About
Current Expertise:
Specializing in the psychology of workplace and work dynamics, otherness, and emotional intelligence, I currently work on individual and group narratology, aesthetics, and the psychology of leadership. This spans the long history of leadership and narratology (ancient histories and applications onto modern).
Chief Intellectual Domains:
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.
Core Academic interests and experiences:
My scholarly interests are expansive and I consistently read the 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 ancient to modern Iran, Russia, Türkiye, Egypt, and Tunisia, focusing on the psychology of aesthetics.
Operational Domain:
Having previously collaborated with lifelong learning, HE, and organisational psychology colleagues, I have unique skill-sets and wide-ranging input in complex and multilevel programme design, operational management & delivery, including active multilevel training methodologies as curriculum lead, design and delivery of programmes and 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. I also am trained with learner assessment methodlogies, hybrid learning and core adoption techniques. My current system-level teaching, research, and training spans design, ops and delivery across intersections of individualism, teams, management and leadership psychology across organisational objectives and targets in the national healthcare environment providing clinical and non-clinical staff with required training.