Michael Allakhverdov
Smolny Beyond BordersMichael is a cognitive psychologist and a mediator. He graduated from the Psychology Department of Saint Petersburg State University in 2009. In 2012 Michael joined the Smolny faculty. There he taught courses on social psychology, conflict resolution and mediation, as well as statistical analysis in cognitive studies. In 2015 Michael joined the International Situations Project as a member of the Russian research team. In 2020/2021 he also taught at HSE-St. Petersburg. His course on cognitive psychology became the 'Best Course for Broadening Horizons and Diversity of Knowledge and Skills' based on students’ voting.
His research in cognitive psychology focuses on the concept discrete perception. During his work at SPSU he was a project leader in 7 research projects. He has publications in high-ranking scientific journals and has presented his findings at many international conferences. Now he resides in Armenia where he works as a senior researcher at Yerevan State University.