Overview

I am currently a PhD student in psychology at the University of Exeter. Under the supervision of Dr Andrew Livingstone and Dr Anna Adlam, my research focuses on investigating whether the experience of feeling understood by others can help with promoting international students' wellbeing and social inclusion in UK higher education.  Specifically, we would like to examine:

• International students' mental health and wellbeing;
• How social identity unlocks psychological resources for wellbeing;
• Whether structured communication between groups (international students and UK students in this project) can generate felt understanding, which in turn leads to positive group relational outcomes.

I’m also interested in international students’ general experiences at UK universities, including the variation in their perceptions among students from different cultural backgrounds.

I'm currently co-organising ReproducibiliTea Exeter journal club. I'm open to any discussion about reproducibility and Open Science. 

Broad research specialisms:

Social identity, intergroup relations, wellbeing, open science

Qualifications

MRes in Psychology, University of Manchester (2020)

BSc (Hons) in Applied Psychology, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies (2019)

Links

• Personal link
• Social, Environmental and Organisational research group
• World-making things research group