT: Improving the Safety and Productivity of Offshore Wind Technician Transit

Earle, F., Huddlestone, J., Williams, T., Stock-Williams, C., van der Mijle-Meijer, H., de Vries, L., van Heemst, H., Hoogerwerf, E., Koomen, L., de Ridder, E. J., Serraris, J. J., Struijk, G., Stormonth-Darling, A., Cline, J., Jenkins, M., dos Santos, J. G., Coates, I., Corrie, A., & Moore, G. (in press). SPOWTT: Improving the Safety and Productivity of Offshore Wind Technician Transit. Wind energy, https://doi.org/10.1002/we.2647

Exercise tolerance during VO2 max testing is a multifactorial psychobiological phenomenon

McNaughton, L. R., Midgley, A. W., Earle, K., McNaugton, L. R., Siegler, J. C., Clough, P., & Earle, F. (2017). Exercise tolerance during VO2 max testing is a multifactorial psychobiological phenomenon. Research in Sports Medicine, 25(4), 480-494. https://doi.org/10.1080/15438627.2017.1365294

Perceptions of the coach-athlete relationship predict the attainment of mastery achievement goals six months later : a two-wave longitudinal study among F.A. Premier League academy soccer players

Nicholls, A. R., Earle, K., Earle, F., & Madigan, D. J. (2017). Perceptions of the coach-athlete relationship predict the attainment of mastery achievement goals six months later : a two-wave longitudinal study among F.A. Premier League academy soccer players. Frontiers in Psychology, 8, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00684

Whiplash: the possible impact of context on diagnosis

Earle, F., Horne, J., & Flynn, J. M. Whiplash: the possible impact of context on diagnosis. Pain and rehabilitation : journal of the Physiotherapy Pain Association, 38(Winter), 4-9

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.

Lead investigator

Project

Funder

Grant

Started

Status

Project

Occupational stress risk assessment: AACE Ambulance Trust

Funder

NHS England

Grant

£46,200.00

Started

4 September 2023

Status

Ongoing

Project

GPG Jon Huddleston

Funder

Green Port Hull

Grant

£6,760.00

Started

1 September 2018

Status

Complete

Project

Improving Safety and Productivity of Offshore Wind Technician Transit SPOWTT

Funder

HCC Hull City Council

Grant

£124,040.00

Started

1 March 2017

Status

Complete

Project

Improving Safety and Productivity of Offshore Wind Technician Transit SPOWTT

Funder

BEIS Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy

Grant

£191,666.00

Started

1 December 2016

Status

Complete

Co-investigator

Project

Funder

Grant

Started

Status

Project

The EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training on Offshore Wind Energy and the Environment

Funder

EPSRC Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council

Grant

£3,840,952.00

Started

1 April 2019

Status

Ongoing

Project

Suicide bereavement service evaluation

Funder

Humber, Coast and Vale Health and Care Partnership

Grant

£11,826.00

Started

1 July 2020

Status

Complete

Project

Social Media & Suicide Postvention Project

Funder

Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust

Grant

£9,807.00

Started

1 February 2021

Status

Complete

Membership/Fellowship of professional body

Associate Fellow of British Psychological Society

2021

HCPC Registered Practitioner Psychologist

2009

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