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Short Bio
Konstantina Vasileiou is an Assistant Professor of Information Systems and Research Methods in Psychology in the Department of Social Work at the University of West Attica, Athens, Greece. She is also an Honorary Research Fellow (Non-Clinical), in the Department of Psychology, University of Bath, UK for the period March 2024 – March 2027. Before her election in the University of West Attica, she was an Academic Fellow in the same department (2019-2022) and a Research Associate in the Department of Psychology, University of Bath (2014-2023). She holds a PhD in Psychology and Information Systems, from Brunel University London, an MSc in Research Methods in Psychology from the University of Surrey, UK and an MSc in Organisational and Economic Psychology from Panteion University, Athens, Greece. She completed her undergraduate studies in Psychology in Panteion University, Athens, Greece. She has extensive research experience in health-related research using both qualitative and quantitative methodologies and has been working primarily within interdisciplinary research teams. She has published in peer-reviewed international journals, book chapters and conference papers. Her scientific and research work has accumulated over 4,700 citations (google scholar) and has an h-index of 11 in Scopus. She is a reviewer in Greek and international scientific journals and has participated in scientific conferences and training seminars. She is a member of the Research Laboratory in Counseling, Psychosocial Support and Community Interventions in the Department of Social Work.
2015 – PhD in Psychology and Information Systems, Brunel University London, UK
2010 – MSc in Research Methods in Psychology, University of Surrey, UK
2009 – MSc in Organisational & Economic Psychology, Panteion University, Athens, Greece
2005 – BSc in Psychology, Panteion University, Athens, Greece
Harrison, D., Rowland, S., Wood, G., Bakewell, L., Petridis, I., Long, K., Vasileiou, K., Barnett, J., Barreto, M., Wilson, M., Lawson, S., & Vines, J. (2023). Designing Technology-Mediated Peer Support for Postgraduate Research Students at Risk of Loneliness and Isolation. ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, 30(1), 1-40. https://doi.org/10.1145/3534961
Prosser, A.M.B., Hamshaw, R.J.T., Meyer, J., Bagnall, R., Blackwood, L., Huysamen, M., Jordan, A., Vasileiou, K., & Walter, Z. (2023). When open data closes the door: A critical examination of the past, present and the potential future for open data guidelines in journals. British Journal of Social Psychology, 62, 1635–1653. DOI: 10.1111/bjso.12576
Vasileiou, K., Barnett, J., & Stanton Fraser, D. (2022). Integrating local and scientific knowledge in disaster risk reduction: A systematic review of motivations, processes, and outcomes. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 81, 103255. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdrr.2022.103255
Jordan, A., Carter, B., & Vasileiou, K. (2021). “Pain talk”: A triadic collaboration in which nurses promote opportunities for engaging children and their parents about managing children’s pain. Paediatric and Neonatal Pain, 3, 123-133. DOI: 10.1002/pne2.12061.
Jordan, A., Vasileiou, K., Brown, C., & Caes, L. (2021). Supporting primary school children with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: A qualitative investigation of teaching staff experiences. Children, 8, 555. https://doi.org/10.3390/children8070555
Vasileiou, K., Smith, P., & Kagee, A. (2020). “The way I am treated is as if I am under my mother’s care”: qualitative study of patients’ experiences of receiving hospice care services in South Africa. BMC Palliative Care, 19, 95. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-020-00605-1
Smith, P., Vasileiou, K., Jordan, A., (2020). Healthcare professionals’ perceptions and experiences of using a cold cot following the loss of a baby: a qualitative study in maternity and neonatal units in the UK. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 20, 175. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-020-02865-4
Kagee, A., Vasileiou, K., & Smith, P. (2020). Experiences of work-related stress and coping among palliative care staff in South Africa: a qualitative study. South African Journal of Psychology, 50(3), 425–437. https://doi.org/10.1177/0081246320902300
Barnett, J., Vasileiou, K., Lucas, J. S. (2020). Conversations about food allergy risk with restaurant staff when eating out: A customer perspective. Food Control, 108, 106858. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodcont.2019.106858
Barnett, J., & Vasileiou, K. (2020). Chapter 4: Capturing and recording data, In G. Breakwell, D. Wright, & J. Barnett (Eds). Research Methods in Psychology, 5th edition (pp. xx-xx). Sage.
Lee, K., Vasileiou K., & Barnett, J. (2019). “lonely within the mother”: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of first-time mothers’ experiences of loneliness. Journal of Health Psychology, 24, 1334–1344. DOI: 10.1177/135910531772345
Vasileiou, K., Barnett, J., Barreto, M., Vines, J., Atkinson, M., Long, … & Wilson, M. (2019). Coping with loneliness: a qualitative interview study with young adults at University. Mental Health & Prevention, 13, 21-30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mhp.2018.11.002