Rogers Kissiti admitted as PhD student
Rogers Kissiti has recently been admitted as PhD student within the CIRCLE research group.
We are excited to welcome Rogers Kissiti, who has recently been admitted as a PhD student in our research group CIRCLE.
Rogers Kissiti’s PhD project focuses on developing and evaluating a peer support programme for women in Sweden with experience of forced migration and mental ill-health. His work is part of a research project that develops the programme in collaboration with healthcare professionals and women with lived experience, and evaluates its feasibility and mental health impact. The project is funded by Forte and hosted by The Swedish Red Cross University, with Docent Tommy Carlsson as principal investigator.
– Many of these women are navigating caring responsibilities while coping with experiences of trauma and violence. Language barriers and social isolation in a new country can further affect their mental health. We hope to bridge gaps in support and develop a programme that can reduce loneliness and prevent worsening mental ill-health, Rogers Kissiti explains.
With an academic background in counselling psychology and industrial and organisational psychology, Rogers is especially motivated by the project’s focus on mental health in a group he can relate to.
– I know what it feels like arriving in a country where you don’t have any close friends and don’t know the language. I’m looking forward to contributing to research that can make a difference for this group, he says.
We are very happy that Rogers Kissiti has joined our research group and look forward to following his research journey!
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Post-registration seminar
Rogers Kissiti will present his PhD project at his post-registration seminar which takes place in Uppsala on 6 March, at 11:00. It is open for everyone interested in learning more.
More information about the project
Rogers Kissiti is admitted for studies at Uppsala university and is employed at The Swedish Red Cross University. His main supervisor is Docent Tommy Carlsson (The Swedish Red Cross University and CIRCLE, Uppsala university), and his co-supervisors are Docent Sophie Gaber (CIRCLE, Uppsala university) and Docent Petter Tinghög (The Swedish Red Cross University and Karolinska Institutet).