Research projects
SAFER – Support & Awareness for Female fans in European football through Research, prevention, and remedy
Supporters and a cross section of experts and football stakeholders work together to tackle gender-based violence and discrimination in the game by establishing prevention and remedy mechanisms for football fans and other match attendees. The project achieves its aims through: researching the extent of gender-based violence within football stadia and match-related activities and promoting good […]
RE-WIRING – Realising Girls’ and Women’s Inclusion, Representation and Empowerment
This interdisciplinary research is committed to identifying the structural root causes of gendered power hierarchies in European countries and beyond. Its’ goal is to create sustainable change that prevents and reverses existing gender inequalities.
Masculinity Navigator – unpacking the relationship between masculine roles, well-being, and gender equality (EQUAMAN)
How do men understand gender equality in different cultural contexts? How do boys and men perceive their masculine gender roles? How are gender roles developed throughout adolescence? And how do gender equality and masculine gender roles help or hinder men in experiencing well-being? These are the main concerns of the project that investigates the topic […]
Individual differences and support for group violence: The role of disinhibition, boldness and meanness
The goal of the project is to integrate results of research about violent behaviors, conducted from the perspective of both personality trait analyses and social psychology. By additionally examining the role of group consciousness, perceived group norms and self-interest in the personality–collective action relationship, we reach for a better understanding of the motivation to accept, […]
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 wrogdoings? This project investigated such questions through variables like identity fusion and personality traits.
When voluntary accommodation gives strength to act: Consequences of feeling of oneness with a group for perception of the Self and out-groups’ members
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PAR Migration Navigator. Socio-cultural and Psychological Predictors of Work-Life Balance and Gender Equality – Cross-Cultural Comparison of Polish and Norwegian Families
This non-commercial research project aimed 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.
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.
Towards Gender Harmony. Understanding Relationship Between Masculinity Threat and Gender Equality Across Cultures
This project investigated what masculinity is and what is its contemporary content among many different cultures. Using both correlational and experimental methodologies it also analyzed factors threating to male identity across nations differing in gender equity.
Collective actions and migration: motivations, emotions, and cultural dimensions
This project investigated the determinants of both peaceful and radical collective action for migrant causes and factors contributing to motivation to join anti-immigrant movements. Funding from the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange allowed for Tomasz Besta’s stay at the Flinders University, Australia. Collaboration with Emma Thomas made it possible to conduct research in 22 […]