Biography
Dr. Çakıl Agnew is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Heriot‑Watt University Dubai and the Director of the Online MSc in Business and Organisational Psychology. She completed her PhD and postdoctoral training at the University of Aberdeen’s Industrial Psychology Research Centre. An industrial psychologist with a strong foundation in Human Factors and Applied Psychology, her previous work examines the role of safety, leadership, and organisational design in shaping performance, particularly within high‑risk and safety‑critical industries, and she has engaged in consultancy work across sectors including Healthcare, Oil and Gas, Transport, and Aviation.
Dr. Agnew is a Chartered Psychologist with the British Psychological Society (BPS) and a Senior Fellow of Advance HE (SFHEA). She supervises PhD students and maintains an applied research and consultancy portfolio. She is also a Member of the Association for Business Psychology (ABP) and serves as a Board Member for the Society for Business Psychology – Middle East, contributing to regional professional development and practitioner engagement. Her current work includes projects on organisational wellbeing and sustainability behaviours in higher education, developed through collaborations with regional partners and international institutions.