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Cassandra Lovelock is a Lecturer in Qualitative Methods at the University of Glasgow, specializing in sociological and cultural studies. Her main research interests focus on qualitative investigations into the intersections of poverty, mental illness, and caregiving, including unpaid care and state care. Lovelock is committed to exploring ethical ways of co-producing knowledge, particularly how to achieve knowledge equity for communities that are often disempowered in discussions about mental health, social care, and welfare services in the UK. Her research emphasizes the disparities faced by racialized communities as well as disabled and neurodivergent individuals in accessing social care services. She actively supervises postgraduate students and welcomes inquiries from potential PhD candidates. Areas of supervision include studies on unpaid carers, care-experienced young people, and innovative methodologies that include lived experience in mental health research. Lovelock also serves on the Lived Experience Board for Lancet Psychiatry and is involved with various advisory boards related to mental health and society.