Dr Maryam Farahani PhD, MA (Literature), BA (Literature & Linguistics), MSc (Psychology), MA (Education Leadership & Management), MBPsS, EIP & AOD Accredited

Personal Statement

Maryam Farahani is a polyglot cross-disciplinary research associate, honorary, at the Institute of Population Health, Psychology, having previously worked with the School of English. She has worked within national and international organisations, delivering operationally, strategically, and scientifically. With over 2 decades of experience, she is interested in the psychology of aesthetics & performative narratology, East-West philosophies (inc. Orientalism & continental particularly phenomenology), reading the narrative-cognitive spectrum with orientation on otherness & disability, in addition to education leadership & management (inc. SEND).

She 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, book chapters and journal articles (accepted & contracted 2013-2017 and in waiting post-pandemic for publication). Her work has examined women's health narratives, the psychology of pain, and medical histories of colonialism. She is passionate about exploring Eastern narratologies and historiographies stretching from Central Asia and the Middle East to North Africa, primarily that of Iran, Russia, Türkiye, Egypt, and Tunisia, focusing on the psychology of art and aesthetics.

Having previously collaborated with lifelong learning, HE, and organisational psychology colleagues, she has expertise in complex and multilevel programme design & delivery, including single-standing courses, assessment & impact provisioning, as well as multifunctional & multidisciplinary programmes for CPD purposes, certification, & further education.