Education
| 2018 • 2022 | PhD in Developmental Psychological Studies • Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana Civic identity development and civic engagement in adolescents and emerging adults (supervisor: prof. dr. Maja Zupančič) |
| 2016 • 2018 | Master of Arts in Psychology • Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana Translation and adaptation of the Gifted Rating Scales to Slovenian language (supervisor: prof. dr. Valentin Bucik) |
| 2013 • 2016 | Bachelor of Arts in Psychology • Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana |
Teaching and work experience
| 2022 • — | Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana Deputy Head of the Department (2023–2025) Assistant Professor in Social Psychology (2023–) Psychology (undergraduate programme): Construction of Social Reality Psychology of Social Power and Social Influence Psychology (master programme): Economic Psychology (seminars) Applied Psychological Studies (doctoral studies): Theories and Practices of Applied Psychology (co-instructor) The Humanities and Social Sciences (doctoral studies): Psychological Functions of Language (2023/24, external elective) Decison-Making and Behaviour in Environmental Psychology (2023/24, external elective) Research Assistant (2022–2023) |
| 2022 • — | Centre for Applied Epistemology, Educational Research Institute, Ljubljana Scientific Associate |
| 2023 • — | Faculty of Criminal Justice and Security, University of Maribor Security and Policing, Informational Security: Psychology in Criminal Justice (tutorials) |
| 2021 • 2024 | Faculty of Education, University of Ljubljana Social Pedagogy: Developmental Psychology I (tutorials, seminars) Developmental Psychology II (seminars) The Interdisciplinary Research Treatment of Themes from the Field of Education (2022/23, seminars) Preschool Education: Developmental Psychology (tutorials, seminars) |
| 2018 • 2022 | Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana Young Researcher Teaching Assistant (assisted in Psychology of Adolescence and Adulthood, Developmental Assessment, and Theories of Developmental Psychology) |
Service to the field
Editorial work
Books (edited volumes)
Boštjančič, E., & Lep, Ž. (Eds.) (2022). Kako (še) spodbujati zaposlene: nov izbor psiholoških pristopov od A do Ž [How (else) to motivate employees: A new selection of psychological approaches]. Založba Univerze v Ljubljani.
10.4312/9789617128529
Lep, Ž., & Hacin Beyazoglu, K. (Eds.) (2020). Psihologija pandemije: posamezniki in družba v času koronske krize [Psychology of a pandemic: Individuals and the society in times of corona crisis]. Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete Univerze v Ljubljani.10.4312/9789610603979
Journals
European Journal of Psychology Open (editorial board member, 2021–)
Psihološka obzorja (technical editor, 2022–)
Eksperimentator (editor in-chief, 2016–2022)
Reviewer
Journals
Advances in Methodology and Statistics • Anthropos • BMC Psychology • BMC Public Health • Croatian Review of Rehabilitation Research • Discover Psychology • Emerging Adulthood • European Journal of Psychology Open • Frontiers in Epidemiology • Frontiers in Psychology • Frontiers in Public Health • Health Psychology Report • Human Systems Management • International Journal of Care and Caring • International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy • International Journal of Public Health • International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education • Journal of Child Health Care • Journal of Happiness Studies • Journal of Marriage and Family • Journal of Research on Adolescence • Journal of Youth Studies • Management: Journal of Contemporary Management Issues • Personality and Individual Differences • PLoS ONE • Psicologia Sociale • Psihološka obzorja • Psychological Reports • Research in Comparative and International Education • Social Identities • TPM – Testing, Psychometrics, Methodology in Applied Psychology
Conferences
Empirical studies in psychology (2023, 2024) • Comparative and International Education Society Conference (2024) • APS Student Grant Competition (2018–2022) • RISE Award (APS Student Caucus, 2018–2021) • SSEA Thematic Conference (2020) • Rostohar days (2016, 2020)
Conference comitees
Rostohar days, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana (organising comitee member, 2016; programme/scientific comitee co-chair, 2020)
Empirical studies in psychology, Laboratory of Experimental Psychology, Institute of Psychology, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, University of Belgrade (programme comitee member, 2023, 2024)
Associations
Slovenian Psychology Students’ Association (president, 2015–2018; supervisory board member, 2018–2019)
Other information
Grants and positions
| 2024 | Institutional grant (Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana) Launch of a platform for communication science and evidence-based policy recommendation in (social) psychology |
| 2024 • 2025 | Bilateral cooperation grant (Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency) The psychological mechanisms of converting youth political identities and political orientations into their prosocial and pro-environmental behaviours |
| 2022 • 2023 | Visiting scholar at the Laboratory of Experimental Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade (December–February) |
| 2018 • 2022 | Young researcher study and research grant (Slovenian Research Agency) |
| 2021 | CEEPUS mobility grant (unused due to the pandemic restrictions) |
| 2018 | Research internship at the Laboratory of Experimental Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade (May–June) |
| 2009 • 2018 | Zois scholarship – awarded to best seconary school and university students (Public Scholarship, Development, Disability and Maintenance Fund of the Republic of Slovenia) |
Languages
| Slovenian | native (C2) |
| English | full working proficiency (C1) |
| Serbian | full working proficiency (C1) |
| French | limited working proficiency (B2) |
| German | elementary proficiency (A2) |
Memberships
| 2024 • — | Comparative and International Education Society |
| 2021 • — | Slovenian Psychologists’ Association |
| 2021 • 2023 | Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood |
| 2018 • 2022 | Association for Psychological Science |
| 2018 • — | Junior Researcher Programme Alumni |
| 2013 • 2020 | Slovenian Psychology Students’ Association |
Software skills
| Analitical | R, SPSS, JASP, Jamovi, Mplus, MS Excel, RALSA |
| Technical | Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Indesign, MS PowerPoint, Wordpress, HTML and PHP |