Tricia Marjorie FERNANDEZ | Research Associate

Biography

Tricia Fernandez is a Research Associate at the Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities (LKYCIC). She has worked in multiple research settings which include market research firms and academia. Prior to joining LKYCIC, she was a research associate at Singapore Management University (SMU) where she conducted studies relating to the consumer acceptance of cultivated meat. Her background in psychology has given her the flexibility to pursue a wide variety of research interests, ranging from the societal impact of technology to cross-cultural psychology.

She is assisting Samuel and Sarah in the Urban Psychology Lab research on sustainable urban lifestyles.

Education

• Education: Bachelor of Psychological Science, James Cook University, Singapore (2017)

Publications

• Chong, Mark., Leung, Angela., & Fernandez, Tricia Marjorie. (2024). On-site sensory experience boosts acceptance of cultivated chicken. Future Foods, 9, Article 100326. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fufo.2024.100326
• Zollman Thomas, Oscar., Chong, Mark., Leung, Angela., Fernandez, Tricia Marjorie., & Ng, Shu Tian. (2023). Not getting laid: Consumer acceptance of precision fermentation made egg. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 7, Article 1209533. https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2023.1209533
• Chong, Mark., Leung, Angela Ka-yee., Fernandez, Tricia Marjorie., & Ng, Shu Tian. (2023). Effects of framing, nomenclature, and aversion to tampering with nature on consumer acceptance of cultivated meat in Singapore. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 91, Article 102140. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2023.102140
• Lim, Sun Sun., & Fernandez, Tricia Marjorie. (2023). The ceaseless domestication of mobile communication in Asia. In Hartmann, Maren. (Ed.), The Routledge Handbook of Media and Technology Domestication (pp. 123-136). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003265931-13 
• Leung, Angela Ka-yee., Chong, Mark., Fernandez, Tricia Marjorie., & Ng, Shu Tian. (2023). Higher well-being individuals are more receptive to cultivated meat: An investigation of their reasoning for consuming cultivated meat. Appetite, 184, Article 106496. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2023.106496
• Skowroński, Dariusz Piotr., Fong Tay, Daniel Justin., Ho, Wen Wan Michelle., Toh, Shi Ying Cherie., Fernandez, Tricia Marjorie., & Waszyńska, Katarzyna. (2014). Introductory analysis of factors affecting intercultural couples in the context of Singapore. Studia Edukacyjne, 30, 263-268. https://doi.org/10.14746/se.2014.30.15
• Skowroński, Dariusz Piotr., Fong Tay, Daniel Justin., Ho, Wen Wan Michelle., Toh, Shi Ying Cherie., Fernandez, Tricia Marjorie., & Waszyńska, Katarzyna. (2014). The comparison of marital and family factors between Singaporean monocultural and intercultural couples. Studia Edukacyjne, 31, 249-266. https://doi.org/10.14746/se.2014.31.14

Conference Presentations/Proceedings

• Chong, Mark., Leung, Angela Ka-yee., Fernandez, Tricia Marjorie., & Ng, Shu Tian. (2024, Aug). Some new insights on the psychology underlying the consumption of cultivated meat. Paper presented at the 27^th International Congress of the International Association of Cross-Cultural Psychology (IACCP), Bali, Indonesia.