About
I am a polyglot and cross-disciplinary scholar, honorary, at the Institute of Population Health, (in Psychology), Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, having previously worked with the School of English contributing to literary and social sciences at the University of Liverpool. I currently work with the National Health Service in one of the largest acute Trusts in the UK, where I contribute to educational and organisational improvement at system level, utilising my expertise in psychology and education to support clinical and non-clinical professional learners. Prior to this, for 2 decades, I worked within national and international organisations, delivering operationally, strategically, and scientifically.
My scholarly interests are expansive and I consistently read the psychology of aesthetics, neuroscience of learning, psychology of classical narratology, aesthetic performance, nonlinear performative reflexivity in the Arts, East-West philosophies (inc. ancient Mesopotamian and Persian philosophies vs modern Orientalism as well as continental particularly phenomenology in light of accumulated Hellenistic and Classical philosophies). I enjoy reading the narrative-cognitive spectrum with orientation on otherness & disability, in addition to education leadership & management (inc. SEND). The othering process in its cross-cultural focalization is one of my main areas of expertise both in psychology and literary histories & aesthetics.
In social sciences and humanities, I worked extensively on a series of international and interdisciplinary projects from 2012 to 2021 based at the University of Liverpool, of which a series of publications are forthcoming, including a peer-reviewed book series, numerous book chapters and several journal articles (accepted & contracted 2013-2021) and in waiting post-pandemic for publication). My work has examined women's health narratives, women's arts and literature in the previous centuries, the psychology of pain and medical histories of colonialism. I am ever so passionate about exploring Eastern narratologies and historiographies stretching from Central Asia and the wider Middle East to North Africa, primarily that of Iran, Russia, Türkiye, Egypt, and Tunisia, focusing on the psychology of aesthetics.
Having previously collaborated with lifelong learning, HE, and organisational psychology colleagues, I have unique skill-sets and wide-ranging expertise in complex and multilevel programme design, operational management, & delivery, including active multilevel training methodologies as curriculum lead, design and delivery of single-standing courses, learner engagement, modular and programme assessment, benchmarking & impact provisioning, in addition to multifunctional & multidisciplinary programmes, CPD provisioning in multidisciplinary projects and programmes, certification, & further education insights.
My current system-level teaching, research, and training spans design, ops and delivery across intersections of individualism, teams, and leadership psychology across organisational objectives and targets.