Dr Soljana Çili

Biography

Dr 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. At London College of Fashion, Dr Çili leads and teaches units related to personality and individual differences and group dynamics and processes in the course MSc Applied Psychology in Fashion. She is also Chair of the Psychology Research Ethics Panel and organises the annual Applied Psychology in Fashion Conference.

Dr Çili supervises MSc and PhD research projects which investigate fashion, the fashion industry, fashion curation and exhibition, and arts-based interventions 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 fashion and cognitive, social, personality, and clinical psychology journals.

Her research interests include:
- Relationship between autobiographical memory and the self
- Narrative identity development
- Clothing, autobiographical memories, and the self
- Impact of fashion and fashion industry practices on individuals
- Trauma
- Psychopathology
- Intrusive mental imagery and imagery rescripting
- Cognitive-behavioural therapy