Dr Anna Stefaniak

Lecturer

Researcher profile

Phone

+44 (0)1334 46 2051

Email

as612@st-andrews.ac.uk

 

Research areas

I am a social psychologist specializing in psychology of intergroup relations. Most of my research focuses on: (1) sources of and methods for reducing intergroup bias; (2) the role of collective emotions and ways in which people relate to the history of their social groups in shaping current intergroup attitudes; and (3) the psychological underpinnings of negative and positive intergroup behaviour, e.g., hate crime, collective violence, and collective action. The overarching goal of this research is to employ social psychological knowledge to understand and address challenges burdening diverse societies. In addition, I am currently developing a line of work on the role of social identities (e.g., belonging to different social groups) in shaping people’s health outcomes with a particular interest on recovery from addiction.

PhD supervision

• Somidha Ray

Selected publications

• Open access

  Double standards in the treatment of refugees: why are people more likely to help Ukrainian compared to Syrian refugees?

  Stefaniak, A., Echterhoff, G., Tausch, N., Herzog, M., Groß, J., Thölmann, C. & Becker, J., 21 Oct 2025, In: Revista de Psicología Social. 40, 2-3, p. 219-265

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Perceptions of gender role discontinuity and collective nostalgia for traditional gender relations shape men’s support for gender equality

  Stefaniak, A., Wohl, M. J. A. & Higgison, K., 8 May 2025, In: Sex Roles. 91, 37.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  PROTOCOL - Non‐criminal justice interventions for countering cognitive and behavioural radicalisation amongst children and adolescents: a systematic review of effectiveness and implementation

  Lewis, J., Marsden, S., Stefaniak, A. & Hewitt, J., 1 Mar 2025, In: Campbell Systematic Reviews. 23 p., e70020.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

• Are societies in conflict more susceptible to believe in COVID-19 conspiracy theories? A 66 nation study

  Hebel-Sela, S., Stefaniak, A., Vandermeulen, D., Adler, E., Hameiri, B. & Halperin, E., 1 Aug 2023, In: Peace and Conflict. 29, 3, p. 286-293 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Collective nostalgia as a balm for the distressed social identity

  Wohl, M. J. A., Stefaniak, A. & Smeekes, A., 1 Feb 2023, In: Current Opinion in Psychology. 49, 101542.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

• Open access

  Group identification moderates the effect of historical trauma availability on historical trauma symptoms and conspiracy beliefs

  Skrodzka, M., Stefaniak, A. & Bilewicz, M., 1 Jul 2023, In: Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology. 33, 4, p. 835-850 16 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Refugees at the gates. Vicarious contact and collective action for a disadvantaged group

  Górska, P., Karaś, U. & Stefaniak, A., Sept 2023, In: International Journal of Intercultural Relations. 96, 101808.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Authoritarians go with the flow: social norms moderate the link between right-wing authoritarianism and outgroup-directed attitudes

  Gorska, P., Stefaniak, A., Lipowska, K., Malinowska, K., Skrodzka, M. & Marchlewska, M., 11 Jan 2022, In: Political Psychology. 43, 1, p. 131-152 22 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Commentary on "Different roles of interpersonal trust and institutional trust in COVID-19 pandemic control"

  Stefaniak, A., Wohl, M. J. A. & Elgar, F. J., 1 Apr 2022, In: Social Science and Medicine. 299, 3 p., 114765.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  In time, we will simply disappear: racial demographic shift undermines privileged group members' support for marginalized social groups via collective angst

  Stefaniak, A. & Wohl, M. J. A., 1 Apr 2022, In: Group Processes and Intergroup Relations. 25, 3, p. NP1-NP23 23 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

 

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