Psychological Research Institute
About the Institute
Psychological Research Institute at VIZJA University gathers research and teaching staff conducting studies in the field of psychology and related disciplines. The Institute was established in 2024 and comprises research teams and centers. We actively carry out research projects, utilizing our laboratories. As part of our activities, we plan and conduct scientific seminars, training related to psychological research, and conferences.
In the discipline of psychology, which we are involved in, the university has an academic category A along with the authority to educate PhD students.
Research and teaching staff of the Institute
Our Institute brings together active researchers, didacticians and practitioners, as well as PhD students and undergraduates interested in developing research in various areas of psychology, cognitive science and interdisciplinary issues.
| Name | E-mail address | Main areas of research profile and research interests | Positions held |
| dr hab., prof. Uniwersytetu VIZJA Konrad Janowski |
k.janowski@vizja.pl | research in the field of clinical psychology, with an emphasis on the issues of adaptation to life with a chronic disease, neuropsychological diagnostics, measurement tools – development of psychometric tools in the field of clinical psychology and health psychology
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Rector of VIZJA University (since 2019); Member of the Team for the Development of the Education System and the System of Higher Education and Science (since 2023) |
| dr Piotr Kałowski | p.kalowski@vizja.pl | psycholinguistics, verbal irony from a psychological perspective, cross-cultural differences in humor, humor on the Internet, cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy
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Researcher and lecturer, supervisor of master’s studies in psychology in English at VIZJA University; Technical editor of the scientific journal Advances in Cognitive Psychology; Member of the Language and Humor Lab research team. Polish-English translator of scientific content in the field of psychology. |
| dr Guiseppe Leonardi | g.leonardi@vizja.pl | experimental psychology, dynamic analyses of naturalistic human interactions, recurrence quantification analysis, fractal analysis
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Dean of the Faculty of Human Sciences at VIZJA University |
| dr hab., prof. Uniwersytetu VIZJA Anna Zajenkowska |
a.zajenkowska@vizja.pl | clinical and social psychology, psychology of individual differences, cognitive psychology, psychoanalytic understanding of social phenomena, psychodynamic psychotherapy, mentalization, the issue of hostile attributions, coding of social information (eyetracking)
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Dyrektorka Naukowego Instytutu Psychologii na Uniwersytecie VIZJA; Przewodnicząca sekcji grupowej i członkini zarządu w European Federation for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy; Head of the National Science Centre grant, Sonata BIS (2021/42/E/HS6/00018) Head of the Centre for the Treatment of Personality Difficulties and Disorders (Dialogue Therapy Centre), co-head of the Hostility Exclusion Aggression Lab (HEALab) |
| dr Małgorzata Foryś-Nogala | m.forys-nogala@vizja.pl | psycholinguistics, cognitive psychology, educational psychology
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Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Human Sciences at VIZJA University; head of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Linguistic and Educational Research (ICLER); scientific and technical specialist in the Experimental Linguistics Lab team, headed by Prof. Agnieszka Otwinowska-Kasztelanic |
| mgr Anna Olechowska | a.mitrowska@vizja.pl | social psychology, cognitive psychology, psycholinguistics, cognitive flexibility
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Head of the EEG Laboratory, supervisor of Psychology studies for master’s and bachelor’s degrees (3.5 years) |
| prof. Mieczysław Plopa | m.plopa@vizja.pl | psychology of close relationships (marital, cohabiting, homosexual), family and its importance in human life, values, goals, life tasks of young adults
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Chairman of the Scientific Council of VIZJA University; Chairman of the Doctoral Committee in the discipline of Psychology; Member of the Senate of VIZJA University |
| dr hab., prof. Uniwersytetu VIZJA Hanna Przybyła-Basista | h.przybyla-basista@vizja.pl | psychological well-being, marital and family conflicts, marriage, parenthood, research on the determinants of effective adaptation of individuals and families to changes, adaptation in immigration conditions, sociocultural and psychological adaptation of immigrants
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Member of the Scientific Council of VIZJA University; Member of the Council of the Doctoral School of VIZJA University – Psychology discipline (since 2022); Chairwoman of the Recruitment Committee appointed for the Psychology discipline at the Doctoral School of VIZJA University (since 2022) |
| dr hab., prof. Uniwersytetu VIZJA Radosław Rogoza | r.rogoza@vizja.pl | personality psychology, narcissistic traits, psychometrics, psychological measurement, advanced statistical methods supporting a better understanding of the studied constructs
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Head of the Psychological Testing Laboratory at VIZJA University; Deputy Director of the Scientific Institute of Psychology at VIZJA University; Head of the NCN OPUS Research Grant (2020/39/B/HS6/00052 and 2023/49/B/HS6/00067) |
| prof. Ryszard Stachowski | r.stachowski@vizja.pl | history of psychological thought, history of Polish psychological thought, methodology of psychological research
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| dr Małgorzata Pięta-Lendzion | m.pieta-lendzion@vizja.pl | research on the border of clinical psychology and health psychology, psychotherapy
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IPA grant leader: RG2541-The Role of Group Psychotherapy in Modulating Dark Triad Traits Among Adolescents: A Psychoanalytic Perspective. Supervisor of specialization internships in child and adolescent psychology |
| mgr Maria Leniarska | – | personality psychology, individual differences, narcissism, gratitude
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Head of the “Chillout Studies – Human Well-Being” program and supervisor of internships in the same program. Member of the Psychological Testing Laboratory at VIZJA University. |
| prof. dr hab. Peter Jonason | p.jonason@vizja.pl, Pkjonason@gmail.com | psychometrics, personality, evolution, romantic relationships, gender differences, sexuality
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Professor Jonason’s research focuses on the Dark Triad/Tetrad traits, sex differences, romantic relationship preferences, organizational psychology, cross-national research, morality, motivations, and morality. He is in the top 2% of social psychologists globally and in the top top 20 evolutionary psychologists globally as a function of citations. His teaching centers on psychometrics, personality, research methods, and statistics. You can learn more about him at www.peterjonason.com |
| dr Kacper Łukasiewicz | k.lukasiewicz@vizja.pl | the use of animal models in neurology, psychiatry, and rare disease research; the impact of psychedelic substances on the brain
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Head of the Rare Disease Support Platform; Chairman of the Scientific Research Committee of VIZJA University; Member of the Addiction Committee of the Polish Psychiatric Association |
| mgr Aleksandra Siemieniuk | a.siemieniuk@vizja.pl | psycholinguistics, cognitive psychology, cognitive linguistics, cognitive literary studies, communication, humor, verbal (auto)irony, individual differences
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Supervisor of the first year of psychology studies at VIZJA University (in English), head of the Preludium research project entitled Towards a multidimensional empirically confirmed model of the use of self-irony (2023/49/N/HS2/03693), member of the Language and Humor Lab research team |
| dr hab., prof. Uniwersytetu VIZJA Jan Cieciuch | j.cieciuch@vizja.pl | personality psychology, which (1) covers a wide range of phenomena – from well-being to disorders, from biologically determined temperamental traits to identity and value preferences, (2) uses theoretical breadth combined with methodological sensitivity to empirical detail, and (3) aims to provide a coherent and comprehensive description of human functioning in various areas, but according to the same formal rules, which (4) results in both deepening scientific knowledge of human personality functioning and expanding the practical applications of this knowledge
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Personalitas Team Manager |
| dr Joanna Gorgol-Waleriańczyk | j.gorgol-walerianczyk@vizja.pl | psychology of individual differences, chronopsychology, psychometrics, statistics
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Principal Investigator of the NCN Opus grant (2023/51/B/HS6/00619) |
| mgr Adrianna Jakubowska | a.jakubowska@vizja.pl | cognitive psychology, cross-cultural psychology, depression, hostile attributions
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| dr Daniel Pankowski | d.pankowski@vizja.pl | health psychology, medical neuropsychology
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| prof. dr hab. Irena Pospiszyl | i.pospiszyl@vizja.pl | vulnerability to victimization, maladaptive adaptation strategies, behavioral disorders, social pathologies | Member of the Scientific Council of several journals, president of the Penitentiary Association “Patronat” |
| mgr Marek Huzar | m.huzar@vizja.pl | psychodynamic psychotherapy as a method of treating personality disorders, transference-focused therapy (TFP), effectiveness of psychodynamic psychotherapy, diagnosis and treatment of PTSD and cPTSD | PhD student at the Doctoral School of the Scientific Federation of the University of Vizja (discipline: psychology) |
| mgr Dawid Walczak | d.walczak@vizja.pl | personality psychology, narcissism as a trait, dark triad, trait models of personality disorders, psychological measurement, psychometrics | PhD student at the Doctoral School of Social Sciences of the Scientific Federation of the University of Vizja (discipline: psychology); scholarship holder in the project OPUS 2023/49/B/HS6/00067, SONATA 2021/43/D/HS6/00067, and contractor in the project OPUS 2024/55/B/HS6/00347 |
| mgr Ewelina Wilczewska | e.wilczewska@vizja.pl | family psychology, parental well-being, parental cooperation, parental self-efficacy, neurodiversity (ADHD) | PhD student at the Doctoral School of the Scientific Federation of the University of Vizja (discipline: psychology) |
| mgr Katarzyna Czajkowska-Łukasiewicz | k.czajkowska-lukasiewicz@vizja.pl | psychodynamic psychotherapy, narcissism, gelotophobia, study of the trajectory of changes in the psychotherapy process, study of the effectiveness of group psychotherapy, mentalization | PhD student at the Doctoral School of the Scientific Federation of the University of Vizja |
| mgr Małgorzata Krawczyk | m.krawczyk@vizja.pl | – | – |
| dr Katarzyna Awruk | k.awruk@vizja.pl | – | – |
| prof. Maria Ryś | m.rys@vizja.pl | – | – |
| prof. Stanisława Steuden | s.steuden@vizja.pl | – | – |
| dr Ilona Laskowska-Levy | i.laskowska-levy@vizja.pl | – | – |
| dr Andrzej Cudo | a.cudo@vizja.pl | – | – |
| dr hab. prof Uniwersytetu Vizja Cezary Biele | c.biele@vizja.pl | – | – |
| mgr Adam Wolniak | a.wolniak@vizja.pl | – | – |
| mgr Olga Rawa-Siarkowska | o.siarkowska@vizja.pl | – | – |
| mgr Michał Skoniecki | m.skoniecki@vizja.pl | – | – |
| mgr Julia Jastrzębska | j.jastrzebska@vizja.pl | – | – |
| lek. wet. Eliza Niemczycka | e.niemczycka@vizja.pl | – | – |
| mgr Anna Nizioł-Waga | a.niziol-waga@vizja.pl | – | – |
| dr Joanna Asman | j.asman@vizja.pl | – | – |
| mgr Piotr Nowicki | p.nowicki@vizja.pl | – | – |
People Research Teams & Centers Grants Research Laboratories Events
The following research teams and centres operate within the institute:
- Hostility Exclusion Aggression Lab (HEALab)
Head: Anna Zajenkowska, PhD; Joanna Rajchert, PhD
www.healab.pl - Interdisciplinary Centre for Linguistic and Educational Research (ICLER)
Head: Małgorzata Foryś-Nogala, PhD
Grants
The institute carries out research projects under awarded grants.
List of projects[pdf, 214 KB]
Research facilities
EEG laboratory
VIZJA University
Okopowa 59 street, 01-043 Warsaw
The EEG Laboratory is a modern facility situated in the basement of VIZJA University. The room, divided into larger and smaller sections, is equipped with 5 computers and rows of chairs for students and research participants. Additionally, our laboratory houses specialized tools including computers for stimulus presentation, EEG-USG cables, hairdressing towels, syringe caps, syringes, blunt needles, and Supervisc gel. Within this space, we conduct both scientific research and classes for students, focusing on enhancing their understanding of EEG technology.
Eyetracking
Within the laboratory, we have access to mobile eyetrackers: Pupil Labs Invisible. They resemble traditional glasses, allowing respondents to remain inconspicuous in public settings. Such eyetrackers are well-suited not only for laboratory research but especially for field studies.
We welcome your research collaboration!
As a university, we are committed to fostering mutual idea exchange. Therefore, we extend an invitation to all researchers interested in advancing EEG research to collaborate with us.
We are optimistic that through our joint efforts, we will discover common solutions, leading to fruitful cooperation. Cooperation contact:
Anna Zajenkowska PhD, a.zajenkowska@vizja.pl
Anna Olechowska, M.A., Head of EEG laboratory, a.olechowska@vizja.pl