
Prof. Goran Knežević
psychologist
QUALIFICATIONS
1989 – Graduated at Department of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade
1994 – Master of Science, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade
2001 – PhD degree, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade
PUBLICATIONS
H-index 20 (Scopus)
RESEARCH PROJECTS
ONGOING
2021 – National survey of mental health after COVID-19 pandemic: Multilevel analysis of individual and societal factors Science Fund of the Republic of Serbia – Special research program on COVID – 19 (researcher).
2019 – The role of narcissism, HEXACO, and disintegration in conspiracy beliefs. PI with Ljiljana Lazarević. Grant: ZPID – Leibniz Institute for Psychology Information, Trier, Germany.
2018 – Militant extremist mind-set in volatile Balkans – research project supported by prof dr Lazar Stankov (researcher).
2015 – Stability and relevance of Disintegration. PI with Ljiljana Lazarević. Grant: GESIS Leibniz Institute for Social Sciences, Germany.
2015 – Standardization of the Serbian version of the Weschler’s Adult Intelligence Scale-IV edition (PI) and standardization of the Serbian version of the Wechsler Memory Scale-IV edition (researcher). Financed by Sinapsa Edicije.
COMPLETED
2011-2020 – Project No. 179018, financed by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development, PI.
2013-2015 – Reproducibility Project: Psychology. Researcher in a preregistered study in the RPP, and in the Open Science Collaboration. Financially supported by the Center for Open Science and the Laura and John Arnold Foundation.
2006-2010 – “Psychological problems in the context of social changes”, No. 149018, supported by the Ministry of Education and Science of Serbia (researcher).
2005-2008 – Coordinator in Serbia, project “Socio-Psychological Profile of Militant Extremists”; participants USA, Australia, Serbia. Supported by University of Oregon, USA.
2004-2008 – Coordinator of work packages “Psychological assessment” and “Data analysis” on the project “Psychobiology of PTSD”; participants: Serbia, Croatia, Italy, Holland, UK). Supported by European Commission (F-6), four years in duration.
2002-2006 – Coordinator responsible for the psychological assessment portion in Serbia for the project titled “Treatment seeking and treatment outcomes in people suffering from posttraumatic stress following war and migration in the Balkans”. International project (participants: UK, Germany, Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia), supported by European Commission (Copernicus), three years lasting.
2002-2006 – “Types of serious criminal offences in Serbia in the period of transition; Subproject 2: Types of serious criminal violence – murder, rape, robbery with violence and kidnaping; Subproject 3: organized criminal”. Supported by Ministry of Science and environmental protection of Serbia (researcher).
1998-2000 – “Confidence ratings in tests of cognitive abilities”, supported by Sydney University, LgARC fund (visiting scholar).
1997-2001 – “Crime and other social deviations”, supported by The Ministry of Science and environmental protection of Serbia (researcher).
1992-1996 – Influences of social development and personal mediators on criminal behaviour, supported by UNICRI – Rome and Ministry of Science of Serbia (researcher).