Seminar and Workshops organised by Centre of Excellence in the Social Sciences

The title of the presentation is 

Are citizens of resilient states also resilient to conspiracy theories? The association between state resilience and COVID-19, climate change related and generic conspiracy beliefs.

The Interdisciplinary Seminar in Empirical Social Science will take place on 27 November (Wednesday) from 1:15 p.m. to 2:15 p.m.

Please come in person to the Old Library of the University of Warsaw / Main Campus/ Room 308 (Krakowskie Przedmieście 26/28). 

The abstract of the talk can be found on the ISESS website:

https://cess.idub.uw.edu.pl/en/isess/seminar/

The seminar will not be broadcast online. Registration is not required. The seminar will be conducted in English.

Speaker Bio

Theofilos Gkinopoulos is an assistant professor at the Behavior in Crisis Lab-Institute of Psychology of the Jagiellonian University and a visiting lecturer in mixed methods at the University of Warsaw (Faculty of Psychology). He has obtained his BSc in Psychology from Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences in Greece and a PhD in Social Psychology from the University of Surrey (UK). He conducted postdoctoral research at the Centre for Inequalities of the University of Greenwich (UK) and the Department of Political Sciences (University of Crete). His current research focuses on understanding the intradividual and intergroup antecedents and consequences of people’s beliefs, including conspiracy beliefs, and behaviors in times of crises. He has also been guest (co)editor of three special issues on intergroup apologies, morality and social norms.

The workshop entitled

Introduction to Qualitative Interviews and Sensitive Interviewing Techniques and Thematic Analysis of the Interview Content 

will be held on 28 November (Thursday) from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the building of Applied Linguistics and the Modern Languages Faculties, Warsaw, Dobra 55 (room 1.132).

Description of the workshop can be found on the ISESS website:

https://cess.idub.uw.edu.pl/en/isess/workshops/

Please note that registering for the workshop is required. Registration is open until 20 November. Please note that places are limited. Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis.

The registration form is available until 24 November at:

https://forms.gle/pHKSu2vFHCdTTW8d9

Speaker Bio

Theofilos Gkinopoulos is an assistant professor at the Behavior in Crisis Lab-Institute of Psychology of the Jagiellonian University and a visiting lecturer in mixed methods at the University of Warsaw (Faculty of Psychology). He has obtained his BSc in Psychology from Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences in Greece and a PhD in Social Psychology from the University of Surrey (UK). He conducted postdoctoral research at the Centre for Inequalities of the University of Greenwich (UK) and the Department of Political Sciences (University of Crete). His current research focuses on understanding the intradividual and intergroup antecedents and consequences of people’s beliefs, including conspiracy beliefs, and behaviors in times of crises. He has also been guest (co)editor of three special issues on intergroup apologies, morality and social norms.