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Doc. Mgr. Sylvie Graf, Ph.D.

CONTACT

E-mail: sylvie.graf@psu.cas.cz

Web: http://www.psu.cas.cz/~sylvie.graf

http://www.psychologicky-vyzkum.cz/team.html
Brno Lab of Intergroup Processes

Address:
Institute of Psychology, University of Bern, Fabrikstrasse 8, 3012 Bern, Switzerland

Institute of Psychology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Veveri 97, Brno 602 00, Czech Republic

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Intergroup Contact Theory
Social Cognition in Intergroup Context
Language in Intergroup Context

EDUCATION

2016	Habilitation in Social Psychology, Masaryk University Habilitation Thesis: Czechs and Their Neighbors: Primary and Secondary Transfer Effect of Intergroup Contact in Five Central European Countries
2006 – 2010	Ph.D. studies at Masaryk University, Faculty of Social Studies, and Czech Academy of Sciences
6/2010	Ph.D. degree in Social Psychology (summa cum laude) Dissertation: Intergroup Attitudes and Contact in a Czech-Austrian Border Region Ph.D. degree in Social Psychology (summa cum laude) Dissertation: Intergroup Attitudes and Contact in a Czech-Austrian Border Region
2000 – 2006	MA studies at Masaryk University, Faculty of Arts
6/2006	MA degree in Psychology (summa cum laude) MA Thesis: Personality in Cultural Context

INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH VISITS & AWARDS

2017–2019	Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship by European Commission, University of Bern, Switzerland, supervised by Prof Sabine Sczesny
2018	International Collaboration Award for the book “Czechs and their neighbors: Intergroup attitudes and contact in Central Europe” by the Czech and Slovak Academy of Sciences
1–3/2016	International Short Visit by the Swiss National Science Foundation, collaborating with Prof Sabine Sczesny at the University of Bern, Switzerland
11/2015	Travel Grant by European Association of Social Psychology, University of Bern, Switzerland
6/2015	Otto Wichterle Award by the Czech Academy of Sciences for exceptionally outstanding young scientists at the Czech Academy of Sciences who remarkably contributed to the advancement of scientific knowledge in a given area of science
10/2014	Nomination for the Comenius Early Career Award granted by the European Federation of Psychologists’ Association to young academics from Europe who made an original contribution to psychology as a science by the Union of Psychologists’ Associations of the Czech Republic
5/2014	Best Paper Award for "Nouns cut slices: Effects of linguistic forms on intergroup bias" by the International Association for Language and Social Psychology and SAGE Journal of Language and Social Psychology and SAGE Journal of Language and Social Psychology for the paper’s innovations, rigorous methodology, and its overall contribution to the development of the social psychology of language
11–12/2013	Short visit grant by ESCON2 sponsoring a research visit at Oxford Centre for the Study of Intergroup Conflict, University of Oxford, UK
10/2012–6/2013	Research visit at the University of Newcastle, Australia, sponsored by the Award for International Collaboration by the Czech Academy of Sciences and by the University of Newcastle’s Emerging Research Leadership Program awarded to Stefania Paolini and Mark Rubin
7/2012	2-week research visit at Oxford Centre for the Study of Intergroup Conflict, University of Oxford, UK
9/2007–3/2008	Research Scholarship awarded by the University of Zurich, Switzerland Experimental Study: Memory for Age-Related Information
1/2007–5/2008	European Ph.D. on Social Representations and Communication, Rome, Italy
6/2007	2-week research visit at Center for Inter-Group Relations, Friedrich Schiller University, Germany
8/2006	Scholarship awarded by European Association of Social Psychology, Summer School of Experimental Social Psychology, University of Padua, Italy
2004	Erasmus Scholarship, University of Aarhus, Denmark

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2017 – 2019	Institute of Psychology, University of Bern, Switzerland – Marie Curie Fellow, researcher
2018	Maternity leave
2016	Maternity leave
Since 2015	Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic – supervisor of PhD students
Since 2014	Intercultural Section of Czech-Moravian Psychological Society – head
Since 2014	Brno Lab of Intergroup Processes, Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno – founder and head
2009 – 2010	Faculty of Regional Development and International Studies, Mendel University, Brno, Czech Republic – lecturer
2009 – 2010	15th European Conference on Personality, Brno, Czech Republic – general secretary
Since 2008	Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic – associate lecturer, supervisor of MA students
Since 2008	Institute of Psychology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic – research fellow

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

European Association of Social Psychology

Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues

Czech-Moravian Psychological Society

- Head of Section for Intercultural Psychology

RESEARCH PROJECT FUNDED BY GRANT AGENCIES

2017-2018	Principal researcher of the project MSCA-IF-2015-EF 703495 IMMIGRANTS "The Effects of Media News about Immigrants on Majority’s Attitudes and Behaviors toward Immigrants" awarded by the European Commission (Horizon 2020), supervised by Prof Sabine Sczesny
2017-2019	Coauthor of and collaborator on a research project 17-14387S "The effect of intergroup contact on acculturation strategies and support for minority rights: A longitudinal perspective in majority and minority" awarded to PhDr. Martina Hřebíčková, Dr., DSc. by the Czech Science Foundation.
2013–2016	Principal researcher of the project 13-25656S "Determinants of Intergroup Relations: An Integrated Model of Intergroup Attitudes, Contact, Personality-, and Socially-Anchored Factors" awarded by the Czech Science Foundation.
2010–2013	Coauthor of and collaborator on a research project P407/10/2394 "Intergroup Attitudes and Contact in five Central European Countries" awarded to PhDr. Martina Hřebíčková, Dr., DSc. by the Czech Science Foundation.
2007–2009	Collaborator on a research project 406/07/1561 "Judgement of National Stereotypes in the Context of a Five-Factor Model" awarded to PhDr. Martina Hřebíčková, Dr., DSc. by the Czech Science Foundation.

PUBLICATIONS WITH IF

Graf, S., Linhartova, P., & Sczesny, S. (2019). The effects of news report valence and linguistic labels on prejudice against social minorities. Media Psychology, 10.1080/15213269.2019.1584571. IF = 2.574 (2017)

Rupar, M. & Graf, S. (2019). Different forms of intergroup contact with former adversary are linked to distinct reconciliatory acts through symbolic and realistic threat. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 49, 63–74. IF = 1.439 (2017)

Gardiner, G., Guillaume, E., Stauner, N., Bae, J., Han, G., ..., Graf, S., ... , & Funder, D.C. (2019). Assessing personality across 13 countries using the California Adult Q-set. International Journal of Personality Psychology, 5, 1–17.

Graf, S., Paolini, S., & Rubin, M. (2018). Does intimacy counteract or amplify the detrimental effects of negative intergroup contact on attitudes? Group Processes & Intergroup Relations,1177/1368430218767026. IF = 2.237 (2017)

Hřebíčková, M., Mõttus, R., Graf, S., Jelínek, M., & Realo, A. (2018). How accurate are national stereotypes? A test of different methodological approaches. European Journal of Personality, 32, 87–99. IF = 3.494 (2017)

Hřebíčková, M., Graf, S., Tegdes, T., & Brezina, I. (2017). We are the opposite of you! Mirroring of national, regional and ethnic stereotypes. Journal of Social Psychology, 157, 703–719. IF = 1.227 (2017)

Baranski, E., Gardiner, G., Guillaume, E., Aveyard, M., Bastian, B., ..., Graf, S., ..., & Funder, D. C. (2017). Comparisons of Daily Behavior Across 21 Countries. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 8, 252–266. IF = 2.633 (2017)

Graf, S. & Kovacova, S. (2016). How to reduce prejudice? Intergroup contact theory. Ceskoslovenska Psychologie, 60, 185–196. [in Czech]

Hřebíčková, M.Jelínek, M., Blatný, M., Brom, C., Burešová, I., Graf, S., Mejzlíková, T., Vazsonyi, A. T., Zábrodská, K. (2016). Big Five Inventory: Basic psychometric properties of the Czech version of BFI-44 and BFI-10. Československá psychologie, 60, 567–583. [in Czech]

Guillaume, E., Baranski, E., Todd, E., Bastian, B., Bronin, I., Ivanova, C., Cheng, J.T., de Kock, F.S., Denissen, J.J.A., Gallardo-Pujol, D., Halama, Pl, Han, G.Q., Bae, J., Moon, J., Hong, R.Y., Hřebíčková, M., Graf, S., Izdebski, P., Lundmann, L., Penke, L., Perugini, M., Costantini, G., Rauthmann, J., Ziegler, M., Realo, A., Elme, L., Sato, T., Kawamoto, S., Szarota, P., Tracy, J.L., van Aken, M.A.G., Yang, Y., & Funder, D.C. (2016). The world at 7: Comparing the experience of situations across 20 countries. Journal of Personality, 84, 493–509. doi: 10.1111/jopy.12176. IF = 2.633 (2016)

Hřebíčková, M., & Graf, S. (2016). How we see the ingroup sometimes reflects how we see outgroups: Mirroring of national stereotypes in Central Europe. Ceskoslovenska Psychologie Supplement, 59, 91–99.

De Bolle, M., De Fruyt, F., McCrae, R. R., Löckenhoff, C., Costa, P. T. Jr., Aguilar-Vafaie, M., Ahn, C., Ahn, H., Alcalay, L. A., Allik, Avdeyeva, T.V., Bratko, D., Brunner-Sciarra, M., Cain, T. R., Chan, W., Chittcharat, N., Crawford, J. T., Fehr, R., Ficková, E., Gelfand, M. J., Graf, S., ... & Terracciano, A. (2015). The Emergence of Sex Differences in Personality Traits in Early Adolescence: A Cross-Sectional, Cross-Cultural Study. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 108, 171–185. doi: 10.1037/a0038497 IF = 5.510 (2013)

Graf, S., Paolini, S., & Rubin, M. (2014). Negative intergroup contact is more influential, but positive intergroup contact is more common: Assessing contact prominence and contact prevalence in five Central European countries. European Journal of Social Psychology, 44, 536–547. doi: 10.1002/ejsp.2052 IF = 1.779 (2013)

Hřebíčková, M., & Graf, S. (2014). Accuracy of national stereotypes in Central Europe: Outgroups are not better than ingroup in considering personality traits of real people. European Journal of Personality, 28, 60–72. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1002/per.1904 IF = 2.521 (2012)

Löckenhoff, C. E., Chan, W., McCrae, R. R., De Fruyt, F., Jussim, L., De Bolle, M., Costa, P. T., Sutin, A. R., Realo, A., Allik, J., Nakazato, K., Shimonaka, Y., Hřebíčková, M., Graf, S., ... , & Terracciano, A. (2014). Gender stereotypes of personality: Universal and accurate? Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 45, 675–694. doi: 10.1177/0022022113520075 IF = 1.746 (2013)

Graf, S., Bilewicz, M., Finell, E., & Geschke, D. (2013). Nouns cut slices: Effects of linguistic forms on intergroup bias. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 43, 62–83. doi: 10.1177/0261927X 12463209 IF = 1.490 (2012) -BEST PAPER AWARD-

McCrae, R. R., Chan, W., Jussim, L., De Fruyt, F., Löckenhoff, C. E., De Bolle, M., Costa, P. T., Hřebíčková, M., Graf, S., ... ,& Terracciano, A. (2013). The inaccuracy of national character stereotypes. Journal of Research in Personality, 47, 831–842. doi: 10.1016/j.jrp.2013.08.006 IF = 2.000 (2012)

Graf, S. (2012). Psychological consequences of language abstractness. Československá psychologie.56, 420–434. [in Czech] [PDF], IF = 0.087 (2011)

Chan, W., McCrae, R. R., De Fruyt, F., Jussim, L., Löckenhoff, C. E., De Bolle, M., Costa, P. T., Sutin, A. R., Realo, A., Allik, J., Nakazato, K., Shimonaka, Y., Hřebíčková, M., Graf, S., ... , & Terracciano, A. (2012). Stereotypes of age differences in personality traits: Universal and accurate? Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 103, 1050–1066. doi: 10.1037/a0029712 IF = 4.877 (2012)

Hewstone, M., Liebkind, K., Lewicka, M., László, J., Voci, A., Contarello, A., Gómez, A., Hantzi, A., Bilewicz, M., Guinote, A., Graf, S., & Petkova, K. (2012). An evaluation of the impact of the European Association of Social Psychology: A response to Schruijer (2011). History of the Human Sciences, 25, 117–126. doi: 10.1177/0952695111434464 IF = 0.621 (2011)

Petrjánošová, M. & Graf, S. (2012). “The Austrians were surprised that I didn’t speak German”: The role of language in Czech-Austrian relations. Human Affairs, 22, 539–557.

Hřebíčková, M., & Kourilova, S. (2012). How do we see ourselves, how are we seen and how we are: Comparison of national auto- and heterostereotypes with ratings of real people in context of five-factor model of personality. Československá psychologie, 56, 1–17. [PDF]. [in Czech] IF = 0.087 (2011)

Freund, A. M, Kourilova, S., & Kuhl, P. (2011). Stronger evidence for own-age effects in memory for older as compared to younger adults. Memory, 19, 429–448. [PDF] IF = 2.089 (2011)

Kourilova, S., & Hřebíčková, M. (2011). Accuracy of Slovak national stereotypes: Result of judgment or intuition? Studia Psychologica, 53, 201–213. [PDF]. IF = 0.254 (2010)

Kourilova, S. (2011). Perception of intergroup contact in border regions: A Czech-Austrian case study. In M. S. Roberto, M. T. Batista, M. H. Santos, R. Morais, R. S. Costa, M. L. Lima (Eds.), Research directions in social and organizational psychology (vol. IV). Lisbon: Edições Colibri.

Kouřilová, S. (2011). Individual in Intergroup Relations: From social categorization to prejudice. Československá psychologie, 55, 12–24. [PDF] [in Czech] IF = 0.230 (2010)

Kourilova, S. (2010). Intergroup attitudes and contact in border regions. Dissertation defended at Masaryk University, Faculty of Social Studies. [in Czech]

Hřebíčková, M., & Kourilova, S. (2010). Slovac tango: Perception of personality trait profiles in Slovacs. In M., Blatný, D., Vobořil, P., Květon, M., Jelínek, V., Sobotková, S., Kouřilová (Eds.), Social processes and personality 2009, 91–98. Brno: Psychologický ústav AV ČR. ISBN: 978-80-86174-15-0. [in Czech]

Kourilova, S. (2009). Report on Joint EASP-SPSSI Meeting on intergroup contact: Recent advancements in basic and applied research. European Bulletin of Social Psychology, 21, 33–40.

Kourilova, S. (2009). Structural approach to social representations. E-psychologie, 3, 49–58. [in Czech]

Kourilova, S., & Hřebíčková, M. (2009). Content of national stereotypes in the border region of the Czech Republic and Austria. In L. Golecká, J. Gurňáková, & I. Ruisel (Eds.), Social processes and personality 2008. Bratislava: Ústav experimentálnej psychológie SAV. ISBN 978-80-88910-26-8. [in Czech]

Web of Science H-index: 8 [Web of Science Researcher's ID: D-9732-2014]

Web of Science citations (without self-citations): 200

Google Scholar H-index: 10

Google Scholar citations: 407

BOOKS

Graf, S., Hrebickova, M., Petrjanosova, M., & Leix, A. (2015). Czechs and their neighbors: Intergroup attitudes and contact in Central Europe. Praha: Academia. [in Czech]

Kourilova, S., Caha, P., & Caha, E. (2007). Study Prerequisites and Logic. Praha: Fragment. [in Czech]

Caha, P., & Kourilova, S. (2006). Tests for university entrance exams and logic. Praha: Tutor. [in Czech]

BOOKS CHAPTERS

Graf, S. (in press). Social psychology of intergroup conflict. In J. Výrost, I. Slaměník, E. Sollárová (Eds), Social Psychology. Praha: Grada. [in Czech]

Hřebíčková, M., & Graf, S. (2019). National stereotypes in Central Europe: Their accuracy, convergence and mirroring. In D. Ingenhoff, C. White, A. Buhmann, & S. Kiousis (Eds), Bridging disciplinary perspectives on the formation and effects of country image, reputation, brand, and identity (pp. 125-149). London: Routledge.

Graf, S., & Hrebickova, M. (2017).Does cultural diversity reflect differences in people living in distinct countries? The case of national stereotypes in Central Europe. In A. Thomas (Ed), Culture and ethnic diversity: How European psychologists can meet the challenges (pp. 61–66). Göttingen: Hogrefe.

Graf, S., & Paolini, S. (2017). Investigating positive and negative intergroup contact: Rectifying a long-standing positivity bias in the literature. In L. Vezzali & S. Stathi (Eds). Intergroup contact theory: Recent developments and future directions (Series: Current Issues in Social Psychology) (pp. 92–113). New York, NY: Routledge.

Hrebickova, M., & Graf, S. (2016). Agreement and accuracy of national stereotypes in five Central European countries. In C. Fields (Ed), Stereotypes and stereotyping: Misperceptions, perspectives and role of social media (pp.117–132). New York: Nova Science Publishers.

Hrebickova, M., & Graf, S. (2015). Do Czech ingroup attitudes depend on the level of national identification? In K. Vlachová (Ed), National identities and identification: The Czech Republic – Visegrad Group – European Union (pp. 33–49). Praha: Slon. [in Czech]

Hrebickova, M., & Graf, S. (2014). Are national stereotypes accurate? In M. Blatný (Ed), Human in contexts of life-span development, (pp. 75–95). Brno: Psychologicky ustav AV CR, v.v.i. [in Czech]

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

Voca, Sh. & Graf, S. (2018). The effects of indirect intergroup contact on willingness to engage in direct contact with former adversary. Social Studies, 12, 47-57.

Rupar, M., & Graf, S. (2017). Ingroup and outgroup mass media are differently linked to reconciliation through perception of ingroup victimhood. In D. Valić Nedeljković, & D. Gruhonjić (Eds.), Populizam, izbeglička kriza, religija, mediji (pp. 36–51). Filozofski Fakultet, Novi Sad.

Petrjánošová, M. & Graf, S. (2012). “The Austrians were surprised that I didn’t speak German”: The role of language in Czech-Austrian relations. Human Affairs, 22, 539-557. [PDF]

Graf, S., & Petrjánošová, M. (2012). Ako spolu komunikujú Česi a Rakúšania: používání jazyka v průběhu meziskupinového kontaktu. In Diverzita v spoločenských vedách: Príspevky z 11. česko-slovenskej konferencie Kvalitatívny prístup a metódy vo vedách o človeku. Lásticová, B., Masaryk, M., Petrjánošová, M. (Eds.), Bratislava : Ústav výskumu sociálnej komunikácie SAV. [in Czech] [PDF]

Petrjánošová, M. & Graf, S. (2012). "S Rakušanem jsem se nikdy nesetkala, ale byla jsem na výměnném pobytu v Německu“: vnímané podobnosti medzi Rakúšanmi a Nemcami u českých respondentov. ["I have never met an Austrian but taken part in a student exchange in Germany": Perceived similarities between Austrians and Germans in Czech respondents.] In P. Halama, R. Hanák, & R. Masaryk (Eds.), Sborník příspěvků Sociální procesy a osobnost 2012 (pp. 26–30). [Book of Proceedings, Social processes and personality 20012] Bratislava: Ústav experimentálnej psychológie SAV. ISBN: 978-80-88910-40-4. [in Czech]

Kourilova, S. (2011). Perception of Intergroup Contact in Border Regions: A Czech-Austrian Case Study. In M. S. Roberto, M. T. Batista, M. H. Santos, R. Morais, R. S. Costa, M. L. Lima (Eds.), Research directions in social and organizational psychology (Vol. IV). Lisbon: Edições Colibri.

Hrebickova, M., & Kourilova, S. (2010). Slovenské tango: percepce profilů osobnostních charakteristik Slováků. [Slovac tango: Perception of personality traits profiles in Slovacs]. In Blatný, M., Vobořil, D., Květon, P., Jelínek, M., Sobotková, V., Kouřilová, S. (Eds.). Sborník příspěvků Sociální procesy a osobnost 2009, Člověk na cestě životem: rizika, výzvy, příležitosti, (s. 91–98). [Book of Proceedings, Social processes and personality 2009] Brno: Psychologický ústav AV ČR. ISBN: 978-80-86174-15-0.

Kourilova, S. (2009). Report on Joint EASP-SPSSI Meeting on intergroup contact: Recent advancements in basic and applied research. European Bulletin of Social Psychology, 21, 33–40. ISSN 1563-1001.

Kourilova, S. (2009). Strukturální přístup k sociálním reprezentacím. [Structural approach to social representations.] E-psychologie, 3, 49–58. ISSN 1802-8853.

Kourilova, S., & Hrebickova, M. (2009). Obsah národních stereotypů v příhraniční oblasti České republiky a Rakouska. [Content of national stereotypes in the border region of the Czech Republic and Austria.] In L. Golecká, J. Gurňáková, & I. Ruisel (Eds.), Sborník Sociálne procesy a osobnosť 2008. [Book of Proceedings, Social processes and personality 2008]. Bratislava: Ústav experimentálnej psychológie SAV, 777–785. ISBN 978-80-88910-26-8.

MEDIA

Graf, S., Hřebíčková, M., Petrjánošová, M., & Leix, A. (2018). Češi jsou lepší než si myslí[Czechs are better than they think]. AB Bulletin of the Czech Acedemy of Sciences, 11 2018, 12–13.

Graf, S. (2018). Posílený předsudek. Jak jazyk ovlivňuje naše vnímání druhých lidí. [Enhanced prejudice. How language influences our perception of others]. Vesmír, 97, 354–355.

Graf, S. (2018). Jak bojovat s předsudky? Příklad vztahů mezi lidmi pěti národností ve střední Evropě [How to fight prejudice? An example of relations among people of five nationalities in central Europe] Interview for the series “Successful projects of Czech scientists” about the outcomes of the research project 13-25656S evaluated as "excellent" by the Czech Science Foundation.

Hřebíčková, M., Graf, S., & Chvojkova, P. (2018). V Psychologickém ústavu AV ČR zkoumají vietnamské Čechy. [The Institute of Psychology at the Czech Academy of Sciences research Vietnamese Czechs] Interview about the research on Czech minorities for South East Asia – liaison.

Graf, S. (2017). Prolomit začarovaný kruh předsudků. [Breaking the vicious circle of prejudice.] Interview about the effects of newspaper reports on prejudice for the journal 7th GENERATION.

Graf, S. (2016). Co s námi dělají obavy z cizinců? O dopadech uprchlické krize a možnostech boje s předsudky. [What does the fear of foreigners do to us? About the impact of the refugee crisis and possibilities to challenge prejudice.] Interview for the news server EuroZpravy.cz.

Graf, S. (2015). Interview about research projects on prejudice, stereotypes and language intergroup context for the Czech Academy Bulletin.

Hřebíčková, M., Graf, S., & Petrjánošová, M. (2012). Slováci jsou našinci: Mladí Češi považují své slovenské vrstevníky za vlastní, naopak to neplatí. [Slovaks are people like you and me: Young Czechs consider their Slovak peers similar to themselves but not vice versa.] Lidové noviny, 22.12.2012, p. 4. Příloha Orientace. [in Czech] [PDF]

Hrebickova, M., Leix, A. & Graf, S. (2012). Poláci nás milují. [Poles do love us.] Lidové noviny, 16.6. 2012, pp. 1-2. Příloha Orientace. [PDF I II]

Kourilova, S., & Hrebickova, M. (2009). Evropa národních stereotypů. [Europe of national stereotypes.] Lidové noviny, 7.2. 2009, p. 24. Příloha Věda, Orientace/Esej. [PDF]

INVITED TALKS

The role of language in journalists’ work. 20 November 2018, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University, Prague as part of the H2020 project 809498 "People between the lines:building skills for quality migration coverage".

Media shape majority’s attitudes toward immigrants: Effects of linguistic labels for ethnicity, report valence and intergroup contact. 2 February 2018, Social Psychology Lab, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, University of Lausanne, Switzerland.

Angst vor dem Fremden: Wie die Medien Einstellungen gegenüber Fremden beeinflussen [Fear of the foreign: How mass media influence attitudes toward foreigners]. 9 December 2017, Psychology Update Refresher, Forum für medizinische Fortbildung, Zurich, Switzerland.

Immigrants in the Mass Media: Effects of linguistic labels for ethnicity, report valence and intergroup contact through mass media. 30 November 2017, Institute of Communication and Media Studies; Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences, University of Bern, Switzerland.

Valence asymmetries in the effect of intergroup contact on outgroup attitudes, 15 April 2015, Institute of Psychology, FernUniversität in Hagen, Germany.

Challenging prejudice: The effect of language, media exposure and intergroup contact on outgroup attitudes, 6 November 2014, Center for Research on Prejudice, Faculty of Psychology, University of Warsaw, Poland.

Negative intergroup contact is more influential, but positive intergroup contact is more common: An ecological assessment of contact prominence and contact prevalence in five European countries, 29 May 2014, Department of Psychology, Işık University, Turkey.

Prevalent Positive and Prominent Negative Contact with Outgroup Members Maintain Outgroup Attitudes, 20 March 2013, School of Psychology, University of Newcastle, Australia.

SELECTED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Zingora T., Vezzali L., & Graf S. (2018). Stereotypes in the face of reality: Intergroup contact inconsistent with group stereotypes predicts change in prejudice better than stereotype-consistent contact. EASP Meeting, Bratislava, Slovakia, Program Book, p. 34.

Voca, S., Rupar, M., & Graf, S. (2018). Intergroup Norms and Reconciliation in Kosovo. EASP Group Meeting on Boundaries, Norms, and Conflicts: Understanding Intergroup Relations and Rising Intolerance Across Europe and Beyond, Bratislava, Slovakia.

Voca, Sh., & Graf, S. (2018). The role of ingroup norms in the link between indirect forms of intergroup contact and willingness to meet the former adversary in post-conflict societies. EASP Meeting, Bratislava, Slovakia, Program Book, p. 6.

Voca, Sh., & Graf, S. (2018). The effects of mass-mediated contact and collective victimhood on willingness to engage in direct contact with the former adversary in Kosovo. ESCON Transfer of Knowledge Conference, Cologne, Germany, Program Book, p. 125.

Voca, Sh., & Graf, S. (2018). The effects of indirect intergroup contact on willingness to engage in direct intergroup contact. International Interdisciplinary Conference, Tirana, Albania, Program Book, p. 109.

Graf, S., & Sczesny, S. (2017). Valence of media news about immigrants and immigrants’ labels shape majority’s prejudice against immigrants. 18th General Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology, Granada, Spain, Book of Abstracts, p. 168.

Rupar, M., & Graf, S. (2017). Beyond the story narrative: Intergroup help, morality, and multi-ethnic reconciliation in Bosnia and Herzegovina. 30th German Peace Psychology Conference, Chemnitz, Germany, Program Book, p. 19.

Rupar, M., & Graf, S. (2017). The role of mass media in process of reconciliation in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Populizam, izbeglička kriza, religija, mediji, Novi Sad, Serbia, Program Book, p.5.

Zingora, T., & Graf, S. (2016). Intergroup contact shapes perception of minorities and predicts voting in referendum aimed at restriction of homosexual rights. Transfer of Knowledge Conference 2016, Lisbon, Portugal, Book of Abstracts, p. 84.

Rupar, M., & Graf, S. (2016). Intergroup contact in the course of conflict: The effects of direct and extended contact through family on reconciliation in Bosnia and Herzegovina. ESCON Transfer of Knowledge Conference 2016; Lisbon, Portugal, Book of Abstracts, p. 60.

Rupar, M., & Graf, S. (2016). The effect of direct and mass-mediated contact on intergroup reconciliation in Bosnia and Herzegovina: The role of intergroup threat. The Biennial Conference of the International Society for Justice Research, 2016, Canterbury, UK, Book of Abstracts, p. 15.

Graf, S., & Zingora, T. (2015). Benefits of ethnic diversity: Intergroup contact with Vietnamese can reduce prejudice against Roma. In symposium "Ethnic and cultural diversity". 14^th European Congress of Psychology, Milan, Italy, Program Book, p. 14.

Zingora, T., & Graf, S. (2015). Challenging prejudice with ethnic diversity: The role of perceived threats in secondary transfer effect of intergroup contact. The 9th Biennial Congress of the International Academy for Intercultural Research, Bergen, Norway, Program Book, p. 24.

Zingora, T., & Graf, S. (2015). Mechanism behind decision how to vote on homosexual rights. SPaO 2015, Brno, Czech Republic.

Graf, S., Paolini, S., & Rubin, M. (2014). Ecological evidence that positive intergroup contact is more common, but negative contact is more influential. 17th General Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Book of Abstracts, p. 170.

Hřebíčková, M., Graf, S., Realo, A., & Mõttus, R. (2014). True or false: What influences the accuracy of national stereotypes? In invited symposium "Cross-cultural aspects of personality".17th European Conference on Personality, Lausanne, Switzerland, Book of Abstracts, p. 114–115.

Zingora, T., & Graf, S. (2014). Roma and Vietnamese from the perspective of majority: The role of threat in the relationship of intergroup contact and attitudes. SPaO, Stará Lesná, Slovakia.

Graf, S., & Hřebíčková, M. (2013). Big 5 in social psychology: Fruitful cross-pollination or a deadlock? In invited symposium "The Five-factor model of personality in psychological and anthropological research". SPO 2013, Třešť, Book of Abstracts, p. 19.

Graf, S., Paolini, S., & Rubin, M. (2013). Prevalence of positive and prominence of negative contact maintain outgroup attitudes stable. Talk within symposium "Valence asymmetries in intergroup relations: Bringing the pendulum of intergroup contact research back to the centre". SASP Annual Conference, Cairns, Australia, Book of Abstracts, pp. 13, 62.

Graf, S., Bilewicz, M., Finell, E., & Geschke, D. (2012). Nouns cut slices: Effects of linguistic forms on intergroup bias. ESCON2 Transfer of Knowledge Conference; Estoril, Portugal, Book of Abstracts, pp. 13-14.

Petrjánošová, M., & Graf, S. (2012): S Rakušanem jsem se nikdy nesetkala, ale byla jsem na výměném pobytu v Německu“ – vnímané podobnosti medzi Rakúšanmi a Nemcami u českých respondentov. ["I have never met an Austrian but taken part in a student exchange in Germany": Perceived similarities between Austrians and Germans in Czech respondents.] Sociální procesy a osobnost [Social processes and personality]; Nový Smokovec, Slovakia; Book of Abstracts, p. 34.

Kourilova, S., & Petrjanosova M. (2012). How Czech and Austrians communicate: Use of language in intergroup contact. 11th Annual Conference Qualitative Approach and Methods in Social Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia; Book of Abstracts, pp. 24-25.

Kourilova, S., & Hrebickova, M. (2011). Intergroup contact in border regions of five Central European countries. 16th EASP General Meeting, Stockholm, Sweden.

Bilewicz, M., Kourilova, S., Finell, E., & Geschke, D. (2010). Mind your language: The effect of linguistic abstractness on ingroup bias and black sheep effect. 3rd Biennial Symposium on Personality and Social Psychology, Warsaw, Poland; Book of Abstracts, p. 21.

Hrebickova, M. & Kourilova, S. (2010). National Auto- and Heterosterotypes in Relation to Personality Traits in Five Central European Countries. Invited symposium „Personality and Culture“, 15th European Conference on Personality, Brno, Czech Republic; Book of Abstracts, p. 43.

Hrebickova, M., & Kourilova, S. (2010). National Auto- and Heterosterotypes in Five Central European Countries. EAPP Expert meeting on Personality and Culture, Lausanne, Switzerland.

Hrebickova, M. & Kourilova, S. (2010). National streotypes from an ingroup and outgroup perspective. 6th European Spring Conference on Social psychology, St. Moritz, Switzerland.

Kourilova, S. (2009). Effect of linguistic abstraction on intergroup contact perception. Transfer of Knowledge Conference; Warsaw, Poland; Book of Abstracts, pp. 39-40.

Hrebickova, M. & Kourilova, S. (2009). Slovenské tango: percepce profilů osobnostních charakteristik Slováků. [Slovac Tango: Perception of Personality Traits Profiles in Slovacs]; Sociální procesy a osobnost [Social processes and personality]; Trest, Czech Republic; Book of Abstracts, p. 6.

Kourilova, S. & Hrebickova, M. (2009). Perception of national stereotypes from an ingroup and outgroup perspective. Xth European Congress of Psychology, Oslo, Norway.

Kourilova, S. (2009). National stereotypes and inter-group contact in a border region. PhD meeting in Social and Organisational Psychology; Lisboa, Portugal.

Hrebickova, M., & Kourilova, S. (2009). National streotypes from an ingroup and outgroup perspective. 5th European Spring Conference on Social psychology, St. Moritz, Switzerland.

Geschke, D., Kourilova, S., Finell, E., Bilewicz, M., & Casini, A. (2009). Not only what you say about them, but also how you say it impresses me a lot: Effects of the linguistic abstractness of nationality descriptions on intergroup attitudes and behavior. FNP workshop “Categorisation of the World through Language”; Serock near Warsaw, Poland.

Kourilova, S., & Freund, A.M. (2008). The Effect of Age-Based Categorization on Memory Bias. Transfer of Knowledge Conference; Volterra, Italy; Book of Abstracts, p. 21.

Kourilova, S. (2008). Intergroup Contact in the Border Area of the Czech Republic and Austria. Poster at EAESP-SPSSI Small Group Meeting on “Intergroup Contact: Recent advancements in basic and applied research”; Marburg, Germany; Book of Abstracts, p. 14.

Kourilova, S., & Hrebickova, M. (2008). Comparison of Gender Stereotypes with Gender Differences Across Generations. Invited Symposium “Personality and Culture”, XXIXth International Congress of Psychology; Berlin, Germany.

Kourilova, S., Geschke, D., Finell, E., Bilewicz, M., & Casini, A. (2007). Linguistic Abstractness, Intergroup Bias and National Essentialism. Transfer of Knowledge Conference; Brno, Czech Republic.

Hrebickova, M., & Kourilova, S. (2007). Do gender stereotypes reflect self-reports and observer ratings? Invited Symposium “The Five-Factor Model of Personality: Application in Research and Practise”, Xth European Congress of Psychology; Prague, Czech Republic.

Kourilova, S., Geschke, D., Finell, E., Bilewicz, M., & Casini, A. (2007). Does Linguistic Abstractness Influence Intergroup Bias? Experimental study in four European countries. Xth European Congress of Psychology; Prague, Czech Republic.

Tyrlik, M., & Kourilova, S. (2007). How the trust based on personal experience builds social representations of neighbours among Czech and Austrian adolescents living near the Czech – Austrian border. 8 th International Conference on Social Representations: Media and Society; Rome, Italy; Book of Abstracts, p. 57.

SUPERVISION

PhD students

Mirjana Rupar; Dissertation topic: “The Effects of Different Forms of Intergroup Contact on Reconciliation: The Role of Intergroup Threat, Victimhood, and Trust” (PhD awarded 2018, summa cum laude; Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University in Brno)

Tibor Zingora; Dissertation topic: “The Potential and Pitfalls of Intergroup Contact in Fighting Prejudice and Discrimination” (PhD awarded 2018, summa cum laude; Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University in Brno)

Shpend Voca; Dissertation topic: “Intergroup Relations in Post-Conflict Societies: Promoting Intergroup Contact and Forgiveness among Former Adversaries” (Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University in Brno)

Stanislava Kovacova; Dissertation topic: “The Relations of Czech majority to Vietnamese and Roma Minority in the Czech Republic” (Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University in Brno)

MA students

Roya Mohagheghi; MA thesis: “The effect of labels for immigrants on attitudes towards immigrants and immigration politics” (2018; Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Bern)

Amel Lina Boural; MA thesis: “The effect of media news on attitudes towards immigrants and immigration politics” (2018; Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Bern)

Larissa Dahinden; MA thesis: “The effect of short- and long-term mass-mediated intergroup contact on attitudes towards German immigrants in Switzerland” (2018; Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Bern)

Katharina Tscherrig; MA thesis: “The effect of different language used in media news on attitudes towards immigrants” (2017; Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Bern)

Petra Dvořáková; MA thesis: “The role of empathy in the secondary transfer effect of contact with people with disabilities on attitudes towards Roma minority” (2016; Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University in Brno)

Martin Valenta; MA thesis: “The effect of labeling outgroup with nouns and adjectives in positive, negative and ambivalent context” (2015; Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University in Brno)

Pavla Linhartová; MA thesis: “The effect of intergroup contact and language abstractness conveyed by news about minorities on attitudes towards minorities” (2014; Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University in Brno)

Tibor Zingora; MA thesis: “Roma and Vietnamese through the eyes of majority: The role of threat in the relationship between intergroup contact and attitudes” (2014; Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University in Brno)

Linda Černochová; MA thesis: “Representations of competent manager characteristics” (2010; Faculty of Social Studies, Masaryk University in Brno)

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