Dr Aya Bayramova

Research Fellow

Email:: Aya.bayramova@bcu.ac.uk

Dr Aya Bayramova currently holds a research fellow position at Birmingham City University (BCU) and leads the research on ‘safety leading indicators’ for the UK government company National Highways (NH). She graduated with her MSc in Logistics and Supply Chain Management. Her doctoral work has developed a ground-breaking peer-reviewed approach for identifying leading indicators from qualitative and quantitative safety data. This work is currently being applied to turn theory into practice and generate leading indicators framework toolkit to expand the adoption from sandbox to organisation-wide.

Dr Bayramova has been in academia since 2021 and gone onto publishing her work in scientific journals and conference proceedings and has won numerous prestigious prizes for her work. Her first research publication was selected as ‘Buildings 2021 Best Paper Award’ (issued by Buildings MDPI-21.03.2023). Furthermore, in her first-ever participation in an international conference, Dr Bayramova was awarded 4 prizes (namely: Best Academic Paper Award; Best Overall First Time Presenter Award; Best Overall Youth Presentation U/35 Award; Best Youth Woman Presentation Award- issued by Nelson Mandela University in ‘Quantity Surveying Research Conference 2021’ virtual conference-10.11.2021).

Alongside her thesis work and publications, she has been involved in: supervising final dissertation works of students on undergraduate and postgraduate-taught degrees; mentoring newly joined cadre of PhD students; acting as peer-reviewer; and delivering under- and postgraduate lecture sessions. Dr Aya Bayramova’s teaching and lectures focus upon qualitative data analyses and particularly the use of computer-assisted qualitative analysis tools. Aya’s main areas of expertise are project management, safety management systems, sociotechnical systems thinking, proactive safety management, leading indicators, research methodology and practice.

Areas of Expertise

Qualifications

Research

Publications

Bayramova, A., Edwards, D. and Rillie, I. (2026). An exploration of safety analytics for proactivity in workplace safety using large language models. Quality and Quantity. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11135-026-02842-7

Bayramova, A. and Edwards, D.J. (2025). A study of objectivity and subjectivity in research methodology selection. Quality and Quantity, 60, pp. 5905–5931. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11135-025-02517-9

Alavi, H., Gordo-Gregorio, P., Forcada, N., Bayramova, A. and Edwards, D.J. (2024). AI-Driven BIM Integration for Optimizing Healthcare Facility Design. Buildings,14, 2354. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings14082354

Bayramova, A., Edwards, D.J., Roberts, C. and Rillie, I. (2024). Uncovering the genome of leading indicators from lagging indicators and normative documents: A proof-of-concept study. Journal of Safety Research, 91, 230–244. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsr.2024.08.015

Bayramova, A., Edwards, D.J., Roberts, C. and Rillie, I. (2024). Unravelling the Gordian knot of leading indicators. Safety Science, 177, 106603. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2024.106603

Bayramova, A., Edwards, D.J., Roberts, C. and Rillie, I. (2023). Enhanced safety in complex socio-technical systems via safety-in-cohesion. Safety Science,164, 106176. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2023.106176

Bayramova, A., Edwards, D.J., Roberts, C. and Rillie, I. (2023). Constructs of leading indicators: A synthesis of safety literature. Journal of Safety Research 85, 469–484. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsr.2023.04.015

Golzad, H., Teimoory, A., Mousavi, S.J., Bayramova, A. and Edwards, D.J. (2023). Mental Health Causation in the Construction Industry: A Systematic Review Employing a Psychological Safety Climate Model. Buildings,13, 2442. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13102442

Bayramova, A., Edwards, D.J. and Roberts, C. (2021). The Role of Blockchain Technology in Augmenting Supply Chain Resilience to Cybercrime. Buildings 11, 283. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings11070283