PhD Students
Eka Riyanti Purboningsih
Eka obtained a Master degree in Social Psychology at University of Padjadjaran (Indonesia). She studies how parents can support their children to use social media in a healthy manner.
Kerstin Becker
Kerstin obtained a Master degree in Media Psychology at University of Salford (UK) as well as a Master degree in Health & Social Psychology at Maastricht University (Netherlands). She studies the impact of social media on body image.
Matej Naki
Matej obtained both a Master degree in Psychology and an MBA at University of Zagreb (Croatia). He studies the relationship between social media and emotion regulation.
Cora Zhu
Cora obtained a Master degree in Psychology at Hong Kong University. She studies the impact of algorithmic management on employee-employer dynamics.
Supervised postdoctoral Researchers
Nino Gugushvili
Nino obtained a double-degree PhD in social psychology from the University of Maastricht (Netherlands) and University of Tartu (Estonia) in 2023. During her postdoctoral research at Maastricht University, she examined social media addiction and consequences for mental health.
Alexandra Masciantonio
Alexandra obtained a PhD in social psychology from the University of Lorraine (France) in 2021. During her postdoctoral research at Maastricht University, she studied how the impact of social media on mental health and political participation varies across social media platforms, focusing on a European context.
Supervised PhD Students
Nino Gugushvili succesfully defended her doctoral dissertation in 2023.
Julian Provenzano succesfully defended his doctoral dissertation in 2019.
Merve Alabak succesfully defended her doctoral dissertation in 2022.
Maxime Résibois succesfully defended his doctoral dissertation in 2017.
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