Our Committee
Our Committee

Research Committee

The Middlesex University Dubai Research Committee

The Middlesex University Dubai Research Committee aims to develop and foster research that reflects faculty interests and aspirations, to support student research, to promote the growing research culture of the Campus, and to establish innovative research projects with stakeholders.

Responsibilities of committee members include monitoring and reviewing research-related policies and procedures, raising awareness of research opportunities, supporting colleagues to publish research findings, managing the weekly research seminar series, overseeing research ethics on campus, and championing departmental and university-wide MDX Research Conferences.

Meet the Research Committee

Dr Nishtha Lamba FHEA

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ROLE:

Senior Lecturer Psychology

SCHOOL:

School of Science and Technology

CONTACT:

+971 (0)4 568 7093

EMAIL:

[email protected]

Biography

Dr Lamba is a behavioural scientist specialising in psychological health and social policy informed by strong quantitative and qualitative analytical skills. For her doctoral thesis, she studied the psychological health, prenatal bonding and experiences of Indian surrogates. She used a mixed-method approach and administered both quantitative and qualitative analyses. Broadly, she is interested in studying the psychological health of vulnerable women in low-income countries.

Nishtha’s teaching interests include Social Psychology and Research Methods and Ethics in Psychology.

Qualifications
  • PhD Psychology, University of Cambridge
  • MPhil Social and Developmental Psychology, University of Cambridge
  • B.A. Psychology, Hunter College, City University of New York
  • Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education (MDX Dubai)
Awards
  • Cambridge Trust and Nehru Trust Scholarship for PhD, University of Cambridge.
  • Research travel and expense grant, Lucy Cavendish College, University of Cambridge (2).
  • Research expense grant, Department of Psychology, University of Cambridge (3).
  • Departmental honours in B.A. (special mention in Dean’s List & Cum Laude).
Learning & Teaching Interests

Academic positions

Middlesex University Dubai
  • Senior Lecturer (09/18 Present) 
    Department of Psychology 
    School of Science & Technology
  • Head and Founder (08/20-Present) 
    Social Psychology Research Lab 
    Principles and collaborations: Promote research on underrepresented groups and support student research engagement. Collaborating with academics at universities in the U.S.A., U.K., Netherlands, and Ireland.
University of Cambridge
  • Seminar tutor for undergraduate students (09/14-09/16)

Social Psychology (UG, 2018-22)

Research methods and ethics (UG and PG, 2019-22)

Business Psychology (UG, 2018-19)

Dissertations (UG and PG, 2018-2022)

Research

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2595-5076

Peer-reviewed publications

Lamba, N., Van Tonder A, Shrivastava, A., Raghavan, A. (2022). Exploring experiences of mothers with children with Autism in the United Arab Emirates. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 120, 104138.

Lamba, N. Bhatia, A., Srivastava, A., Raghavan, A. (2021). Religious factors affecting death anxiety in older adults practicing Hinduism. Death Studies, 1-9.

Khokhlova, O. Lamba, N., Bhatia, A. Vinogradova, M. (2021). Biowarfare conspiracy, faith in government, and compliance with safety guidelines during COVID-19: An International Study. Mind & Society. 20(2), 235-251.

Moustakas E., Lamba N., Mahmoud, D., Ranganathan, C. (2020) 'Blurring lines between fiction and reality: Perspectives of experts on marketing effectiveness of virtual influencers'. IEEE Cyber Science.

Moustakas, E., Ranganathan, C., Lamba, N. (2020). Virtual Influencers in Digital Marketing: Innovative trend or Passing fad? In Current trends in Business Management in Advanced and Emerging Markets'. Nova Publishers: New York, US.

Jadva, V., Vilsbol, T., Ayed, N., Imrie, S., Jones, C.M., Lamba, N.,….& Zadeh, S., (2019). The ART of performance: engaging young people with assisted reproductive technologies. International Journal of Science Education, Part B9(2), pp.128-139.

Lamba, N., Jadva, V., (2018). Indian surrogates: Their psychological well-being and experiences in Cross Cultural Perspectives on Surrogacy and Gamete Donations. Palgrave Macmillan.

Lamba, N., Jadva, V., Kadam, K., Golombok, S. (2017). The psychological well-being and prenatal bonding of gestational surrogates. Human reproduction, 4, 646-653.

Yearwood, M. H., Cuddy, A., Lamba, N., et al., (2015). On wealth and the diversity of friendships: High social class people around the world have fewer international friends. Personality and Individual Differences, 87, 224-229.

Jadva, V., Lamba, N., Kadam, K., Golombok, S. (2015). Indian egg donors’ characteristics, motivations and feelings towards the recipient and resultant child. Reproductive Biomedicine & Society Online, 2, 98-103.

Lange-Küttner, C., Averbeck, B. B., Hirsch, S. V., Wießner, I., Lamba, N. (2012). Sequence learning under uncertainty in children: self-reflection vs. self-assertion. Frontiers in Psychology, 3, 127.

Upcoming publications

Lamba, N., Jadva, V. Prenatal bonding and maternal health during pregnancy and post-birth amongst urban poor women in India.

Lamba, N., Khokhlova, O., Bhatia, A. Exploring media-induced secondary trauma during COVID-19: a global perspective.

Lamba, N., Jadva, V. A longitudinal mixed-method exploration of surrogates’ experiences from the time of pregnancy to post-birth.

Research Presentations (2019-2021)

Factors associated with perception of marital rape in India. 4th European Conference on Domestic Violence. (September 2021; oral presentation).

To have and to hold. Marital rape perception in Russian women. 4th European Conference on Domestic Violence. (September 2021; oral presentation).

Exploring media-induced secondary trauma during the pandemic: a global context. 34th International Conference on Psychiatry and Mental Health (August 2021; invited keynote)

Describing research process. Young Leaders of Active Citizenship. (July 2021; invited talk presentation).

Religious factors affecting death anxiety in older adults practicing Hinduism. Research seminar. Middlesex University Dubai (Feb 2021; oral presentation/webinar)

Exploring media-induced secondary trauma during the pandemic: a global context. Research seminar. Middlesex University Dubai (April 2021; oral presentation/webinar)

From one decade to another, exploring the future of mental health in the UAE. Research Event. Middlesex University Dubai (Nov 2020; moderated panel discussion)

Blurring lines between fiction and reality: Perspectives of experts on marketing effectiveness of virtual influencers IEEE Cyber Science Conference, Dublin City University, Ireland (June 2020; oral presentation/webinar)

You are not alone: Exploring experiences and available support structures for mothers with children with Autism. ERPBSS 2020, Dubai (January 2020; oral presentation)

Experiences, psychological health and prenatal bonding in surrogates. Research seminar. Middlesex University Dubai (March 2019; oral presentation)

Public Engagement

  • Featured as expert for research in the field of mental health and religion. (2021) PsyPOST
  • Does the coronavirus pandemic carry signs of a generational trauma? (2020) Scroll.in
  • The resonance of a star: A sociological and psychological exploration. (2020) The Indian Express
  • How can education shape the future happiness and well-being of students? (2019) Edarabia
  • Featured as an expert on commercial surrogacy in South Asia. (2017) BBC Radio
  • Research advisor on a play in London based on surrogacy in India. (2017) ‘Made in India
  • Why ban commercial surrogacy? (2016) The Hindu Business Line
  • New Surrogacy Policy: Great Leap Backwards. (2016) OPEN Magazine
  • Featured as an expert regarding research on social class and social media. (2015) Harvard Crimson
  • Selling womb for some ‘baby cash’. (2014) Oxford University India Policy Blog