Miranda Heath
Hello, I'm Miranda! I research collective moral behaviour in theory and in practice.
I am studying for a PhD in psychology and philosophy at the University of Edinburgh. I research moral psychology's individualism and neglect of collective moral behaviour. I hope my critique will help us move towards a moral psychology that is better able to guide our response to collective action problems, like the climate crisis and commons management. I am supervised by Dr. Matti Wilks (Psychology), Dr. Barry Maguire (Philosophy) and Dr. Sue Widdicombe (Psychology).
I am also a director and researcher at the Software Stewardship Lab, an applied research non-profit dedicated to ensuring the stability of the Open Source software ecosystem. I research burnout in Open Source, investigating the structural issues that put developers at risk of burnout and what we can do to fix them, so that nobody has to sacrifice their mental health to contribute to our digital commons. You can read my report and listen to my FOSDEM talk on burnout in Open Source.
I like making and listening to music, painting, photography, learning about programming, being in nature (particularly the ocean) and connecting meaningfully with others. Oh, and spoonbills.
Want to talk? You can reach me at miranda@mirandaheath.website. You can read my cv here.
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Academic Works
Altruism
- Heath, M., & Auburn, T. ‘I’m not exceptional’: How unspecified kidney donors construct their identity and altruism. [Undergraduate dissertation].
Pedagogy
- Meek, S., Gilbert, K., Heath, M., & Neve, H. (under review). Exploring theory in practice: Self, co- and socially regulated learning in problem-based learning.
- Leyland, R., Heath, M., Collett, T., Drake, E., & Neve, H. (2024). 'How far I’ve come': The value of reviewing past reflections. Reflective Practice, 1–13.
- Neve, H., Hanks, S., Heath, M. & Smith, W. (2020). ‘Today’s shook me up a lot inside…it’s definitely changed me’: Emotional responses and transformative learning through working with disadvantaged communities. Education for Primary Care, 31(6), 358-364.
- Leyland, R., Heath, M., Neve, H., & Maynard, V. (2020). Structured reflection on shared decision making. The Clinical Teacher, 17, 1-7.
- Lloyd, H., & Heath, M. (2018). A spotlight on safeguarding in trainee selection: The Plymouth programme’s experience of Safer Recruitment. Clinical Psychology Forum, 306, 25-29.