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Dr Kostas Papageorgiou

School Of Psychology
Kostas A. Papageorgiou

Dr Kostas Papageorgiou

School Of Psychology

My current research interests involve exploring the degree to which dark personalities (with a particular focus on narcissism) contribute to resilience and performance across contexts. My work has focused on narcissism, as a first step, in order to highlight some positive sides of this seemingly dark trait, such as showing resilience. The objective of my research programme is not to rehabilitate dark personalities, but rather to contextualize them in a complex web of societal costs and benefits. In so doing, I plan, through collaborative work, to be able to look into ways in which society can harness the energy of dark personalities while also curtailing their potential for harm.

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  • K.Papageorgiou@qub.ac.uk
  • +44 (0)28 9097 5653

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Open to PhD applications in the area of;

  • Individual differences
  • Personality
  • Developmental Psychology

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Current Research Opportunities

  • Leader Personality, Behavioural Inconsistency and Employee Presenteeism

Public outreach & key achievements

I participate actively in dissemination of scientific findings in both academic audiences and the public with my research on narcissism to be the subject of frequent media coverage from the world’s largest international broadcasters (e.g., BBC World Service, CNN, Times and Forbes) resulting so far in more than 1,000 pieces of coverage worldwide.


Alumni: Where are they now

Dr Tayler Truhan, Parents and Children Together (PaCT): A tri-directional examination of parental personality, adolescent traits, parenting, and context in affecting adolescent behavioural strengths and difficulties, 2019-2022, USA, ESRC funded PDRA at Áù¾ÅÉ«Ìà Belfast.

Dr Teresa Gomes Arrulo-Clarke, Beneath the Surface: The Role of Socially Aversive Personality Traits and Music Genres for Stress Managemen, 2019-2022, Portugal, Lecturer at Arden University.


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