Dr Nadia Craddock

Qualifications:

Ph.D, Ed.M., B.Sc.

Position:

Associate Professor of Psychology

Department:

Faculty of Health and Applied Sciences (HAS)

Telephone:

+441173287924

Email:

Nadia.Craddock@uwe.ac.uk

Social media:

About me

Dr Nadia Craddock is a research psychologist specialising in body image, disordered eating, and corporate social responsibility.

As an Associate Professor of Psychology at the Centre for Appearance Research (CAR), Nadia co-leads the Dove Self-Esteem Project academic partnership team. She is also the Principal Investigator on a Medical Research UK Launchpad grant exploring the role of artificial intelligence in eating disorder prevention as well as an internal Strategic Research and Impact Programme grant focused on GLP-1s, body image and eating disorders.

Nadia is known for her enthusiasm and commitment to science communication, and is regularly invited to give talks, join panel discussions, and be interviewed. She has spoken at events including Women of the World, Cheltenham Literature Festival, Cheltenham Science Festival, Good Girls Eat Dinner, and Anti-Diet Riot Fest. She has also given talks and spoken on panels for the Department for Education, various Cabinet Office networks, DK Publishing, the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts. Nadia frequently comments on body image, eating disorders, and related topics for publications such as British Vogue, NPR, SELF, Women’s Health, and Face magazine. She also co-hosts and produces CAR’s podcast, Appearance Matters.

Nadia completed her undergraduate degree in Psychology (first class honours, top of her class) at the University of Bath (2014) and a master’s degree in Human Development and Psychology at Harvard University (2015). She then earned her PhD at CAR, UWE Bristol (2020), where her research examined corporate social responsibility in the advertising, beauty, and fashion industries in relation to body image. In 2021, she received the Seymour Fisher Outstanding Body Image Dissertation Annual Award for this work.

Area of expertise

Body Image; Eating Disorder Prevention; Corporate Social Responsibility; GLP-1s; Global Interventions; Artifical Intelligence; Appearance-Based Discrimination

Publications

Publications loading...