doc. Mgr. Sylvie Graf, Ph.D.

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

RESEARCH INTERESTS

EDUCATION

INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH VISITS & AWARDS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

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

PUBLICATIONS WITH IF
Zingora, T., Vezzali, L., & Graf, S. (2020). Stereotypes in the face of reality: Intergroup contact inconsistent with group stereotypes changes attitudes more than stereotype-consistent contact. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations. Advance online.

Baranski, E., Gardiner, G., Guillaume, E., Aveyard, M., Bastian, B., Bronin, I, ... Graf, S., ... Funder, D. C. (2020). International optimism: Correlates and consequences of dispositional optimism across 61 countries. Journal of Personality. Advance online.

Lee, D. I., Gardiner, G., Baranski, E., Beramendi, M., Bastian, B., Bronin, I, ... Graf, S., ... Funder, D. C. (2020). Situational experience around the world: A Replication and extension in 62 countries. Journal of Personality. Advance online.

Brandt, M. J., Kuppens, T., Spears, R., Andrighetto, L., Autin, F., Babincak, P., ... Graf, S., ... Zimmerman, J. L. (2020). Subjective status and perceived legitimacy across countries. European Journal of Social Psychology. Advance online.

Graf, S., Linhartova, P., & Sczesny, S. (2020). The effects of news report valence and linguistic labels on prejudice against social minorities. Media Psychology, 23, 215–243. IF = 2.736 (2018)

Graf, S., Paolini, S., & Rubin, M. (2020). Does intimacy counteract or amplify the detrimental effects of negative intergroup contact on attitudes? Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 23, 214–225. IF = 2.641 (2018)

Ko, A., Pick, C. M, Kwon, J. Y., Barlev, M., Krems, J.A., Varnum M. E. W., ... Graf, S., ... Kenrick, D. T. (2020). Family Matters: Rethinking the Psychology of Human Social Motivation. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 15, 173-201. IF = 8.190 (2018)

Graf, S., & Sczesny, S. (2019). Intergroup contact with migrants is linked to support for migrants through attitudes, especially in people who are politically right wing. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 73, 102–106. IF = 1.713 (2018)

Zingora, T., & Graf, S. (2019). Marry who you love: Intergroup contact with gay people and another stigmatized minority is related to voting on the restriction of gay rights through threat. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 49,684–703. IF = 1.553 (2018)

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 = 1.553 (2018)

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.

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 = 3.329 (2018)

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

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. 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)

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)

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

Web of Science H-index: 9; Citations (without self-citations): 337

Google Scholar H-index: 12; citations: 884

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

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. & Sczesny, S. (2019). Media release UniBE: Information and language in news impact prejudice against minorities. University of Bern.

Hřebíčková, M., & Graf, S. (2019). Pepíci před zrcadlem. A/Věda a výzkum, 1 2019, 42-45.

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 persity: Intergroup contact with Vietnamese can reduce prejudice against Roma. In symposium "Ethnic and cultural persity". 14^th European Congress of Psychology, Milan, Italy, Program Book, p. 14.

Zingora, T., & Graf, S. (2015). Challenging prejudice with ethnic persity: 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: “Intergroup Relations in Post-Conflict Societies: Promoting Intergroup Contact and Forgiveness among Former Adversaries” (PhD awarded 2020, summa cum laude; 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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