Filip Marzecki is a PhD student in the Department of Psychology and the Social Genetic & Developmental Psychiatry (SGDP) Centre, investigating how experiencing violence relates to mental health. He completed his degrees in Psychology (BSc) and Developmental Psychology and Psychopathology (MSc) at King's College London. During his PhD, he has also worked at the Douglas Research Centre, McGill University.

Filip specialises in genetically informed research methods, such as twin methods, as well as epidemiology methods, such as longitudinal cohort studies. He has a keen interest in mixed methods research, notably incorporating qualitative methods into twin research.

Research interests

• Mental Health Inequalities
• Critical Psychiatry
• Depression
• Self-harm

Teaching

Filip is a graduate teaching assistant (GTA) on the Psychology BSc and Developmental Psychology and Psychopathology MSc.

He teaches on the undergraduate 2nd year “Origins of Individual Differences” and “Philosophy of Psychology” modules, as well as the undergraduate 3rd year “Behavioural Genetics” module. At the SGDP, he supports the dissertation module for the MSc programme.