Institute of Psychology (IP)

Affiliated Research areas

• Neuroscience and Disorders of the Nervous System
• Individuals, Markets and Organisations
• The Social World and Its Interactions
• Human Mobility, Environment, and Space

Scientific Areas

• Human Mobility, Environment, and Space
• Individuals, Markets and Organisations
• Neuroscience and Disorders of the Nervous System
• The Social World and Its Interactions

Keywords

• Research
• psychology
• human behavior
• cognition
• clinical psychology
• psychotherapy
• therapeutic interventions
• behavioral neuroscience
• brain-behavior relationships
• health behavior
• applied health psychology
• climate psychology
• social change
• environmental behavior
• economic behavior
• behavioral economics
• decision-making
• judgment
• cognitive processes
• social neuroscience
• biological foundations of behavior
• personality development
• individual differences
• social psychology
• interpersonal relationships
• trauma psychology
• crisis intervention
• post-traumatic growth
• cognitive psychology
• behavior analysis
• choice behavior
• behavioral science
• emotion-cognition interaction
• affective science
• eye tracking
• visual attention
• gaze behavior
• coping strategies
• stress adaptation
• human-technology interaction
• innovation
• digital behavior
• applied cognition
• interdisciplinary cognitive science
• well-being
• prosocial behavior
• mental health
• emotion regulation
• brain imaging
• neurocognition
• cognitive neuroscience
• brain function
• social behavior
• social cognition
• group dynamics
• stress
• psychophysiology of stress

Summary

The Institute of Psychology at SWPS University is a leading research center in Poland, focusing on both core psychological and interdisciplinary research. We're recognized among the top 4 research institutions in psychology by the Polish Ministry of Education and Science.

Our research, funded by both Polish and European granting agencies, is conducted across 22 specialized research centers. We cover most areas of psychology, utilizing diverse methodological approaches, including new technologies. Our researchers actively lead international projects, acting both as leading institutions and partners in these grants, and collaborate with colleagues globally.

Our team of experts includes acclaimed psychologists, psychiatrists, psychotherapists and therapy supervisors. Among them, we are proud to have members of the Polish Academy of Learning (PAU), recipients of MISTRZ research grants, funded by the National Science Center, and winners of Fulbright Scholarships.