Xenia Chryssochoou, PhD

Professor of Social and Political Psychology
Department of Psychology
Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences

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Born 15/10/1966: Athens, Greece

Languages

Greek (native speaker), fluent speaker/writer of English, French, Italian

Prof. Xenia Chryssochoou obtained degrees in Psychology from the University of Athens and the University Rene Descartes-Paris V (PhD 1996). She has worked at different Universities in France, Switzerland and the United Kingdom before moving in 2004 at Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences where she is currently Professor of Social and Political Psychology and Director of the Social and Political Psychology lab. Her research interests concern the social psychological aspects of identity construction in liberal societies, issues of migration and multiculturalism and political participation. She has written extensively scientific papers and books and she has directed special issues and collective books on these subjects. She is a member of many international scientific societies and she has been a member of the Executive Committee and Secretary of the European Association of Social Psychology. She is currently vice-President of the Scientific Council of the Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (www.elidek.gr)

History of Employment

1991-1992  Teaching Assistant University of Lille III France
1992-1994  Teaching Assistant University René Descartes Paris V France
1994-1995  Associate Lecturer University René Descartes Paris V France
1996-1997  Associate Lecturer University Institute for Teacher Training Reims France
1997- 2003 Lecturer (permanent position) Department of Psychology University of Surrey UK
2003-2010  Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Panteion University
Sept. 2010- Professor of Social and Political Psychology, Department of Psychology, Panteion University

Research

Editorial Experience 

• Associate editor for the International Review of Social Psychology (2015-2018)
• Consulting editor for the Journal of Social and Political Psychology (2014-)
• Consulting Editor for the European Journal of Social Psychology (2002-2006)
• In the editorial team of Papers on Social Representations (2003-2010)
• Associate Editor for Psychology the Journal of the Hellenic Association of Psychology

-Guest editor (with Martyn Barrett) of a Special Issue for the Zeitschrift für Psychologie on
Political and Civic Engagement in Youth published in January 2018
-Section Editor for Social Psychology: Elsevier International Encyclopaedia for Social and
Behavioral Sciences (2nd Edition published in 2015)
-Guest editor of a Special Issue for the Journal of Community and Applied Social
Psychology. Social Changes in globalised societies and the redefinition of psychological
boundaries. Social Psychological Perspectives. September 2000 10(5)

-Direction of the series “Contemporary Societies” for Pedio Books since 2009

Publications

In total 2.299 citations Source Harzing’s Publish or Perish h-index=21 (March 2020)
Directions/Editing: 4 books
Books: one in English translated in Greek and Italian
Papers in Peer Reviewed Journals: 36 (17 since 2015)
Chapters in Books and Conference Proceedings: 24 (7 since 2015)

Participation in Programs funded by:

1. The European Science Foundation
2. INTAS-EU
3. Maison des Sciences de l’Homme
4. The General Secretariat of Research (Greece)
5. The Portuguese National Research Foundation
6. The European Union/co-financed by the Greek state (ESPA)
7. The Fundamental Rights Agency
8. Cost Action IS1205
9. The Greek National Inclusion Fund and the EU

National & International Research Responsibilities

• Vice President of the Scientific Council of the Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (ELIDEK), Responsible for social sciences
• Adviser for multiculturalism for the Council of Europe (2004-2005)
• Reviewer of research programs for different international agencies (Portugal Finland, Italy)

Teaching

Successfully supervised PhDs: 7
Current PhD Supervision, Panteion University: 4
External Examiner for PhDs : 23 in UK, Switzerland, Spain, France, Belgium and Greece
Director of the MSc “Social Psychology of Conflicts” Panteion University

Undergraduate Teaching

• Social Psychology laboratories
• Social and Political Psychology
• Psychology of Multicultural Societies and Migration
• Aspects political psychology in times of crisis

Conference Organization-Academic Visits and Conference Presentations

Conference Organization: 7
Academic Visits: 5 (Université Rene Descartes-Paris-V 2011, Université Libre de Bruxelles,
2005 Université de Lausanne 2003 and 2019; Graduate Centre City University of New York 2001; University of Trieste, 2001)
Invited Presentations and Keynote speeches: 23
Presentations in scientific conferences: 110

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