Research projects
INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES AND SUPPORT FOR GROUP VIOLENCE: The role of Disinhibition, Boldness and Meanness
This project seeks to bring together different psychological perspectives to explore what drives people to accept, support, or participate in radical and violent group actions. In the research we focus on three personality characteristics related to aggressive and violent behavior (i.e., disinhibition, boldness and meanness). The need to integrate research from social psychology and individual […]
EQUAMAN Masculinity Navigator: Exploration of the modern masculinity roles
The Masculinity Navigator project – unpacking the relationship between masculine roles, well-being, and gender equality (EQUAMAN), running from 2022 to 2025 in Poland and Norway, focuses on how men perceive gender equality and its impact on their well-being. Our interdisciplinary team of researchers explores how understanding gender roles can improve men’s well-being and what motivates […]
RE-WIRING: Against the discrimination towards women and girls
The RE-WIRING project is funded by Horizon Europe and its goal is to explore gender inequality from various perspectives. It launched in March 2023, and encompasses research across six countries — Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain, South Africa, Poland, and the UK. The project addresses, amongst others, pay disparities, the representation of men and women in […]
SAFER: The prevention of gender-based violence in football
The SAFER project (Support & Awareness for Female fans in European football through Research, prevention, and remedy) is a three-year initiative funded by Erasmus+ and led by Football Supporters Europe (FSE). The project is aimed to address gender-based violence and discrimination within European football particularly towards the team members and their spectators. SAFER engages many […]
Towards Gender Harmony. Understanding Relationship Between Masculinity Threat and Gender Equality Across Cultures
It has been 30 years since large cross-cultural study has been carried out testing the contemporary understanding of masculinity and femininity (Williams & Best, 1990). Our project undertakes such a study in at least 40 countries to see what men and women are like, what they should be and should do, and which behaviors and […]
Collective actions and migration: motivations, emotions, and cultural dimensions
The main aim of the proposed research project is to extend and advance previous research on collective action. We aim to do this by examining interplay between personality-level variables and cultural dimensions in predicting willingness to engage in collective actions directed to preserve the status quo and actions for social change. Focusing on important cultural and individual […]
Psychological and environmental determinants of urban quality of life
The main concern of this project was urban quality of life. Components analyzed were walkability, place attachment, perceived neighborhood disorder and collective action tendency. This project was granted to Michał Jaśkiewicz by SONATA 8 scheme by the National Science Centre in Poland. One of the outcomes of the research was the adaptation of a Polish […]
When voluntary accommodation gives strength to act: Consequences of feeling of oneness with a group for perception of the Self and out-groups’ members
When voluntary accommodation gives strength to act: Consequences of feeling of oneness with a group Research project objectives We proposed also three more specific goals related to exploration of relationships between distinct facets of group experience (i.e. feeling one with group members), and: 2) psychological variables related to the perceived self-efficacy and agency; 3) perceived self-concept […]
PAR Migration Navigator. Socio-cultural and Psychological Predictors of Work-Life Balance and Gender Equality – Cross-Cultural Comparison of Polish and Norwegian Families
PAR Migration Navigator was a non-commercial research project that aims to analyze processes unfolding at the crossroads of two cultures: Polish & Norwegian. In our research carried out between 2013-2016 we investigated how the similarities and differences between Polish and Norwegian societies influence the lives of individuals and couples who migrate between these two countries. […]
Identity fusion and its consequences for attitudes and behaviors
What makes a group worth dying for? Who accepts violence? What makes a person blind to their group’s wrongdoings? This project investigated such questions through variables like identity fusion and personality traits. Project was granted by National Science Centre to Tomasz Besta (no. 2011/01/D/HS6/02282). Conducted research allowed for international cooperation with team lead by William […]