Email: samami@prio.org
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Wednesday, 30 Nov 2022
For a week in December each year, Oslo city invites the public to learn about and discuss important issues related to peace, democracy and human rights. The series of events are called Oslo Peace Days.
PRIO will contribute to this year's Oslo Peace Days with four events, including the prestigious PRIO Annual Peace Address.
I am a Senior Researcher on the ERC Starting Grant project "Adapted to War" (AWAR).
We are going to design cognitive tasks and use online data collection platforms to investigate whether we humans, through evolution, are equipped with a cognitive processing mechanism by which we automatically use visual cues to assess the formidability of other individuals and groups and eventually avoid falling as a victim in a protentional conflict.
Work experience:
2022 – present: Senior Researcher, PRIO (Peace Research Institute Oslo)
2021- 2022: Senior Researcher, NKVTS (Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic stress Studies)
2014 – 2020: Researcher and lecturer, Psychology Institute, UiO,
2012 – 2014: Research assistant, Psychology Institute, UiO,
2019 – 2019: Supervisor (Bachelor theses), Bjørknes Høyskole,
2006 – 2007: Seminar Leader, Payamenoor University, Iran
2000 – 2009: Radiograph, public hospitals, and private radiography clinics, Iran
Volunteer Work:
2015 – present: Reviewer, International scientific journals including Cognitive Processing Journal, Perceptual and Motor Skills Journal, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition
2018: Member of the organizing committee at the 6th national NRSN conference
2016 – 2018: Member of various evaluation and organizing committees, Psychology Institute, UiO
2016 – 2018: Board member, The Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Oslo
2016 – 2017: Member of Ph.D. Program Council, The Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Oslo
2016 – 2018: Red Cross, Network after imprisonment
2017 – 2018: Council member, LIM (EQUALITY, INTEGRATION, DIVERSITY)
2015 – 2016: Norwegian trainer, Red Cross
Education:
Ph.D. in Cognitive Neuroscience at the Psychology Institute, University of Oslo, 2020
M.A. in Cognitive Neuroscience at the Psychology Institute, University of Oslo, 2013
B.A. in General Psychology at the Payamenoor University, Iran, 2007
Associate's degree in Radiography at University of Teheran, Iran, 2001
Languages:
English (fluent)
Norwegian (Fluent)
Persian/ Farsi/ Dari (mother tongue)
Arabic and Spanish (basic)
For a week in December each year, Oslo city invites the public to learn about and discuss important issues related to peace, democracy and human rights. The series of events are called Oslo Peace Days.
PRIO will contribute to this year's Oslo Peace Days with four events, including the prestigious PRIO Annual Peace Address.