GRANTS
Principal Investigator
2026: Emotional tears and mu suppression, We are UNIC! Mobility Programme
2024: Are two social glues more adhesive than one? Relationship between emotional tears and emotional mimicry, Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange, Bekker Programme
2022-2026: Crocodile tears: A systematic analysis of the conditions under which emotional tears are perceived as insincere, National Science Centre, Poland, OPUS 22 Grant
2021-2023: Do interpersonal functions of tears depend on who is crying? The crier’s age and gender as moderators of tear effect, Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Excellence Initiative Grant
2018-2012: Socially induced affect and the “Big Two”: Interactive effects of agency and communion on affect contagion and countercontagion, National Science Centre, Poland, SONATA BIS 7 Grant
2013-2016: I like you and I feel the way you do: Interpersonal attraction and affect contagion, National Science Centre, Poland, SONATA 4 Grant
Supervisor for PhD Students’ Grants
2025-2026: Crying in romantic relationships (PI: Adrianna Kaczuba-Kozic), Polish Social Psychological Society, Junior Members Grant
2022-2025: Not all smiles are equal. How does context influence the perception of facial expressions? (PI: Paweł Malinowski), Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Excellence Initiative Grant
2021-2023: The role of emotional tears in social perception (PI: Julia Wągrowska), Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Excellence Initiative Grant
2021-2022: Traditional and progressive identity contents, gender identification, ambivalence toward men and amusement with sexist jokes targeted at men (PI: Karolina Koszałkowska), Polish Social Psychological Society, Junior Members Grant
Co-Investigator
2020-2024: Why do people mimic the emotions of others even though they cannot see them? (PI: Michał Olszanowski) National Science Centre, Poland, OPUS 19 Grant)
2007-2010: Social, psychological and health consequences of workaholism (PI: Bohdan Dudek), Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Grant 34
AWARDS
2020: University of Lodz Award for outstanding achievements in social sciences
2018: Audience Award for the best poster at the 15th Annual Convention of the Polish Society for Social Psychology
2017: Nomination for the Teofrast Award for the best Polish psychological book published in 2016 (for the book Zarażanie afektywne. O procesie transferu emocji i nastroju między ludźmi [Affect contagion: On transfer of mood and emotions between people])
2010: Best Poster Award, second prize, 19th Conference on Developmental Psychology
2009, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2020: University of Lodz: Rector’s Awards for a series of papers
2009: Solomon Asch Award for the best paper published by a young researcher in 2008 in Psychologia Społeczna
Principal Investigator
2026: Emotional tears and mu suppression, We are UNIC! Mobility Programme
2024: Are two social glues more adhesive than one? Relationship between emotional tears and emotional mimicry, Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange, Bekker Programme
2022-2026: Crocodile tears: A systematic analysis of the conditions under which emotional tears are perceived as insincere, National Science Centre, Poland, OPUS 22 Grant
2021-2023: Do interpersonal functions of tears depend on who is crying? The crier’s age and gender as moderators of tear effect, Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Excellence Initiative Grant
2018-2012: Socially induced affect and the “Big Two”: Interactive effects of agency and communion on affect contagion and countercontagion, National Science Centre, Poland, SONATA BIS 7 Grant
2013-2016: I like you and I feel the way you do: Interpersonal attraction and affect contagion, National Science Centre, Poland, SONATA 4 Grant
Supervisor for PhD Students’ Grants
2025-2026: Crying in romantic relationships (PI: Adrianna Kaczuba-Kozic), Polish Social Psychological Society, Junior Members Grant
2022-2025: Not all smiles are equal. How does context influence the perception of facial expressions? (PI: Paweł Malinowski), Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Excellence Initiative Grant
2021-2023: The role of emotional tears in social perception (PI: Julia Wągrowska), Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Excellence Initiative Grant
2021-2022: Traditional and progressive identity contents, gender identification, ambivalence toward men and amusement with sexist jokes targeted at men (PI: Karolina Koszałkowska), Polish Social Psychological Society, Junior Members Grant
Co-Investigator
2020-2024: Why do people mimic the emotions of others even though they cannot see them? (PI: Michał Olszanowski) National Science Centre, Poland, OPUS 19 Grant)
2007-2010: Social, psychological and health consequences of workaholism (PI: Bohdan Dudek), Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Grant 34
AWARDS
2020: University of Lodz Award for outstanding achievements in social sciences
2018: Audience Award for the best poster at the 15th Annual Convention of the Polish Society for Social Psychology
2017: Nomination for the Teofrast Award for the best Polish psychological book published in 2016 (for the book Zarażanie afektywne. O procesie transferu emocji i nastroju między ludźmi [Affect contagion: On transfer of mood and emotions between people])
2010: Best Poster Award, second prize, 19th Conference on Developmental Psychology
2009, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2020: University of Lodz: Rector’s Awards for a series of papers
2009: Solomon Asch Award for the best paper published by a young researcher in 2008 in Psychologia Społeczna