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PhD candidate Callum Train GMBPsS

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A 'generation X' mature scholar with an eclectic European background and over 20 years' experience working in global banking client relations (retail, HNW & corporate finance), this PhD candidate recently gained degrees via the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) in philosophy, politics & economics (PPE (HONS) 1st Class Distinction 2014-2018), psychology (MSc 2019-2022), followed by graduate membership of the British Psychological Society (GMBPsS in 2023). Further to a sabbatical in 2024/25, Callum is now aiming to produce world‑class interdisciplinary research within Scotland’s Graduate Social Science research environment.

Open for Research Work Selected doctoral projects

Research Collaborations Welcome

Reviewed Recent Research :

Undergraduate work in a neuroscience, psychology and philosophy of mind dissertation (which rendered a brand new insight from Callum into how mental imagery factors into our decision making processes) proved it's veracity with a unique visual solution to "The Gettier Problem" that gained a 1st class distinction and which has not since been refuted. Published on Academia.edu in 2018, the work also garnered recognition internationally from multiple academics including local Oxford luminary Anthony Grayling CBE

Related postgraduate work in psychology, linguistics and pragmatics (inspired by Wittgenstein's 'picture theory of language') focused on types of perception and specifically "spatial deixis". Identified by UHI as "highly ambitious", Callum  interviewed foreign language teachers across Scotland to research how the psychological component of spatial deixis manifested in the classroom/teaching space–compared with how the same psychological component usually manifests during full immersion contexts associated with CLIL (Content Language Integrated Learning) and computer gaming.

Awarded GMBPsS as a result (graduate membership of the British Psychological Society), UHI described this MSc dissertation as a fascinating area of research whose author "is to be highly commended for identifying a unique question with real practical implications for language teaching."

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