Isobel Logan
- Email: pr21ijel@leeds.ac.uk
- Thesis title: Gaslighting, Love-Bombing and Breadcrumbing: A unifying account of epistemic harm in romantic relationships
- Supervisors: Dr Robbie Morgan, Dr Natasha McKeever, Dr Jamie Dow
Profile
After completing my BA and MA degrees at the University of Leeds, I embarked upon my PhD in Philosophy in October 2025.
My work sits at the intersection between the practical philosophy of love, sex and relationships and social epistemology.
My current project seeks to develop novel accounts of what Gaslighting, Love-bombing and Breadcrumbing are and identify their common epistemic harm. By investigating their effect on a victim’s agency whilst considering how a victim is situated within wider structures of epistemic injustice, my project aims to determine how these practices can obstruct marginalised victims from exiting harmful or abusive romantic relationships.
This project is supported by the AHRC through the White Rose College of the Arts & Humanities (WRoCAH).
Outside of my research, I am an administrative assistant for the Centre for Love, Sex and Relationships, a volunteer researcher for TLC: Talk, Listen Change, and a member of the Feminist Research into Violence and Assault Hub (FRIVA).
Research interests
- Philosophy of Love, Sex and Relationships
- Applied Ethics
- Social Epistemology
- Feminist Philosophy
Qualifications
- MA Philosophy
- BA Philosophy, Religion & Ethics
Research groups and institutes
- Centre for Aesthetic, Moral and Political Philosophy
- Centre for Love, Sex, and Relationships