Professional background

2011 PhD in Organisational Psychology, University of Leuven
2011 PhD in Social and Military Sciences, Royal Military Academy

Thesis: Should all Soldiers be Sensation Seekers? The Role of Personality in the Context of Operational Deployments

Supervisors: Prof Dr Euwema and Prof Dr Mylle

Summary of the main findings:

-   In military task environments situational threats and predictability are perceived differently according to
    perceivers’ sensation seeking and need for structure;

-   Reflecting operational reality an adjustment in expressed personality-based needs, sensation seeking
    and need for structure is observable;

-   Accordance between deployed soldiers personality predispositions and the reality of deployment increases
    the likelihood to cope better with the deployment experience

2005 MSc in Psychology, University of Tallinn
2003 BSc in Psychology, University of Tartu
1998 BA in Business Administration, Estonian Management Institute

2020 – Foreign (teaching) Expert in School of Public Management and Humanities at Dalian Maritime University, China
2020 – 2022 Mental Health Program Advisor at the Estonian Police and Border Guard Board
2019 – 2020 University Teacher in Business & Economy School at Loughborough University, United Kingdom
2018 – 2020 Senior Researcher in Institute of Information Technologies at Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
2015 – 2017 Researcher in Secure Societies Institute at University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom
2014 – 2017 Senior Lecturer in Organisational Psychology at University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom
2013 – 2017 Consultancy and contract research @merleparmak, Estonia
2013 – 2014 Researcher in Institute of Industrial Psychology at Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
2007 – 2013 Researcher in Applied Research Centre at Estonian Defence College, Estonia
2003 – 2007 Military psychologist in Estonian Defence Forces

Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy since 2015
Lifetime Steering Committee Member in International Military Testing Association since 2013
Harry Greer Award by International Military Testing Association, 2013
Chair of Estonian National Accreditation Committee of EFPA EuroPsy between 2013 – 2017
EFPA EuroPsy (area of practice: Work & organisation) 2013 – 2020
National representative in Baltic Military Psychologists Expert Forum between 2007 – 2013
National representative in International Military Testing association, 2009 – 2013
Member of APA (Div. 19) since 2007
Member of Estonian Psychologists’ Association since 2006