Dr Soljana Cili
Title
Lecturer: Psychology
College
London College of Fashion
Email address
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Researcher Research

Biography
BIOGRAPHYDr Soljana Çili has a first class Bachelor of Psychology (Honours) from the University of Malta and a PhD in Psychology from the University of Southampton. She has taught at various universities in the UK, at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. Dr Çili teaches units related to personality and individual differences and group dynamics and processes in the course MSc Applied Psychology in Fashion. She establishes and manages collaborations between MSc students and internal or external partners as part of the Collaborative Challenge: Psychology unit. She is also a member of the Psychology Ethics Review Panel, as well as the College’s Research Committee, Research Degrees Sub-Committee, REF Working Group, and Academic Misconduct Panel. Dr Çili supervises MSc and PhD research projects which investigate fashion, the fashion industry, and fashion curation and exhibition from a psychological perspective. She has published her research in peer-reviewed psychology journals and presented it in national and international conferences. In addition, she is an ad hoc reviewer for several cognitive, social, and clinical psychology journals. Dr Çili is a Chartered Psychologist.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Relationship between autobiographical memory and the self; Narrative identity; Self-defining memories; Clothing and autobiographical memories; Impact of fashion and fashion industry practices on individuals’ sense of self and well-being; Trauma; Psychopathology; Intrusive mental imagery; Cognitive-behavioural therapy; Imagery rescripting
RESEARCH STATEMENT
Dr Çili’s research has three main aims:
1) Understand the way in which individuals’ sense of self is shaped by life experiences and environmental factors (e.g., adverse experiences, exposure to fashion and media images, working in the fashion industry);
2) Understand the way in which life experiences and environmental factors influence individuals’ psychological well-being and contribute to the onset of psychological disorders;
3) Understand mechanisms of change in cognitive-behavioural therapeutic interventions such as imagery rescripting.
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Research Outputs
Article
- Cili S, Pettit SJ, Stopa L. Impact of imagery rescripting on adverse self-defining memories and post-recall working selves in a non-clinical sample: A pilot study (2017)
- Cockerham ES, Cili S, Stopa L. Investigating the phenomenology of imagery following traumatic burn injuries (2016)
- Cili S, Stopa L. Intrusive mental imagery in psychological disorders: Is the self the key to understanding maintenance? (2015)
- Cili S, Stopa L. The retrieval of self-defining memories is associated with the activation of specific working selves (2015)
Book
Conference, Symposium or Workshop item
- Cili S, Stopa L. Understanding memory-focused cognitive-behavioural interventions through a narrative identity perspective (2019)
- Mair C, Cili S. What middle-aged and older women really want! (2016)
- Mair C, Cili S. Advertising and Middle-Aged and Older Women: An Online Survey (2016)
Teaching
Current research students
- Colleen Hill, Wearing the Wunderkammer: A critical practice-led analysis of cabinets of curiosity, articulating the quality of curiosity and applying it to a fashion exhibition. (Joint supervisor)
Subjects
Business & management, and science