Bio

I received a Ph.D. from the University of Cologne (Germany) in 2012.

I study well-being and health, cynicism and trust, social perception and social relationships. I use a variety of methodological approaches, including online- and lab-experiments, cross-national surveys, longitudinal and intensive longitudinal designs, dyadic and linguistic analyses, and Big Data.

My work has been distinguished with the Rising Star Award from the Association of Psychological Science and is featured in many media outlets, including articles in the Harvard Business Review, the Times, Huffington Post and more.

I serve as Associate Editor at the European Journal of Social Psychology, as Editorial Board member of the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin and Social Psychological and Personality Science , and host a blog at Psychology Today.

 

Teaching

I have taught courses on work and organizational psychology,  social psychology and economic psychology at Tilburg University and University of Cologne. I have supervised over 50 Bachelor- and Master theses. 

Courses

Recent publications

  1. Expressions of doubt in online news discussions

    Evans, A. M., Stavrova, O., Rosenbusch, H., & Brandt, M. J. (2023). Expressions of doubt in online news discussions. Social Science Computer Review, 41(1), 163–180.
  2. What we tweet about when we tweet about taxes - A topic modelling app…

    Puklavec, Ž., Kogler, C., Stavrova, O., & Zeelenberg, M. (2023). What we tweet about when we tweet about taxes: A topic modelling approach. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 212, 1242-1254.
  3. Does a pandemic context attenuate people's negative perception and me…

    Ren, D., & Stavrova, O. (2023). Does a pandemic context attenuate people's negative perception and meta-perception of solitude? International Journal of Psychology, 58(2), 134-142.
  4. Cynical, but useful? - A lay beliefs perspective on cynical leaders' …

    Spiridonova, T., Stavrova, O., Evans, A., & van Beest, I. (2023). Cynical, but useful? A lay beliefs perspective on cynical leaders' ability to prevent antisocial behavior at work. Social Psychology, 54(5), 294-307.
  5. Estranged and unhappy? - Examining the dynamics of personal and relat…

    Stavrova, O., Pronk, T., & Denissen, J. (2023). Estranged and unhappy? Examining the dynamics of personal and relationship well-being surrounding infidelity. Psychological Science, 34(2), 143-169.

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