Dr Soljana Cili

Biography

Dr Soljana Çili has a Bachelor of Psychology (Hons) from the University of Malta and a PhD in Psychology from the University of Southampton. Since 2014, she has taught and significantly shaped the curriculum of the BSc (Hons) Psychology of Fashion and MSc Applied Psychology in Fashion (now MSc Psychology of Fashion). Among her many contributions to the curriculum are the introduction of self and personality frameworks in understanding dress and fashion, a comprehensive understanding of body image as influenced by fashion industry practices, mental health in the industry workforce, and the relevance of group dynamics and leadership in ensuring team success even in a fashion context.

Currently, Dr Çili leads and teaches units focusing on individual differences and group dynamics. She also supervises MSc and PhD research projects and chairs the Psychology Research Ethics Panel.

Dr Çili is an ad hoc reviewer for several fashion and cognitive, social, personality, and clinical psychology journals. She has published her research in peer-reviewed psychology journals and presented it in national and international conferences. She is also:

- Co-author of the book Autobiographical memory and the self: Relationship and implications for cognitive-behavioural therapy (Routledge, 2019), and
- Lead editor and contributor to the book Applied psychology in fashion: A research-informed approach (Palgrave Macmillan, 2026)


Research Interests:
- Relationship between autobiographical memory and the self
- Clothing, autobiographical memories, and the self
- Impact of fashion and fashion industry practices
- Trauma
- Psychopathology
- Intrusive mental imagery and imagery rescripting
- Cognitive-behavioural therapy