Aug 2023 – Present Member of the Scientific Committee co-editing a special issue on participatory research for the journal JCPP Advances – Wiley Online Library May 2023 – Present Member of the Scientific Committee developing the Hellenic Psychological Society Code of Human Research Ethics and Practice, Hellenic Psychological Society https://elpse.com/
Video release for the IBSA World Games 2023 hosted by the University of Birmingham (9 August 2023): Social Inclusion of Blind and Partially Sighted Children | University of Birmingham – YouTube Press release (7 July 2023): Students with low vision may feel more socially excluded than blind or sighted peers – University of Birmingham. Manitsa, …
Guest Lecturer, Department of Psychology, Kingston University London Jan 2023 – Mar 2023 Historical and Philosophical Concepts in Psychology (PS4003 – BSc Psychology) Lecture title: The history of developmental and educational problems Advanced Issues in the Psychology of Thinking (PS6008 – BSc Psychology) Lecture title: Cognition and Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Development in Typical …
Publications Manitsa, I. (Accepted with minor revisions). Conceptualising social inclusion and examining its relationship with social competence. British Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness. Manitsa, I., Barlow-Brown, F. & Livanou, M. (2023). Evaluating the role of social inclusion in the self-esteem and academic inclusion of adolescents with vision impairment (Provisionally accepted). Livanou, M., Bull, M.*, …
Three BSc dissertations ICPS College for Humanistic Sciences (Jan 2022 – Apr 2022) Anastasios Maragkoulias, BSc Forensic Psychology (Main Supervisor) Alicia Tampakou, BSc Psychology (Main Supervisor) Vasiliki Tigkilian, BSc Psychology with Psychotherapy & Counselling (Main Supervisor) 22 MSc dissertations (12 main supervisions and 10 co-supervisions) Kingston University London (Mar 2023 – Apr 2023; covering …
Principal Investigator (PI), Institute for Mental Health, School of Psychology, University of Birmingham Co-investigators: Dr Maria Livanou (King’s College London), Dr Stephanie Burnett Heyes (University of Birmingham), Dr Fiona Barlow-Brown (Kingston University London) Tasks: setting up the research team, internal grant application, ethics application, contact with national organisations and professional services, preparation of quantitative and …
Principal Investigator (PI), Institute for Mental Health, School of Psychology, University of Birmingham Co-investigators: Dr Fiona Barlow-Brown (Kingston University London), Dr Rachel Hewett (University of Birmingham), Dr Mhairi Thurston (Abertay University), Professor John Ravenscroft (University of Edinburgh), Dr Joao Roe (Sensory Support Service in Bristol) Tasks: setting up the research team; external grant application; ethics …
• Grant Reviewer the Czech Science Foundation (GACR) – Department of Social Sciences and Humanities• Invited Peer Reviewer for the Journal of Health Psychology, Contemporary Social Science: Journal of the Academy of Social Sciences, British Journal of Visual Impairment (BJVI)
Member of the Hellenic Psychological Society https://elpse.com/ Member of the Educational Psychology Division of the Hellenic Psychological Society Member of the Developmental Psychology Division of the Hellenic Psychological Society Member of the Social Psychology Division of the Hellenic Psychological Society Sight Loss Research Network organised by Dr Hazel McFarlane (Senior Sensory Hub Officer) and Dr …
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