Institutions: University of Pécs (Hungary) & La Sapienza University of Rome (Italy)
Email: amjad.subas@edu.pte.hu · subas.amjad@uniroma1.it
Research Areas: Social Representations · Decolonial Theory · Peace Psychology
My name is Subas Ali. I am an Assistant Lecturer and a PhD Candidate jointly affiliated with the University of Pécs (Hungary) and La Sapienza University of Rome (Italy), as part of the Joint Doctoral Program in Social Representations, Culture and Communication.
My research examines decolonisation, social representations, and the geopolitics of knowledge (production), focusing on how psychology and academia reproduce or resist colonial power. Broadly, I am interested in collective action and the affective and symbolic dimensions of violence in political and revolutionary movements. My work also looks at how communities articulate resistance in light of systemic oppression, and how emotions such as anger and hope become mobilising forces for (social) change.
Additionally, I draw on Dialogical Self Theory and use autoethnography as a reflexive and decolonial methodological approach to explore identity, positionality, and selfhood from within these power structures. As an academic activist, my goal is to engage in scholarship that remains politically conscious and aligned with the principles for which I advocate.
I teach and supervise undergraduate courses in social psychology, while my doctoral research examines decolonial represenations and positionalities within wider academic structures.
Education:
• Joint PhD in Social Representations, Culture and Communication — University of Pécs (Hungary) & La Sapienza University of Rome (Italy), 2022–ongoing
• MA in Clinical and Health Psychology — Eötvös Loránd University (Budapest, Hungary), 2019–2021
• BA in Psychology — University of Pécs (Hungary), 2016–2019
| Conference | Title / Session | Role | Location | Organisation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The 17th International Conference on Social Representations (CIRS) | — | Presenter | Brest, France | Université de Bretagne Occidentale | 7–12 Jul 2025 |
| Alternate Routes Conference — Starting Over: Mass Politics and the Future of the Left | — | Presenter | Naples, Italy | University of Naples Federico II | 27–30 May 2025 |
| Joint PhD — Winter School | — | Presenter | Venice, Italy | Università Ca’ Foscari | 17–23 Mar 2025 |
| Joint PhD — Summer School | — | Presenter | Aix-en-Provence, France | Université d’Aix-Marseille | 31 Aug - 6 Sep 2025 |
| Second International Conference on Critical Peace Studies | — | Presenter | Lahore, Pakistan | University of Management and Technology | 6 Aug 2025 |
| Conference | Title / Session | Role | Location | Organisation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ESA 2024 Conference — Tension, Trust and Transformation | — | Presenter | Porto, Portugal | European Sociological Association | 26 Aug – 1 Sep 2024 |
| Joint PhD — Summer School | — | Presenter | Iași, Romania | Alexandru Ioan Cuza University | 7–12 Jul 2024 |
| XIX PhD Meeting in Psychology — Imagining the (Im)Possible: The Role of Psychology in Linking Past, Present and Future Challenges | — | Presenter | Lisbon, Portugal | CIS-Iscte Centre for Psychological Research and Social Intervention | 23–24 May 2024 |
| Joint PhD — Winter School | — | Presenter | Lecce, Italy | The University of Salento | 13–18 Feb 2024 |
| Conference | Title / Session | Role | Location | Organisation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18th International Symposium on the Contributions of Psychology to Peace — Forms of Solidarity | Deconstruct, Reconstruct, Decolonise — Decolonisation of Knowledge/Reality | Presenter | Pécs, Hungary | University of Pécs | 27 Aug – 1 Sep 2023 |
| 18th International Symposium on the Contributions of Psychology to Peace — Forms of Solidarity | Role of Psychology in Peace | Roundtable Moderator | Pécs, Hungary | University of Pécs | 27 Aug – 1 Sep 2023 |
| 18th International Symposium on the Contributions of Psychology to Peace — Forms of Solidarity | — | Organiser | Pécs, Hungary | University of Pécs | Dec 2022 – Aug 2023 |
| Conference | Title / Session | Role | Location | Organisation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17th Symposium on the Contributions of Psychology to Peace — Peace Psychology and Global Challenges in 2022 | — | Attendee | Australia / New Zealand | International Network for Peace Psychology | 17–19 Nov 2022 |
| Subject Name | Credit | Lecturer | Course Details | Organisation | Duration / Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Research Practice I | 5 | Subas A. Ali | Supervision | University of Pécs | 1st Semester (2024) |
| Assessment of Attitudes | 4 | Subas A. Ali | Seminar | University of Pécs | 1st Semester (2024) |
| Social Psychology II (Class 1) | 4 | Subas A. Ali | Seminar | University of Pécs | 2nd Semester (2024) |
| Social Psychology II (Class 2) | 4 | Subas A. Ali | Seminar | University of Pécs | 2nd Semester (2024) |
| Critical Psychology | 3 | Subas A. Ali | Elective Seminar | University of Pécs | 2nd Semester (2024) |
| Peace Psychology | 3 | Subas A. Ali | Elective Seminar | University ofPécs | 2nd Semester (2024) |
| Research Practice II | 5 | Subas A. Ali | Supervision | University of Pécs | 1st Semester (2025) |
| Critical Psychology | 3 | Subas A. Ali | Elective Seminar | University of Pécs | 1st Semester (2025) |
| Occupational Socialization | 4 | Subas A. Ali | Lecture | University of Pécs | 1st Semester (2025) |
| Assessment of Attitudes | 4 | Subas A. Ali | Seminar | University of Pécs | 1st Semester (2025) |
| Subject Name | Credit | Lecturer | Course Details | Organisation | Duration / Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment of Attitudes | 4 | Subas Amjad, Seigler Anna | Seminar | University of Pécs | 1st Semester (2024) |
| Research Practice I | 5 | Subas Amjad, Seigler Anna | Supervision | University of Pécs | 1st Semester (2024) |
| Peace Psychology | N/A | Dr. Sara Bigazzi | Elective Seminar | University of Pécs | 2nd Semester (2023) |
| Social Psychology I | N/A | Dr. Sara Bigazzi | Seminar | University of Pécs | 2nd Semester (2023) |
| Research Practice I | N/A | Dr. Sara Bigazzi | Supervision | University of Pécs | 2nd Semester (2023) |
| Peace Psychology | N/A | Dr. Sara Bigazzi | Elective Seminar | University of Pécs | 2nd Semester (2022) |
| Social Psychology I | N/A | Dr. Sara Bigazzi | Seminar | University of Pécs | 2nd Semester (2022) |
| Research Practice I | N/A | Dr. Sara Bigazzi | Supervision | University of Pécs | 2nd Semester (2022) |
| Research Practice II | N/A | Dr. Sara Bigazzi | Supervision | University of Pécs | 2nd Semester (2022) |
Email: amjad.subas@edu.pte.hu · subas.amjad@uniroma1.it
Office: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Pécs
Links: Google Scholar · ORCID