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Dimitar Karadzhov is a Research Fellow at the Institute for Inspiring Children's Futures, University of Strathclyde. His work focuses on mental health, homelessness, and child well-being, with a particular emphasis on structural disadvantage and pandemic impacts. He has contributed to multidisciplinary projects like the 'Bridging Disciplines' initiative exploring mental health and homelessness linkages.
Research Interests: Karadzhov’s research spans children’s rights, global mental health policy, and the socio-structural barriers to recovery among chronically homeless populations. He employs mixed-methods approaches, including smartphone app surveys and qualitative meta-ethnographies, to explore issues like healthcare access for international students and community health worker practices in Sierra Leone.
Key Contributions: His work includes designing a multinational smartphone survey during the pandemic and leading the 'Bridges to Belonging' policy brief on homelessness recovery. He co-developed a MOOC on suicide prevention and contributed to frameworks for global mental health competencies.
- Awards: 2023 Making a Social Difference Scottish Knowledge Exchange Award for policy-impact research.
- Grants: Principal Investigator for the 'Bridging Disciplines' project (2022-2022, £[unspecified] internally funded).
- Teams/Labs: Affiliated with the Institute for Inspiring Children's Futures, collaborating with global health and social policy networks.
