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Dina Nayeri serves as a Reader (senior academic rank equivalent to Associate Professor) in the School of English at the University of St Andrews, United Kingdom. She is affiliated with the Centre for the Critical Reimagining of Human Rights and maintains an office at Beethoven Lodge, with contact email dn50@st-andrews.ac.uk and phone +44 (0)1334 461880.
Her research critically examines Human Rights, Refugee Studies, and Migration through literary and narrative frameworks, emphasizing Truth and Believability in asylum contexts. This focus is exemplified in her 2023 book "Who gets believed?", which investigates systemic credibility challenges faced by refugees. Her work bridges Creative Writing and Literature with urgent human rights discourse.
Nayeri actively mentors doctoral candidates including Nicholas Herrmann and Nicole Sellew, with eight supervised projects documented. She engages public audiences through keynote events like the 2024 Sanctuary Lecture and 2023 book launch, demonstrating commitment to translating academic work into societal impact.
As a core member of the Centre for the Critical Reimagining of Human Rights, she contributes to interdisciplinary initiatives redefining human rights frameworks through critical and creative methodologies, fostering collaboration across the School of English and School of International Relations.
