Saida Arifkhanova, PhD

Saida Arifkhanova, PhD, completed her MS degree at Inalco-Sorbonne with a focus in sociology, anthropology, and oriental study, and achieved her PhD in psychology in 2023. She has been twice invited to an internship in the LIVE project, organized by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), and has also trained at the Research Institute of the French Ministry of Defense (IHEDN).

She has been a member of the League of Women P/CVERLT Professionals under the auspices of the OSCE since its conception, and has served as a lecturer of general psychology at Turin Polytechnical University in Tashkent as well as a project manager at Association of Psychologists of Uzbekistan. Further, she has worked as a psychologist of NGO Millenium, serving clients with disabilities.

Dr. Arifkhanova currently serves as a school psychologist at Cambridge International School in Tashkent.