Postdoctoral Research Associate

• Mar 2020 - Present

Invited by the directors of Psychology Department to support attitude psychology research team working on the translational research of D. Uznadze’s Psychological Theory of Set and its practical implications. * Research Strategy: Conducting corpus-based study of general psychological theory using text and concept analysis; Translating fundamental theoretical concepts to applied domain (i.e., clinical consultancy, resocialization);* Communication: Participating in weekly lab meetings, presenting and contributing to preparation of monthly research reports and annual publication;* Stakeholder Engagement: Engaging with stakeholders from all levels of seniority across the system (i.e., mental health, defence, justice, higher education) to understand their needs to better align our strategies, and bring them on board with our project;* Recruitment: I obtain consents and recruit research participants for haptic perception experiments.

Postdoctoral Research Associate

• Jan 2019 - Sep 2022

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

• Jan 2020 - Feb 2023

Working within the interdisciplinary team (spanning psychology, anthropology, sociology, design and HCI) of InTouch project at UCL Knowledge Lab. InTouch explores the social implications of digital touch communication by bringing together theories and methods from multimodality, sensory ethnography, arts and design. * Data Collection and curation: using audio and video recording of virtual reality experiences and conducting sensory interviews; Transcribing and securing data on research repository; * Data Analysis: Bringing representational and experiential social research perspectives into analytical framework of data analysis. Conducting thematic analysis of video and interview data with the focus on multimodal semiotic and sensorial resources; * Dissemination: Contributed to every stage of dissemination process of study findings, including presenting and publishing. I have co-authored two peer-reviewed publications; * Securing funding: Developed and submitted two research proposals (i.e., Wellcome ECR, ERC StG).

Invited Lecturer

• Feb 2022 - Sep 2022

Delivering BA course in Psychological Anthropology for international students (in English language). Delivering BA course in Psychological Anthropology for international students (in English language).

Lecturer

• Mar 2019 - Sep 2022

• Author and lecturer of Communication Psychology course; • Compulsory modules lead of Intro to Anthropology and Intro to Psychology for BA and BSc students (approx. 2 x 800 students in each semester); • Supervised 12 Junior Projects and 1 PhD student; • Prepared 2 course readers and contributed in the curriculum development for undergraduate studies. • Author and lecturer of Communication Psychology course; • Compulsory modules lead of Intro to Anthropology and Intro to Psychology for BA and BSc students (approx. 2 x 800 students in each semester); • Supervised 12 Junior Projects and 1 PhD student; • Prepared 2 course readers and contributed in the curriculum development for undergraduate studies.

Head of Research and Development Department

• Apr 2015 - Sep 2022

Leading scientific Research and Development Department at the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences (the largest unit of Caucasus in psychology research and training). Overseeing all research activities across the organization and delivering research development projects. • Co-founded peer-reviewed bilingual Georgian Psychological Journal and administered reviewing process of 4 annual volumes of the journal;• Organized 2 international and 4 regional scientific conferences, 3 annual scientifi festival and 21 interdisciplinary research seminars;• Kept track of scientific achievements and supported research development of 48 academic staff members of the faculty;• Co-authored policy documment for Ethics Review Board.

Lecturer

• Sep 2013 - Sep 2022

• Teaching Assistant for the Cognitive Psychology (1, 2), Attitude Psychology (1, 2) and Social Research Methods for BSc students of Psychology (approx. 160 students in each semester);• Author and lecturer of 3 original cources - Cultural Cognition, Selected Topics of Psychological Anthropology for MSc and PhD students of Psychological Antropology (approx. 15 students in each semester);• Compulsory modules lead of Intro to Anthropology and Intro to Psychology for BA and BSc students (approx. 2 x 800 students in each semester);• Supervised 4 masters’ thesis;• Prepared 2 course readers and contributed in the curriculum development for postgraduate studies; • Member of numerous committees at the universities (i.e., admission, evaluation, funding).

Visiting Researcher

• Jan 2015 - Jun 2016

• Working within the Psychological and Medical Anthropology Lab, responsible for development individual research proposal and partners hub for collaborative research project; • Received academic training in Psychological and Medical Anthropology (supervised by Prof. Steven M. Parish). • Working within the Psychological and Medical Anthropology Lab, responsible for development individual research proposal and partners hub for collaborative research project; • Received academic training in Psychological and Medical Anthropology (supervised by Prof. Steven M. Parish).

Visiting Researcher

• Aug 2014 - Apr 2015

• Working within the Anthropology Department, responsible for development individual research proposal and partners hub for collaborative research project; • Received academic training in theories of anthropology, ethnography, ritual studies, cultural mind and brain studies (supervised by Prof. Bradd Shore); • Developed and later implemented research design for the PhD thesis. • Working within the Anthropology Department, responsible for development individual research proposal and partners hub for collaborative research project; • Received academic training in theories of anthropology, ethnography, ritual studies, cultural mind and brain studies (supervised by Prof. Bradd Shore); • Developed and later implemented research design for the PhD thesis.