Dr Amy Burrell is a Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham. She has a BSc in Applied Psychology (Durham University), MSc in Forensic Behavioural Science (University of Liverpool) and a PhD in Forensic Psychology (University of Leicester). She has also completed a teaching qualification (Birmingham City University). Amy has had a varied career so far holding roles inside and outside academia. Amy has worked at 5 universities as well as the commercial sector with roles including researcher, training manager, lecturer, external examiner, and even a wedding registrar at one stage. She has faced redundancy, precarity, and unmanageable workloads. She often works across multiple contracts, balancing her research work with guest lectures, writing textbooks, and being on the editorial board for journals. Amy is a keen advocate of volunteering as a way to give back but also enhance our own skills and has held various volunteer roles (e.g., research network for the Alzheimer’s Society, being on the board of charities, and chairing a local citizen panel for the police).