Michalina Szczęsna

Instytut Psychologii, Polska Akademia Nauk

mszczesna@psych.pan.pl

 Recently graduated in Psychology from the SWPS University in Warsaw, where she specialised in social psychology. In her Masters thesis, she examined the issue of stereotype threat among childless women. Also holds a BA in Cultural Studies from the University of Warsaw, where she researched the topic of violence in performative art.

Her research interests include the broad scope of social psychology - mainly political and cross-cultural psychology. She is especially drawn to questions of the sources of collective violence, the issue of political polarisation, correlates of the Dark Triad, as well as searching for the roots of prejudice and stereotypes.