Aug 2023 – Present Member of the Scientific Committee co-editing a special issue on participatory research for the journal JCPP Advances – Wiley Online Library Role: Guest Editor 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/
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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, School of Psychology, University of Lincoln 14 Dec 2023 Module title: Vision Research (BSc Psychology) Lecture’s title: The educational inclusion of students with vision impairment Visiting Lecturer, Department of Psychology, Kingston University London Oct 2023 – Mar 2024 Module title: Cognitive and Social Development (PS7005 – MSc Child Psychology) Lectures’ titles: Development of
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Publications Manitsa, I. (2023). Conceptualising social inclusion and examining its relationship with social competence. British Journal of Visual Impairment. https://doi.org/10.1177/02646196231212744 Day, Ed., Manitsa, I., Farley, A., & Kelly, J. (2023). A UK national study of prevalence and correlates of adopting or not adopting a recovery identity among individuals who have overcome a drug or alcohol
10 BSc dissertations Kingston University London (October 2023 – Apr 2024) PS600 – Co-Supervisor of seven BSc students working on the same research project on trust, trustworthiness and personality traits ICPS College for Humanistic Sciences (Jan 2022 – Apr 2022) Anastasios Maragkoulias, BSc Forensic Psychology (Main Supervisor) Alicia Tampakou, BSc Psychology (Main Supervisor) Vasiliki Tigkilian,
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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 following journals: Journal of Health Psychology Contemporary Social Science: Journal of the Academy of Social Sciences British Journal of Visual Impairment (BJVI) Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness (JVIB) Psychology: The Journal of the Hellenic Psychological
Associate member of the Vision Impairment Centre for Teaching and Research (VICTAR), School of Education, University of Birmingham https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/victar/index.aspx 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
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