Genetic Social Psychology Lab

General Information:


The Genetic Social Psychology Lab at the University of Cyprus is run by Dr. Charis Psaltis and Dr. Irini Kadianaki. Our research projects seek to understand the social-psychological processes that underlie issues of change, inter-subjective contact and communication, especially with regards to the contexts of immigration and divided societies as well as learning and cognitive development in the educational context.

Some of the issues we are particularly interested in are: microgenesis, ontogenesis and sociogenesis of social representations, coping with stigma and racism, symbolic mediation in human change and development, links between social representations and identity, collective memory and history teaching, the social dynamics of asymmetries in social interaction and cognitive development, nationalism, co-operation and conflict. To approach our questions we employ both quantitative and qualitative methodology.



Research Programs


2023

HORIZON-CL2-2022-DEMOCRACY-01-05 (€ 3.366.872): Project title: OppAttune: Countering oppositional political extremism through attuned dialogue: track, attune, limit. Scientific Coordinators: Kesi Mahendran, Umut Korkut. Administrative coordinator: Xenia Chryssochoou. Partner: UCY Coordinator: Irini Kadianaki.

https://oppattune.eu/about-oppattune/



2020

EASP Seedcorn Grant (€ 3.000): Project title: The patient’s perspective: Studying written complaints addressed to Cyprus’ Public Healthcare Units. Principal investigator: Irini Kadianaki.

2019-2022

Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (HFRI/€ 175.355): Project title: Misrepresenting social inequality: diversity, identities and politics in a comparative context (DIVIDE-IN)”. Principal Investigator: Tilemachos Iatridis, University of Crete. Collaborator: Irini Kadianaki.

2019-2022

European Asylum, Migration and Integration Funds (AMIF: CY/2019/AMIF/S02.N02.5/€149.999): National Plan for Migrants’ Integration: The project will design and evaluate a National Plan for the Integration of Migrants in Cyprus. Scientific Coordinator: EEO Group A.E. Partner: UCY, Irini Kadianaki.


ERC Consolidator Grant HONORLOGIC The cultural logic of honour and social interaction: a cross-cultural comparison. Leading the Cyprus research team of an International Consortium centrally directed by Ayse Uskul of KENT University (ERC Consolidator Grant) https://honorlogic.org/  (2019-2024)


Charis Psaltis Partner in the Consortium responsible for the design of the National Plan for the Integration of Immigrants in Cyprus CY/2019/AMIF/SO2.NO2.5  (2019-2022) https://tcnintegration.com.cy/en/



2018-2022

MediaCrisis (IΠΕ-Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation)/POST-DOC (€ 119.960). Project Title: Media and the European Refugee-representations, practices and reception in the digital era. Principal Investigator: Maria Avraamidou. Scientific supervisor: Irini Kadianaki.

 European Social Survey Charis Psaltis  Appointed Fieldwork manager and National Coordinator for Cyprus for European Social Survey Round 10 by the Deputy Ministry Of Research, Innovation And Digital Strategy  (2020-2021)


INTERVICT PROJECT – semi-structured interviews with Cyprus reparations beneficiaries (ECHR decision cyprus vs. Turkey, 2014). Charis Psaltis mentoring the work of post-doctoral researcher Dr Dora Georgiou in collaboration with Tillburg University (2019-2020).
Examining the impact of reparative interventions of the Global Survivor’s Fund (GSF): Guinea Funded by MUKWEGE Foundation. Mentoring the work of post-doctoral researcher Dr Dora Georgiou in collaboration with The Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement (NSCR) (2020-2021).


 #CyprusPeace: Representing and discussing the negotiations for the Cyprus Problem online. Project manager of Post-Doctoral Fellowship Onisilos Charis Psaltis Mentoring Dr Christiana Karayianni. (2020-2021).
Global Crises, Common Problems, Collective Solutions, Anna Lindh Foundation Grant. Acronym    ALF/CFP/2020/IRP/12 (PI Dimitris Triantafillou ). Partner at University of Cyprus Charis Psaltis  (2020-2021).
ERC Starting Grant   OWNERS is a 5-year research project funded by a European Research Council (ERC) Starting Grant awarded to Dr. Borja Martinović at Utrecht University, the Netherlands. The project examines collective psychological ownership (CPO) - a sense that a territory belongs to one's ethnic group. Leading the Cyprus research team of the consortium. Ownership Claims in Conflict Regions – Project Owners (owners-ercproject.eu) (2017-2022)



Hellenic Observatory of L.S.E. Youth and Politics in Protracted Conflicts: A comparative approach on hope for a settlement and return of IDPs (PI Charis Psaltis) (2019-2020).


 Two year grant from A. G. Leventis Foundation. The Internally Displaced in Cyprus and Return Intentions: Social Psychological, Sociological and Political Determinants.(PI Charis Psaltis) (2017-2018).



2015-2018

Horizon 2020-2014-EURO-SOCIETY-2014 (€ 2.724.467). “Between the representation of the crisis and the crisis of representation. How crisis changed the symbolic background of European societies and identities. Implication for policies and policy making”. Project leader: Association of Local Democracy Agencies (ALDA). Scientific Management: Dr. Sergio Salvatore. Partner: UCY Coordinator: Irini Kadianaki.

http://www.recrire.eu/

 

Lifelong Learning project "Assessment, tutorial structures and initial teacher education of trainee students in the subjects Political/Civic Education, Social/Cultural Studies and History in Europe - A comparative study on Structures and Standards of Initial Training for History Teachers in Europe".

PENEK 0609/30, The effect of gender and epistemic authority on children's social relations, conversations and cognitve development (Young research and PhD student Anna Zapiti supervised by Charis Psaltis)

COST Action IS 1205 Social psychological dynamics of historical representations in the enlarged European Union (Participation of Charis Psaltis in Management Committee)