Jun.-Prof. Dr. Kinga Bierwiaczonek

Junior Professor Metascience

+49 (0) 651 201-1713kmb(at)leibniz-psychology.org

• Visiting Scholar at the Meta-Research and Innovation Center at Stanford University, USA, 2023-2024
• Researcher at the Department of Psychology, University of Oslo, Norway, since 2020
• Double PhD in Psychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam in cotutelle with ISCTE – University Institute of Lisbon (2018/2019)

Research interests

Meta-analysis, Metascience, Conspiracy Beliefs, Intergroup Relations, Acculturation

Publications (selection)

Bierwiaczonek, K., Fluit, S., von Soest, T., Hornsey, M.J, & Kunst, J.R (2024). Loneliness trajectories over three decades are associated with conspiracist worldviews in midlife. Nature Communications, 15, 3629. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-47113-x

Bierwiaczonek, K., Cheung, M. W. L., & Kunst, J. R. (2023). Revisiting the integration hypothesis again: High heterogeneity complicates the interpretation of cross-sectional evidence. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 93, 101780. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2023.101780

Bierwiaczonek, K., Gundersen, A. B., & Kunst, J. R. (2022). The role of conspiracy beliefs for COVID-19 health responses: A meta-analysis. Current Opinion in Psychology, 46, 101346 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2022.101346

Bierwiaczonek, K., & Kunst, J. R. (2021). Revisiting the Integration Hypothesis: Correlational and Longitudinal Meta-Analyses Demonstrate the Limited Role of Acculturation for Cross-Cultural Adaptation. Psychological Science, 32(9), 1476-1493. https://doi.org/10.1177/09567976211006432

Bierwiaczonek, K., Kunst, J.R. and Pich, O. (2020). Belief in COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories Reduces Social Distancing over Time. Applied Psychology Health Well-Being, 12, 1270-1285. https://doi.org/10.1111/aphw.12223

External funding

PI in the project Antecedents of cross-cultural adaptation: A meta-analysis 1988-2025 funded by Research Council of Norway under the Young Research Talent grant scheme