Overview
My undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in psychology were both obtained in Tbilisi, Georgia (former Soviet Union) at Tbilisi State University and Uznadze Institute of Psychology, respectively. In 1993, I came to Britain as a Royal Society Postdoctoral Fellow to work with Judi Ellis at the University of Wales College of Cardiff. I joined the Department of Psychology at the University of Hertfordshire, in the capacity of Independent Research Fellow, in 1995.
Academic Qualifications
1981-1985
1976-1981 |
PhD, Uznadze Institute of Psychology, Tbilisi, Georgia. Thesis entitled “Remembering/forgetting intentions as a special form of memory and factors that affect it”
Diploma with Distinction in Psychology, equivalent to 1st Class, BSc (Hons.) Tbilisi State University (Faculty of Philosophy and Psychology), Tbilisi, Georgia
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AcAdemic Employment
Apr. 2010 - present
Oct. 2008 - Sept. 2009 May 2005 - Mar. 2010 Feb. 2004 - Apr. 2005 July 1995 - Jan. 2004
Mar. 1994 - July 1995 Mar. 1993 - Mar. 1994
May 1986 - Feb. 1993
May 1985 - Apr. 1986 |
Professor of Cognitive Psychology, University of Hertfordshire, UK
The British Academy/Leverhulme Trust Senior Research
Fellow, University of Hertfordshire Reader in Cognitive Psychology, University of Hertfordshire, UK
Senior Lecturer, University of Hertfordshire, UK
Independent Research Fellow, University of Hertfordshire, UK
Honorary Visiting Lecturer, Cardiff University, UK
Royal Society Postdoctoral Fellow, Cardiff University, UK
Research worker, Uznadze Institute of Psychology, Tbilisi,
Georgia Junior research worker, Uznadze Institute of Psychology, Tbilisi, Georgia
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Membership of Professional Societies
From 1996
From 2002 From 2003 From 2013 |
Associate of Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Fellow of Psychonomic Society Member of Experimental Psychology Society (EPS) Member of Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition (SARMAC) |
Administrative duties
- Associate Editor, Memory (2011 - 2018)
- Ad hoc reviewer for numerous journals (e.g., Psychology and Aging, Psychological
Bulletin, Psychological Science, Journal of Experimental Psychology: General,
Memory & Cognition, etc.)
- Organiser of Weekly Psychology Seminar Programme, UH (from 2008)
- Chair of Psychology Ethics Committee, UH (2004-2012)
- Module Leader for several undergraduate and postgraduate courses
- Ad hoc reviewer for numerous journals (e.g., Psychology and Aging, Psychological
Bulletin, Psychological Science, Journal of Experimental Psychology: General,
Memory & Cognition, etc.)
- Organiser of Weekly Psychology Seminar Programme, UH (from 2008)
- Chair of Psychology Ethics Committee, UH (2004-2012)
- Module Leader for several undergraduate and postgraduate courses
Grants and awards
2014-2016
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Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship
Prospective memory in mild cognitive impairment Marie Curie Fellow: Agnieszka Niedźwieńska |
€231,926
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2009
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The Royal Society Travel Grant
To conduct collaborative research with Dr. Jordan Grafman at the National Institute of Health, Bethesda, US. Principal Investigator: Kvavilashvili, L. |
£2,209
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2008-2009
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The British Academy/Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellowship
Mechanisms of prospective memory: Insights from Vietnam veterans with head injury Principal Investigator: Kvavilashvili, L. |
£35,500
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2007
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The Royal Society Travel Grant
To present at the Annual Convention of Association for Psychological Science (APS), Washington, DC. Principal Investigator: Kvavilashvili, L. |
£940
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2003-2006
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The ESRC Competitive Studentship
The nature and mechanisms of involuntary and voluntary autobiographical memory, Student: Schlagman, S. |
£30,000
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2005-2006
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The ESRC Postdoctoral Fellowship
Paradoxical effects of though suppression. Research Fellow: James Erskine |
£26,500
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2005
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The British Academy K.C. Wong Fellowship
The nature of prospective memory and the effects of stress on remembering event- and time-based prospective memory tasks. Research Fellow: Jinquan Zhao |
£6,150
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2004
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The Royal Society Travel Grant
To present at the International Congress of Psychology, Beijing, China. Principal Investigator: Kvavilashvili, L. |
£1,400
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2003-2005
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Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
Mechanisms of flashbulb memory: A cross-sectional and longitudinal study Principal Investigators: Kvavilashvili, L. & Kornbrot, D. |
£40,951
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2000-2003
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The ESRC Competitive Studentship
How paradoxical are the effects of thought suppression? The nature of mental control and the factors that influence it. Student: Erskine, J. |
£30,000
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1999-2001
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European Commission
Development of Psychology Curriculum in Georgia Principal Investigators: Ridley, D., Abzianidze, S. & Kvavilashvili, L. |
€199,000
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1998-2000
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The Leverhulme Trust
Prospective memory in children: Effect of response type and task structure Principal Investigators: Kvavilashvili, L. & Messer, D. |
£30,628
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1998-2000
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Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
Mechanisms of prospective memory and ageing Principal Investigators: Kvavilashvili, L. & Kornbrot, D. |
£43,568
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