Hi, I am Yeasir
I am a researcher working across forensic psychology and the wider social sciences, with particular interests in culture, memory, and forced migration, such as refugee and asylum contexts.
PhD Thesis submitted in September 2026
Open to Research & Academic Opportunities
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Foundations
Applied and cross-cultural psychology
Population health and demography
Forced-migrant and marginalised communities
Investigative interviewing
Human Trafficking, Modern Slavery, Organised Crime
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Research and academic work
Interdisciplinary researcher in experimental social science, qualitative, and mixed-methods research.
I also have experience in university teaching as a guest lecturer, and in student assessment and marking at the University of Portsmouth.
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Awards and funding
I have received competitive academic funding, including a Commonwealth Scholarship and PhD bursary, alongside awards and recognition for documentary filmmaking.
Commonwealth Scholarship
Fully funded master’s degree
Fully funded PhD bursary
University of Portsmouth
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PhD thesis, layer by layer
Memory, Reporting, and Culture: Improving Interviewing Practice in Asylum Contexts
How do culture and memory shape asylum interviews and decision-making?
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Published
Systematic review and meta-analysis
Brings together the existing evidence.
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Study with asylum seekers
Explored asylum seekers’ experiences of cross-cultural challenges in asylum interviews.
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Study with interpreters
Explored interpreters’ experiences of asylum interviews.
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Bangladesh–UK memory reporting experiments
Two experiments comparing how people in Bangladesh and the UK report memories.
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Visual Storytelling & Writing
Alongside my research, I make films, share narrated stories on YouTube, and write about life on a Facebook page followed by more than 32,000 people. Communicating ideas beyond the academy is part of how I work.
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If anything here resonates with you, I would be delighted to hear from you.
I am looking for research and academic opportunities in forensic psychology, migration and related fields.