The Feminist Psychology Lab was founded by Dr. Anil Ozge Ustunel with the belief that psychology can help address gender-based inequalities and societal injustices.

For us, feminist psychology means centering lived experiences and recognizing how gender-power systems shape mental health, relationships, and daily life, while creating empowering practices that support well-being and social justice. It means committing to approaches that bring care, accountability, and transparency into our work.

Our projects span both research and practice. In research, we investigate questions that matter to people’s lives, identities, relationships, and subjectivities, with an emphasis on gender, power, and agency. In practice, we draw on feminist and community-oriented perspectives to support those navigating the challenges of life within unequal systems.

We approach research and practice as intertwined: each informs the other, and both are enriched by feminist values.

This lab is a space for collaboration to imagine and create transformative knowledge and practices — a place for our diverse voices, where knowledge and practice come together, and where psychology meets feminism in action.