Postgraduate research students

Claire Chapman

Email: c.chapman.3@research.gla.systa-s.com

ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0009-0002-2008-6318

Research title: Supporting victimised autistic women in Scotland: Using inclusive approaches to understanding their experiences

Research summary

Research Interests

My research interests sit across the fields of criminology and disability/autismstudies as I am particularly interested in issues relating to autism and neurodiversity, harm and victimisation, intersectionality, feminist approaches, and inclusive methodologies. 

PhD Research

My PhD research aims to provide a qualitative understanding of experiences of support services following victimisation for autistic women in Scotland. It will look to understand their distinctive and complex needs, placing this in the context of poly-victimisation, acknowledging the multiple and varied harm faced throughout their life course. The research will offer insight into their experiences of emotional and practical support services and incorporate the perspectives of support providers within this. It will explore the barriers and challenges in accessing and receiving support and identify good practice and areas for improvement so support provision reflects the interests of autistic women who have been victimised. It will achieve this using constructivist grounded theory and autism-inclusive research methods, taking a flexible and individualised approach to interviewing and offering both written and verbal interviews.

Research Projects

Publications

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2025

Chapman, Claire ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-2008-6318 (2025) Tracing Autistic Women’s Journeys Through Victimisation, Trauma, and Support: Early Insights From Qualitative Interviews. British Society of Criminology Conference 2025, Portsmouth, UK, 1-4 July 2025. pp. 70-71.

2024

Chapman, Claire M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-2008-6318 (2024) Using email interviews to understand autistic experiences. In: Bertilsdotter Rosqvist, Hanna and Jackson-Perry, David (eds.) The Palgrave Handbook of Research Methods and Ethics in Neurodiversity Studies. Palgrave Macmillan: Cham, pp. 359-378. ISBN 9783031661273 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-66127-3_21)

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Book Sections

Chapman, Claire M. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-2008-6318 (2024) Using email interviews to understand autistic experiences. In: Bertilsdotter Rosqvist, Hanna and Jackson-Perry, David (eds.) The Palgrave Handbook of Research Methods and Ethics in Neurodiversity Studies. Palgrave Macmillan: Cham, pp. 359-378. ISBN 9783031661273 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-66127-3_21)

Conference or Workshop Item

Chapman, Claire ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-2008-6318 (2025) Tracing Autistic Women’s Journeys Through Victimisation, Trauma, and Support: Early Insights From Qualitative Interviews. British Society of Criminology Conference 2025, Portsmouth, UK, 1-4 July 2025. pp. 70-71.

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Prior publications

Works published at other institutions

Book Section

Claire M. Chapman (2024) Using Email Interviews to Understand Autistic Experiences Crossref. (doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-66127-3_21)

Supervisors

Grants

ESRC-Funded PhD Studentship (2023-2026), awarded through the Scottish Graduate School of Social Science

Conferences

  • European Society of Criminology Conference: EuroCrim 2024. Bucharest, Romania. 
  • British Criminology Conference: Criminology for Social Justice, 2025. Portsmouth, UK. (Poster)
  • NeuroKinds, International Neurodiversity Conference 2026. Online. 
  • International Society for Autism Research, Annual Meeting 2026. Prague, Czech Republic. 

Additional information

Education

  • MRes Criminology (Distinction), University of Glasgow, 2021 to 2022
  • MA (Hons) Geography (First Class), University of Dundee, 2015 to 2019 (Umeå Univesrity, Sweden - Erasmus+ Exchange)

Other Work Experience

  • SGSSS PhD Internship, Scottish Government, 2025 to 2026
    • Data landscape review of human trafficking and exploitation in Scotland
  • Senior Administrator, Ethical Engineering Ltd, 2023 to Present
  • Consultant, Genecon Ltd, 2022 to 2023
  • Research Consultant, ekosgen Ltd, 2020 to 2021

Memberships

  • Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research (University of Glasgow)
  • Centre for Disability Research (University of Glasgow)

Claire Chapman