Activities that the Psych-AID research team members are involved in.
Postdoctoral researcher Dr. Jenny Skrifvars (Ph.D.) presented her results on a training program she developed for Finnish asylum officials at the Invest Flagship Centre’s Brownbag session.
Postdoctoral researcher Jenny Skrifvars, Prof. Julia Korkman, and Prof. Jan Antfolk designed a training package on interviews for asylum officials.
Doctoral Researcher Jenny Skrifvars successfully defended her doctoral thesis entitled “Investigating and Improving the Quality of Asylum Interviewing and Decision-Making Practices in Finland” on Saturday, 26 October 2024. Professor of Practice Julia Korkman served as the custos, while Professor Pär-Anders Granhag served as the opponent
Doctoral Researcher Hedayat Selim presented her findings at the recent Religion as a Ground for International Protection Conference in Rome.
Prof. Jan Antfolk and Hedayat Selim from the Psych-AID research group attended the Believe It or Not conference in Amsterdam. They discussed their research on the credibility assessments in SOGIESC asylum cases.
Members of the Psych-AID group presented their research at the just-ended EAPL 2024 conference in Portugal.
Psych-AID is a Centre of Excellence at Åbo Akademi University, funded by the Åbo Akademi University Foundation during 2024–2028.
