Amirali Alimohammadi

Biography

I am a PhD candidate in the Department of Government at the University of Essex, working at the intersection of political theory, psychoanalysis, and discourse analysis. My research adopts a psychoanalytic approach, drawing particularly on the works of Jacques Lacan and Frantz Fanon, to investigate the formation of political subjectivity. It examines the political, ideological, and clinical dimensions of power and identity within postcolonial contexts, media discourses, and questions of gender. Alongside my academic work, I am a practicing psychoanalytic psychotherapist. My clinical practice is grounded in the traditions of Lacanian psychoanalysis and institutional psychotherapy, with an emphasis on community-based care. This dual role as researcher and clinician informs my commitment to understanding the experiences of marginalized groups and expanding access to mental health services for vulnerable communities. My PhD dissertation brings these strands together within an interdisciplinary framework to explore the nexus of subjectivity, ideology, and discourse.

Qualifications

• BA Allameh Tabataba'i University (2016)

• MSc Iran University of Medical Sciences (2019)