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Dr. Hannah Intezar

Associate Professor Associate Professor in Social and Cultural Psychology

Area
School of Social Sciences
Faculty of Mgmt, Law & Social Sciences
E-mail
HIntezar@bradford.ac.uk
Phone
+441274235250
Dr. Hannah Intezar

Biography

I am an Associate Professor in Social and Cultural Psychology and served as the Undergraduate Director of Studies for the School of Social Sciences between 2024-2025. My academic journey began with a highly interdisciplinary undergraduate education, spanning Psychology, Philosophy, Sociology, and Literature. This foundation provided the ideal intellectual training for pursuing an interdisciplinary doctorate and continues to inspire my commitment to multi-disciplinary research.

My work bridges disciplines, with ongoing collaborations involving scholars from politics, philosophy, and psychology. I have a particular interest in qualitative dialogical epistemology and visual methods in psychology. My current research areas include critical explorations of self-identity, gender, public and private speech, digital societies, and lived cultural experiences.

Research


Since joining the University of Bradford in 2018, I have led and co-led high-profile multi-disciplinary research projects, research-led teaching initiatives, and doctoral supervision. My expertise in qualitative dialogical onto-epistemology and cultural studies has supported successful internal and external grant applications. These projects have resulted in publications and have served as pilot studies for further external funding from the ESRC, The British Psychologucal Society, and local funding bodies such as the Mayor's Fund. All my research and teaching activities are deeply engaged with local stakeholders, charities, and external institutions—both nationally and internationally. Local partners include West Yorkshire Police, Bradford Council, and the WomenCentre in Halifax. Academic collaborations extend to institutions such as the University of Manchester, Leeds Beckett University, and Monash University in Australia.

To date (2020-2025), I have supervised 3 PhD and 1 DBA students to completion as Principal and Associate:

De Michelis, S. (2020). “From Cultural Imperialism to Cultural Peacebuilding. The Role of Media Within the Framework of the Responsibility to Protect Doctrine: The Case of Libya 2011.”

 Refat, M. (2023) “Semiotic Analysis of Workforce Diversity.”

 Newbury, D. S. D. (2024) “Beyond the binary: funerary archaeology, gendered identity and its impact on contemporary society.”

 Bassra, S. K. (2025) “Exploring the diasporic identities and lived experiences of ‘unorthodox’ British South Asian women in the UK.”


Research projects

Cultural Hierarchies in Health: Does inherited sociocultural position (biraderi) shape diet and nutrition among British Pakistani children?

Role
PI

This is an ESRC project. The aim of this study is to help us understand the use of biraderi data in a study on British Pakistani children’s food practices in Bradford. We are interested in your collective knowledge and experience.

Developing EDI learning and teaching resources

Role
PI / Mentor

After successfully securing funding from the BPS, I am collaborating with academics from University of Manchester’s Decolonising Team (Drs. Anna Hood, Louisa Shirly, Helen Morson), on developing resources to help Decolonising the Psychology Curricula, for both staff and students

WYP Homicide Victims Project

Role
CO-I

Working with the University of Bradford (UoB) and Victim Support Homicide Service we wish to create learning packages to improve understanding by staff within West Yorkshire Police and Partners of how to support the families of victims of homicide /unnatural death.

Centre for Cultural Value: Collaborate Fund

Role
PI

Disarming through arming: dispelling negative emotions through artistic transformation -

Teaching

I am a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and strongly believe in research led teaching. I have taught across all Levels on all programmes delivered within the departments of Sociology & Criminology and Psychology. Between 2020-2024 I designed and served as the Programme Director for BSc Psychology & Criminology. 

I teach across a number of areas including:

  • Selfhood, Identity, and Society 
  • Sustainability and Consumption: Past, Present, and Future 
  • Social Psychology and Crime 
  • Qulitative Research Methods

I welcome inquiries from prospective doctoral students interested in qualitative research within interdisciplinary frameworks.

Publications

Book (1)

Chapter in book (2)

  • Bakhtin at the Boundaries: exploring self-positionality in relation to socio-cultural ideologies.

    Intezar, H.;Ackroyd, J.;Sullivan, P. (2025) International Handbook on Cultural Political Psychology. In Carriere, Kevin editor(s)

Letter (1)

Non-peer reviewed journal (1)

Other publication (1)

Peer reviewed journal (3)