Presentations

2025

Congress of the Japanese Psychological Association, Sendai, Japan

Rethinking Japan through the Mediterranean: New Perspectives on Cultural Diversity

International Congress of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology, Brisbane, Australia

Sorry, Not Sorry: The Interplay of Honor and Apologies in the Mediterranean

2024

Lab Meeting, こころ Lab, Institute for the Future of Human Society, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Culture & Well-being: A Research Outline

EASP funded Small-Group Meeting, Pescara, Italy

The Role Of Dignity, Face, and Honour Cultural Logics in Intrapersonal, Interpersonal, and Intergroup Processes

2023

European Association of Social Psychology, Krakow, Poland

Are Mediterranean societies honor cultures? The cultural logics of Honor, Face, and Dignity in Southern-Europe and the MENA Region

International Convention of Psychological Science, Brussels, Belgium

Honor Fit and Well-Being in the Mediterranean Region

2022

UK Culture and Psychology Conference, Newcastle, UK

Honor Fit and Well-Being in the Mediterranean Region

International Congress of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology, Online

What shapes our self? The role of socio-contextual influences on independence and interdependence
Speakers: Prof. Jinkyung Na (Sogang University, South Korea), Dr. Jonathan Schulz (George Mason University, USA), Dr. Nicolas Geeraert (University of Essex, UK), & Prof. Ayse Uskul (University of Kent, UK) Discussant: Prof. Vivian Vignoles (University of Sussex, UK)

Conference of the Consortium of European Research on Emotions, Granada, Spain

Expanding the map: Emotional Fit and Subjective Wellbeing in the Mediterranean

Conference of the International Association for Relationship Research, Online

The Self and Relationships in the Mediterranean

Conference of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Hybrid / San Francisco, USA

The link between self-construal and wellbeing in honor, face, and dignity regions

2021

25th International Congress of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology, Online

Emotions during Mother-Daughter Disagreements in Belgium and Japan

Triandis Doctoral Award Presentation, 25th International Congress of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology, Online

The Relationality of Feelings: A Cultural Comparison of Affective Patterns in Western and East-Asian Relationships

2020

Social Seminar, Department of Psychology, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK

Emotions and Relationships in Belgium and Japan

2018

Consortium for Emotion Research in Europe (CERE), Glasgow, UK

We move, we stay, together: Interpersonal patterns of affect in Belgium and Japan

2017

EASP General Meeting, Granada, Spain

Cultural Differences in self-reported affect and relationship satisfaction during couple conflicts

Pre-conference meeting “Relationships and Health”, 2017 EASP conference, Granada, Spain

The role of positive affect for partner’s satisfaction and wellbeing in two cultures

2016

23rd Congress of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology, Nagoya, Japan

Conflict in Couples: Behavioral strategies and their relationship outcomes in the US, Belgium and Japan

2015

Congress of the International Society for Research on Emotions, Geneva, Switzerland

Humiliated Fury is not universal: The co-occurrence of anger and shame in the U.S. and Japan

International Convention of Psychological Science, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

The effect of hate crime on self-attributed humanness