PhD candidate at University of Birmingham. BA in Psychological and Behavioural Sciences from University of Cambridge. Research interests in memory for SV.
Joined August 2018
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Viva no longer pending 🥳 Pleased to say that I passed my PhD Viva today. Thank you to my examiners and to my supervisors @hflowe, @melissacolloff and collaborators @WanguKanjaF @rights_4_time @AMLabUoB. This PhD journey has been a joy, thank you!
Today I submitted my PhD thesis! Thank you so much to my amazing supervisors @hflowe and @melissacolloff for all your help and guidance! Thank you to the @WanguKanjaF for co-designing this work! And thank you to the members of the @AMLabUoB for your support! Viva pending!
Final few days to self-nominate to be part of an amazing society @OfficialSARMAC. I learnt so much and developed massively as a researcher! Please reach out to me with any questions!
Great opportunity to be involved with an amazing society! Please feel free to reach out to me with any questions!
Keen to contribute to @OfficialSARMAC! Nominations are now open for 5 positions on the Student Caucus! Great opportunity to shape the future of the society and gain leadership experience. For info on the positions see here - sarmac.org/caucus
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Huge congratulations to Prof Heather Flowe on her powerful keynote at @sarmac2025 on Beyond WEIRD: Supporting Memory Retrieval in Low Resource Environments! 🌍🧠 Her work is incredibly relevant & sheds vital light on often overlooked contexts. Truly inspiring!👏 @OfficialSARMAC
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Round of applause to @BennettTia_ who spoke at #SARMAC2025 on her work involving the Effect of filler-similarity in lineups! Tia has also just submitted her PhD 📖 AML is super proud of you 🎉If anyone has a job available or upcoming, please get in touch with Tia!
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Our team took part in a symposium titled "Interviewing and Decision-Making in the Asylum Context", moderated by @Stevens_Laura7. The session highlighted groundbreaking research at the intersection of psychology and asylum law, showcasing the latest contributions from our network.
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Last week, the Psych-AID Network was proudly represented at the 2025 annual conference of @OfficialSARMAC (the Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition), held in Ireland.
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📢 New pre-print alert! In their new manuscript, @jan_antfolk, @Stevens_Laura7, Emilia Lundsten, @JennySkrifvars & @hedayat_selim use data from 255 respondents to investigate how personal immigration attitudes, gender, and age shape beliefs about asylum decisions. Link below!
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Attending @sarmac2025, come join us for our Meet the Experts Lunch! Check your inbox as registered attendees will receive a link to sign up! We look forward to seeing you there!
Come join us at @sarmac2025 student welcome event! We cannot wait to meet you and hear about all your amazing research!
Attending @sarmac2025! Come join us for the Student Welcome & Pitch to Peers! This session will run from 1:00–3:30pm on Wednesday, June 11, just before the Opening Ceremony at 4:30pm. We can’t wait to meet you and welcome you to SARMAC 2025!
Thank you to the @APLS41 for awarding the First Place Dissertation Award to my thesis supervised by @hflowe and @melissacolloff in collaboration with the @WanguKanjaF. My thesis explored innovative methods of documenting memory evidence from victim-survivors of GBV.
This research was funded by the @ahrcpress, @ESRC, @rights_4_time, & @LES_UniBham! Thank you to my supervisors, the Wangu Kanja Foundation for co-designing the research, the funders, and all my amazing collaborators!
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NEW PRE PRINT ALERT!
Doctoral researcher @hedayat_selim and @PsychAID colleagues have conducted research on reasons reported by applicants for late disclosures of sexual orientation and consequences on the asylum decision.
Read full pre-print here - osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/zq…
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We are very excited to introduce you to our fab research team! @Stevens_Laura7 is a post-doctoral researcher within @PsychAID, focusing on cross-country differences in asylum practices. Reach out to us with questions about Laura's research or for collaborations!
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9. Gomez-Bedoya - Rapport in police interviews with victims: UK vs Spain doi.org/10.1108/JCP-08-2024-…
10. Skrifvars, Ilmoni, Siegfrids, Galán, Selim, @Stevens_Laura7, Korkman & @jan_antfolk Experiences of asylum interviews in Finland' doi.org/10.1108/JCP-09-2024-…
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SARMAC is looking for volunteer reviewers for the Student Travel Grant applications!📋
If you're a late-stage PhD student or ECR (and a SARMAC member), this is a great chance to gain valuable reviewing experience.
📅 Email [email protected] by Feb 14 (Friday) to sign up!
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We are very excited to introduce you to our fab research team! Malin Ekelund is a doctoral researcher within @PsychAID, focusing on the impact of stereotypes on credibility and case decisions. Reach out to us with questions about Malin's research or for collaborations!
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Thinking of applying for the Kazuo Mori Travel Grant?
The SARMAC student caucus is here to help!💡
Email [email protected] to set up a Zoom session and get your questions answered before the February 21st deadline! 📩
Have your questions about the Kazuo Mori Student Travel Awards answered by Student Caucus Members! Reach out to [email protected] for a virtual appointment before February 21st!
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Interested in a post doc fellowship investigating interviewing & decision making in the asylum context?
We would be pleased to sponsor applications to the ERC MSCA Post Doc Fellowship 2025 from researchers interested in staying with our team at Åbo Akademi University, Finland.
Calling all @OfficialSARMAC ECRs and students not applying for travel funding! Please consider volunteering to review SARMAC Student Travel Grants! Great way to get review experience! Details below!