Abdelilah Ljamai

Profile

Abdelilah Ljamai is an Associate Professor at the University of Humanistic Studies Utrecht, The Netherlands. Areas: anthropology of religion and psychology. 

Teaching Experience:
1995-2000    : Research Assistant, University of Tilburg, Medieval and Early Modern Iberia.
1995-2005    : University Lecturer, the Holland Academy, Diemen, Alienation in the contemporary encounter of Western culture and Islam, anthropology of religion and Islamic psychology.
2002-2005    : University Lecturer and researcher, University of Tilburg, Islamic movement in the West, Legislative history of the Qu’ran.
2006             : University Lecturer, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Spirituality of Islam.
2006-2008    : University Lecturer, University of Utrecht, Master’s in World Religions in Dialogue and Confrontation.
2009             : University Lecturer, the Erasmus Academy, Brussels,  Anthropology of religion.
Since 2010   : Associate professor, Utrecht University: University of Humanistic Studies Utrecht, The Netherlands,  Humanism and Islam, Methodology, Resilience.

This is an overview of his most important fields of expertise.

1. Anthropology of Religion (especially in the context of Comparative Religious in worldviews Studies)
2. Psychology, especially in the areas of cognitive psychology, development of personality Traits and Emotional Intelligence.
3. Psychological and Anthropological Assessments (PAA).
3. Methodology, especially the development of methods and curricula for academic institutions (Amsterdam, Tilburg, Brussels and Utrecht universities)
4. Humanism, especially the intellectual interaction between Islam and Humanism.
5. Development of several programs such as: Behavioral Change Program (BCP), De-radicalization Program for Muslim Youths, Developing New Leaders, Corporate and Transformational Leadership, Japanese Speed Reading, Education skills, Critical thinking, Strategic thinking and Planning, Orphans and Volunteers programs.
6. Senior trainer, coach and strategic consultant in the following fields:
Dynamics of strategic analysis, Executive leadership development, Future planning & Scenario-based strategy, Transformology program, Health & Safety behavior, Environmental awareness, Corporate values, Operational excellence, Education, Talent youth transformation, Business-related challenges (Recruitment & Selection), Working with stories
Ljamai is certified as trainer, coach and consultant from The Canadian Institute of Stress and of the Hans Selye Foundation (Vital Organization Program)
Outside of teaching at the university, he is since 2006 the founder and developer of TransformingTool which is based on scientific behavior theories: www.transformingtool.com