Head of BA Program in Social Sciences and MA Program in Applied Psychology / Deputy Dean / Professor

PhD in Linguistics from Moscow State Linguistic University (1980). Certified in Neuropsychology at Lomonosov Moscow State University (1977-1979). Fulbright alumna - conflict-induced displacement studies (psychological perspective) - Center for International Development and Conflict Management (CIDCM), University of Maryland at College Park, (1997-1998).

Around 40 years’ experience of research and lecturing, practical work in neuropsychological assessment of language and speech therapy;  12 years’ experience of working for international organisations (OSCE and Norwegian Refugee Council-NRC) at different managerial positions.

Courses:

• Challenges in Contemporary Social Sciences;
• Psychotraumatology;
• Ambiguous Loss;
• Stress of [Internal] Displacement;
• Societal Trauma and Social Change Training;
• Neuropsychological Assessment and Consultation;
• Aphasia Studies;
• Introduction to Human Neuropsychology;
• Psycholinguistics;
• Aphasia Studies;
• Psychology of Communication.

Research and Publications: (2019-2023)

1. 2023 - A full-scale Russian Invasion of Ukraine in 2022: Resilience and Coping within and beyond Ukraine. In: “Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being”. Appl Psychol Health Well Being”. 2023 Jul 9. doi: 10.1111/aphw.12466 https://iaap-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.11 (Co-authorship with by Kimhi, Shaul; Kaim, Arielle; Bankauskaite, Dalia; Baran, Maria; Eshel, Yohana; Dumbadze, Salome; Kaniasty, Krys; Koubova, Alice; Marciano, Hadas; Matkeviciene, Renata; Teperik, Dmitri; Adini, Bruria.)
2. 2021 – Aphasia from the Perspective of the Theory of Set (Discussion Paper). In: “Research Papers. Vol. 2”, Psychological Set Research and Correction Centre, Tbilisi State Medical University, 12-23 (in Georgian)
3. 2021 – 21^st Century Psychology (Review). In: “Research Papers. Vol. 3”, Psychological Set Research and Correction Centre, Tbilisi State Medical University, 29-33 (in Georgian)
4. 2021 – “War with Invisible Enemy”- Towards Covid-19’s Psycho-Semantic Analysis, In: “Covid-19 and Psychology”, Psychological Set Research and Correction Centre, Tbilisi State Medical University, 49-55 (in Georgian) - Co-authorship with Imedadze, Natela and Vardosanidze, Anna
5. 2020 – Resilience during Covid-19. Comparing Displaced and Local Populations (Research paper). GIPA with financial support from GIZ, Tbilisi (Editor)
6. 2020 - From Migration and Integration Challenges to Good Practices: Practitioners’ Perspective“, GIPA-University of Gothenburg, Tbilisi, Siesta. Co-editing with Bucken=Knapp, Gregg and Zelano, Karin
7. 2019 - Child Language: Roman Jakobson and Natela Imedadze Psycholinguistic Parallels. In: “Natela Imedadze -90”. Ilia State University, 101-108 (in Georgian)
8. 2019 - Tendencies in Aphasia Studies Development (Abstract). International conference „Humanitarian Sciences in Globalization Era”. Tsereteli State University, 1-2 November, Kutaisi

Projects:

Resilience Studies, Multinational Resilience & Wellbeing Research and                   Knowledge Centre, International Programme in Disaster Management, School of Public Health, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University – since 2020

SI SAYP – Swedish Institute, Summer Academy for Young Practitioners on migration and integration issues (joint project with University of Gothenburg) – since 2018

 “Ambiguous Loss”, joint project with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Tbilisi State University, Ilia State University  and University of Georgia – 2018-2022

Experimental Research of Psychological Stress (Uznadze Theory of Set Perspective), with GIPA internal grant support in 2018-2019

ABC- Assisting Better Communication, led by Ilia State University, supported by the Erasmus + Programme of the European Union, 2016-2018

Evaluation of the project “Active for Life: promoting rights and enhancing the capacities of elderly people in Georgia”, DVV International Georgia – 2016

Research interests:

Multidisciplinary studies in social sciences; interdisciplinary studies from the perspective of intersection of linguistics, psychology and medicine – neurolinguistics and psychotraumatological topics.

Other information:

• Board Member, Mental Health in Human Rights, FGIP, since 2022
• Chief of the Board, Global Initiative – Psychiatry, Tbilisi, since 2021
• Member, Multinational Resilience & Wellbeing Research and Knowledge Centre (RESWELL), International Programme in Disaster Management, School of Public Health, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, since 2020
• Senior Research Scholar, Psychological Set Research and Correction Centre, Tbilisi State Medical University (TSMU), Tbilisi, Georgia, since 2019
• Board Member, Association of Children with Neurological and Behavior Disorders, since 2013
• Board Member, Levan Mikeladze Foundation, since 2009
• Board Member, Georgian Society of Psycho-trauma (GSP), affiliated with the European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, since 2008
• Founder, Animal Rights Committee, 2000
• Founder, Georgian Association for Mental Health, 1997
• International Associate, Center for the Study of Mind and Human Interaction (CSMHI), University of Virginia at Charlottesville, 1999-2006