Theofilos Gkinopoulos is an assistant professor at the Institute of Psychology of the Jagiellonian University. Since 2022 he has also been a visiting professor at the University of Warsaw (Faculty of Psychology) and a visiting researcher at the Polish Academy of Science (Identification with All Humanity Lab).

His research interests focus on understanding the intraindividual and intergroup antecedents and consequences of people’s beliefs and behaviors in times of crises. More specifically, a recent strand of his research is related to the psychology of conspiracy beliefs and trust in science.

He has conducted research about several crisis contexts, such as natural disasters and bushfires (e.g., Gkinopoulos, 2022; Gkinopoulos and Mari, 2022), economic crisis (e.g., Gkinopoulos & Hegarty, 2018; Pantazi et al., 2022), COVID-19 (e.g., Gkinopoulos et al., 2022; Van Bavel et al., 2022), climate change (e.g., Vlasceanu et al., in press), as well as traumatic rifts following conspiracy beliefs in unprecedented events (e.g. Bilewicz et al., 2019).

Finally, he has been co-editor of three so far special issues on the social psychology of political apologies (in collaboration with Juliette Schaafsma [Tilburg University, Netherlands] and Thia Sagherian-Dickey [Durham University, UK]); on morality and ethical conduct in groups politics and society (in collaboration with Stefano Pagliaro [University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy] and Maria Giuseppina-Pacilli [University of Perugia, Italy]) and on social norms and peace (in collaboration with Islam Borinca [University of Groninghen, Netherlands] and Mario Sainz-Martinez [National University of Distance Education, Spain]).

The full list of his publications can be found >>here<<.