Karolina Dukała

Dr. Karolina Dukała is a forensic psychologist at the Department of Forensic Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities. She serves as Vice-Dean for Student Affairs at the Katowice campus and specializes in witness testimony psychology, interrogation effectiveness, and lie detection methods. Her work bridges forensic psychology with motivation research, focusing on engagement dynamics.

• Primary research areas: Forensic Psychology, Interrogation Techniques, Lie Detection
• Co-organizer of international events like Cracow Conference of Psychology and Law
• Recipient of PWN Scientific Publishers' Book of the Year 2021 for 'Clinical Forensic Psychology'

She leads educational initiatives such as the CogNes doctoral program and Erasmus-funded Summer.org project, applying interdisciplinary approaches to organizational research. Her analyses of interrogation methods have gained prominence through the Innocence Project's findings on false confessions.