Sanjay Popat

Profile

I am a Chartered Organizational Psychologist and Postdoctoral Research Fellow specializing in occupational stress, well-being and mental health. My work focuses on how these phenomena occur over time. I have a particular passion for developing evidence-based strategies to improve well-being while raising awareness of mental health and psychology more broadly. I hold a PhD in Organizational Psychology from the University of Leeds, where I won the award for most outstanding PhD/contribution to the discipline. I also received the prestigious Grigor McClelland Award for the best PhD in the field globally in 2024, and was shortlisted as a candidate for Forbes 30 under 30 Europe in the Science & Healthcare category. My PhD research partnered with the NHS and has been widely disseminated in both national and international press, including The Guardian, Forbes, Yahoo Finance, and iNews, as well as in print, online, and televised in Germany, India, and Nigeria. My work has been presented at worldwide conferences, TEDx talks and various other platforms. Additionally, it has become Google's featured snippet for search terms related to junior doctors and stress and was published by UK parliament.

HONOURS & AWARDS

Grigor McClelland Doctoral Dissertation Award (Journal Of Management Studies/EGOS)

Outstanding PhD Academic Performance Prize (Leeds University Business School)

The Society for the Advancement of Management Studies Prize/Journal of Management Studies Prize (Journal Of Management Studies, SAMS)

Marks & Spencer's Student Research Prize for Corporate Social Responsibility (Marks & Spencer)

Deans Performance Prize for Academic Excellence (Leeds University Business School)

Oxford University Press Prize for Organisational Behaviour (Oxford University Press)

Forbes 30 under 30 Shorlist: Science and Healthcare (Forbes)

Research interests

Occupational Stress & Wellbeing, Chronic Job Stressors, Temporality, Diary Methods

Qualifications

• PhD Organizational Psychology/Management
• MSc Business Psychology (Distinction)
• BA Management (1st Class)

Professional memberships

• Chartered Psychologist (British Psychological Society)
• Associate Fellow (Higher Education Academy)
• British Psychological Society Media Spokesperson

Student education

I have taught, marked, and assessed across a wide range of modules including LUBS 1850 Organisational Behaviour, LUBS 2910 Management Research and Analysis, and the Access to Leeds Programme