The Life Project, built for long-term creation.

An independent interdisciplinary project focused on science communication, research discussion, community-based learning, and creative intellectual work.

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8Project areas, one project identity

2,000Members in a community administered for nearly 18 months

100,000+Total advertising views across platforms

5Digital products built: 4 games and 1 app

Introduction

The Life Project

An interdisciplinary project focused on science communication, community-based learning, and creative public engagement.

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Interdisciplinary by design

Psychology, cognitive science, neuroscience, media, games and technology are developed side by side, so each area strengthens the others.

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Creative public work

Each domain produces creative, public-facing output: a podcast, games, an app, study materials and community gatherings.

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Specialized lines

Beyond general work, the project develops specialized lines in technology and in selected research areas, discussed case by case.

Project

Project structure

The Life Project currently uses more than 35 conceptual project items to map its long-term internal structure. These are project categories, not separately incorporated organizations.

Project areas

Publicly shown items are a high-level map. Internal roles, experiments and structures may evolve as the project develops.

Psychology & Behavior Academic Research Media & Content Production Relations & Networking Gaming & Gamification Technology, Innovation & Future Economy, Resources & Work Product & Branding

Portfolio & Services

Research & Collaboration

This section describes the project’s independent research-oriented work, creative experiments and collaboration paths.

RESEARCH · DEVELOPMENT · COLLABORATION

Project Development

Coordinating research discussions, content development, collaborations, and knowledge-sharing activities as the project continues to develop.

Current Research Future Development Research Technical Work Experiments Development Notes

Independent Development Model

The project is developed independently. Public material is informational and developmental. Services connected to the project are provided by Navid Shams as an individual; any activity requiring registration or licensing would be addressed separately under the applicable requirements.

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Current Research

Research, writing, prototypes and creative development are currently exploratory and independent.

Future Development

Future activities may expand as the project matures. Any activity requiring registration, licensing or a separate legal structure, including employment, fundraising or regulated services, will be launched only after the applicable legal and administrative requirements are addressed.

Portfolio

What The Life Project has built, released and run so far.

Telegram Games

GAMES

Four free games: Baqa 1 (text-based survival strategy), a war-game simulator, a sports-game simulator and a full-scale Mafia game, all available on the project’s Telegram channels.

The Life Project App

APP

One app with every section of the project embedded: research, media, games and community in a single place.

Telegram Bots

BOTS

Bot systems for community operations, project support and structured automation, built with Python, Aiogram and SQLite.

Websites & Browser Games

WEB

Websites and interactive browser games in HTML, CSS and JavaScript, including this website and navid-shams.com.

Psychology Notes & Guides

STUDY

A comprehensive collection of psychology study notes, from biological psychology to other subfields; psychology notes for the national university entrance exam (Konkur); and a separate Historical Psychology guide.

Podcast & Dispatch

MEDIA

The interdisciplinary podcast, with the introductory and first episodes on Buzzsprout, Spotify, Castbox and YouTube, and Dispatch, a seasonal collection.

Community & Gatherings

COMMUNITY

LifeCraft, a Telegram life-simulation community of about 2,000 members administered for nearly 18 months, and four gatherings: English & IELTS (AI; Money), a film-viewing session with analysis, and Psychology Learning and Research.

Advertising Campaigns

BRAND

Campaigns for the project’s initiatives that reached more than 100,000 combined views across domestic and international platforms.

Services

Services & Orders

All services are provided by Navid Shams as a natural person, under his own name. The Life Project is a project name and a platform for independent activity, not a separate legal entity; service agreements are made directly with Navid Shams.

General Services

Educational, research, content and executive services across the project’s fields.

Writing, editing and review of scientific, specialized and general texts
Research support, source search, literature review and information organization
Study notes, packages, slides and educational content, including a comprehensive collection of psychology notes, Konkur psychology notes and a Historical Psychology guide
Translation and text preparation
Scientific, educational, media and analytical content
Services related to psychology, cognitive science and interdisciplinary fields
Planning and development of projects and group activities
Design and execution of games, interactive systems and gamification ideas
Design and development of tools and digital products: websites, apps and bots

Specialized Services

Projects and requests with a defined subject and need, reviewed independently. Feasibility, method and scope are set after an initial review.

Research-oriented work in selected areas
Dedicated solutions related to raw reality science
Studies of anomalous and cognitive experiences
Use of advanced technological tools

Custom Services

Beyond general and specialized services, dedicated services designed around your idea or need.

Services designed for individuals, groups and projects
A combination of research, educational, technical, media and executive services
Defined as one independent order from an idea or a specific need
Scope, steps, cost and timeline agreed before work begins

How ordering works

Submit

Send the subject, a description of your need and the expected output by private message.

Review

An initial review checks feasibility and fit.

Agree

Scope, steps, cost and timeline are agreed before any work starts.

Deliver

Work is delivered and revised within the agreed scope.

Requests & Orders

Samples and past work are available in the portfolio above and on the project’s channels; more information is provided directly on request. Send your request by private message on Telegram, through Contra or by email.

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Work

Project areas in practice

What each area of The Life Project has produced so far.

Psychology & Behavior

Research discussion, public psychology content and evidence-based approaches to mind, brain, cognition and mental health.

Academic Research

Literature review, research questions, methodological planning and academic writing, connected to the interdisciplinary research culture around the project.

Media & Content Production

The interdisciplinary podcast (introductory and first episodes published), the Dispatch seasonal/monthly collection, episode structures and speaker coordination.

Relations & Networking

Collaboration across individuals, institutions, academic communities and cultural centers. Gatherings so far: English & IELTS (AI; Money), a film-viewing gathering with analysis, and Psychology Learning and Research, Session 1.

Gaming & Gamification

Four free Telegram games (Baqa 1 text strategy, war-game simulator, sports-game simulator, full-scale Mafia) plus browser games in HTML, CSS and JavaScript.

Technology, Innovation & Future

The Life Project App with all project sections inside, psychological mini-apps and mini-games, and Telegram bots built with Python, Aiogram and SQLite.

Economy, Resources & Work

Study notes, presentations and academic packages, including a comprehensive collection of psychology study notes (from biological psychology to other subfields), psychology notes for Konkur and a separate Historical Psychology guide, developed in the project’s framework.

Product & Branding

Product positioning, brand identity and advertising campaigns that reached more than 100,000 combined views across domestic and international platforms.

Community: LifeCraft

A Telegram life-simulation and gamified community of about 2,000 members, co-founded and administered for nearly 18 months, built around text-based strategic challenges.

Development & collaboration flow

Development & Collaboration Flow

This is the general path for reviewing public material and discussing limited research or project collaboration.

Select an item Review the research, development, media or collaboration item relevant to you.

Choose your path Visitors, researchers and collaborators can follow the path that matches their interest.

Prepare context Prepare the research topic, project context, collaboration question or portfolio request.

Contact Use the public contact and portfolio channels below.

Discuss next steps Any next step depends on the nature of the request and, where applicable, the legal or institutional requirements of the activity.

Contact & Portfolio

Professional communication, academic channels, selected public work and full portfolio access.

For academic collaboration, research communication, science writing, project development, service requests and professional opportunities. References and supporting records are available upon request.

Legal Notice

Status, Scope & Legal Limits

Please read this notice before relying on any information or service presented on this website.

Individual capacity

All materials and services on this website are provided by Navid Shams as a natural person, under his own name. The Life Project is a project name and a platform for independent activity; it is not a separate legal entity, company, institute or registered association, and project areas are internal categories. Service agreements and orders are made directly with Navid Shams. This website creates no employment, agency, partnership or representation relationship with any person or institution.

Scope of services

General, specialized and custom services are provided on request. After an initial review, scope, steps, cost and timeline are agreed, and no order begins without that prior agreement. No result, grade, admission, publication or specific achievement is guaranteed, and nothing on this website is an offer that binds the author before such an agreement is made. Any research involving human participants requires appropriate ethical review and informed consent.

No clinical or professional advice

Educational and research activities do not include therapeutic, psychotherapy, clinical-diagnostic or other regulated professional services that require a license, and nothing here is medical, psychological or legal advice. Educational and psychology-related content is for general information only and does not replace consultation with a qualified, licensed professional.

Emergencies

This website is not a crisis, emergency or clinical service. If you or someone else is in danger or in crisis, contact local emergency services or a qualified professional immediately.

Academic integrity

Academic and scholarly support is provided within the principles of research ethics and academic integrity. It does not include completing assessed assignments in place of the client or submitting them in the client’s name. Clients remain responsible for complying with the rules of their own institutions and publishers.

Affiliations & third parties

Universities, laboratories, organizations, programs, publications and individuals are named only to describe study, training, participation or collaboration. Such references imply no endorsement, sponsorship or responsibility on their part for this website or its services, and the views and materials presented here are the author’s own. Third-party names, marks and media remain the property of their respective owners.

Intellectual property

Materials created by Navid Shams are protected to the extent permitted by applicable law and may not be copied, redistributed or reused without prior written permission. Nothing on this website grants a license unless expressly stated in writing.

Privacy, links & updates

This website has no forms, accounts or analytics of its own; your browser stores only a language preference. Fonts load from Google Fonts, and hosting providers may log technical request data. Messages sent by email, Telegram, Contra or other channels are handled under those platforms’ policies and used only to respond. External links lead to sites the author does not control. Information reflects the author’s records at the time of publication and may be updated without notice.

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