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Dimitar Karadzhov, PhD

I'm a University Lecturer and Deputy Programme Director in the School of Health & Wellbeing at the University of Glasgow, where I research and teach global mental health. Alongside that, I publish Deeply Human Skills, a newsletter on the metaskills that sustain meaningful work and personal growth, and I'm writing Own Your PhD, a book on the psychological dimensions of doctoral study.

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The Scholar

Global Mental Health Research

My research focuses on personal recovery, homelessness and methodological and pedagogical innovation in global mental health, with work cited by the United Nations and in national policy reports.

Career Highlights:

PhD in Public Health and Health Policy
10+ years in higher education
25+ peer-reviewed discipline-spanning publications
Led ESRC-funded work
Academic achievement, teaching and knowledge exchange awards recipient

The Writer

Human-Centric Skills Development

Outside the university, I write about the durable, human-centred skills that shape how people do meaningful work and grow through difficulty — courage, resilience, self-leadership and self-regulation among them.

Deeply Human Skills — an infrequent (hope this changes!) newsletter on Substack
Own Your PhD — a book on the metaskills of doctoral study (coming soon)

Current roles

University Lecturer & Deputy Programme Director, MSc Global Mental HealthUniversity of Glasgow
Honorary Research FellowUniversity of Strathclyde
Editorial Board MemberMental Health Open Journal
Review EditorFrontiers in Public Health

Deeply Human Skills — durable skills for meaningful work and a human-centred future.

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Dimitar Karadzhov, PhD

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