Ceri Welsh

Ceri Welsh is a researcher at the School of Psychology, Queen's University Belfast, focusing on improving the assessment of dark personalities to predict cognitive performance and stress. Her work employs systematic reviews, network analyses, and experimental methods to explore the multidimensionality of dark traits, challenging simplistic 'good vs. bad' categorizations. She has published extensively on narcissism, psychometrics, and parenting dynamics. Welsh has received accolades including the First Publication Achievement Award (2024) and Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy Travel Award (2024).

Research Interests:

• Dark personality traits (e.g., narcissism, Machiavellianism)
• Psychometric validation of personality measures
• Stress and cognitive performance correlates
• Parent-adolescent relationship dynamics

Professional Activities:

• Organized the 2022 School of Psychology Annual Postgraduate Conference
• Delivered public lectures on dark personality research (2024)
• Presented at ISSID 2023 on psychometric network analysis