QUALIFICATIONS

• Nottingham University (UK): LLM in Human Rights Law. Thesis: ‘Right to healthcare access among undocumented migrants inside IRCs in the UK’.
• University of St Andrews (UK): PhD in Social Psychology, 2007. Thesis: ‘Trauma and social identity following the Kosovo war’.
• University of Oxford (UK): Chevening Scholar in Psychology, 2002. Project title: ‘Interpersonal Therapy vs counselling: an RCT for depressed adolescents in care’.
• University of Tirana (Albania): BSc in Psychology (1st, Outstanding Results Award), 2000.

CAREER HISTORY

• Lecturer/Senior lecturer in Psychology, Nottingham Trent University. (Sep 2015 – present)
• Lecturer in Psychology Staffordshire University. (Oct 2014-Aug 2015)
• Study Coordinator: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Nottingham University (Jul 2011-Nov 2014)
• Research Fellow: Centre for Criminology, University of Oxford.(Jul 2010-Apr 2012)
• Research Fellow: Audit and Evaluation team. Freedom from Torture. (Feb 2007-Jul 2011)
• Teaching Fellow. School of Psychology, Nottingham University (Sep 2005-Aug 2006).
• Psychologist and Project manager: Psychiatric Hospital, Vlora, Albania, project funded by UNOPS (United Nations) (Sep 2000-Sep 2001).
• Psychologist and project manager: Karavasta Refugee Camp, Albania. Project funded by Legambiente (Italian NGO). (Apr 1999-July 1999)