Dr Lora Adair
Senior Lecturer in Psychology (CCE)

Research area(s)

• Intrasexual competition and conflict
• Intersexual competition and conflict
• Sexual exploitation and intimate partner violence
• Mate choice
• Mate attraction
• Sex/gender differences
• Reproductive decision-making and abortion
• Sexism 

Research Interests

My research primarily applies a Darwinian Feminist approach to interpersonal relationships, fertility, and sexuality. I am interested in sexually and romantically exploitative tactics, intrasexual competition, mate attraction, infidelity, fertility desires and intentions, the relationship between local environment and reproductive decision making, as well as abortion decisions/experiences. 

Further, I am passionate about representing the experiences of women in domains where their experiences have been largely neglected or ignored, and I am interested in questioning assumptions about women's sexuality.