Dr Nina Kruglikova is Research Administrator for the Neuroscience, Ethics and Society (NEUROSEC) team at the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Oxford. She works with Dr Alexandra Almeida on managing research projects led by Professor Ilina Singh and provides administrative support for the ‘Peer Support Training for Adolescents during the COVID-19 Outbreak’ project led by Dr Gabriella Pavarini. Nina has extensive experience in academic administration, including events management, communications and public engagement with science initiatives. She is an Accredited Practitioner at the Chartered Institute of Public Relations and a member of the Association of University Administrators. She sits on the ‘Mindful Employer’ Committee at the University of Oxford.

Nina holds a DPhil in Geography and the Environment from the University of Oxford. Prior to her current role, she was a Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham’s School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences. She was a leading author of the sixth Global Environmental Outlook (GEO-6) – the UNEP report ‘Healthy Planet, Healthy People’, linking environmental issues to health concerns, as well as a peer-reviewer for ‘Human Welfare’ e-Journal (Green Templeton College, Oxford) and a trainer in Education for Sustainable Development for the EU “Youth in Action” programme. She has advised the Oxford Student Disability Campaign on issues of unseen disabilities, delivered pro-bono fundraising consultancy to the Oxford Student Mindfulness Society and the KEEN charity for children with mental health difficulties. Nina is a member of the Oxford Academic Health Science Network, the TORCH Medical Humanities Programme and the Bipolar UK Commission (prospective). Her interdisciplinary research interests include well-being and mental health benefits from heritage sites, representation of mental illness in the arts and ethnography of NHS mental healthcare. She is a frequent participant at science festivals, such as Curiosity Carnival and IF Festival.

In her spare time, Nina leads thematic sightseeing tours, ranging from Oxford traditions to outstanding female scholars in Oxford. Her tours were a featured attraction in the British Science Week and the International Women’s Festival. She has designed specialised ‘History of Medicine in Oxford’ and ‘Mindfulness’ walks, and she is currently developing tours for visually impaired people. She also volunteers as a tour guide for the Oxford Preservation Trust.