Kyriaki Fousiani

Kyriaki Fousiani is an Assistant Professor at the University of Groningen’s Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences, Department of Organizational Psychology. Her research focuses on justice, power dynamics, negotiations, and intergroup relations, with a particular emphasis on leadership, conflict management, and creativity in organizational contexts. She holds a PhD and actively contributes to academic networks such as the LeverAge European network and Wellbeing & Older Women@Work.

• Roles: Coordinator of the Work Organizational and Personnel Psychology Master Program, Internship Coordinator, and Master’s Thesis Coordinator.
• Positions: Advisory Board member of the Development and Security Group (Illicit Trade Group), and participant in EU-funded initiatives like COST Action CA22120 (LeverAge).

Her research interests span justice and punishment motives, power’s influence on creativity, and the role of demographic factors in organizational citizenship behavior. She explores how intergroup conflict shapes leadership preferences and mediates conflict management strategies across cultures.

Key projects include the Power of Offenders and Motives for Punishment (2022–ongoing), examining demonization and punishment motives. Her work frequently appears in journals like Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology and Evolution and Human Behavior.

Fousiani’s interdisciplinary approach links organizational psychology to societal challenges, such as EU identification in conflict scenarios and age-friendly workplace policies.