Anastasia Kostaridou - Eykleidi

Anastasia Kostaridou-Eukleidis is a Professor of Experimental and Cognitive Psychology in the Department of Psychology at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Her research interests include intelligence, thinking, meditation, cognitive development, metacognition, individual differences, the relationship between motivation and intelligence, self-concept, and geropsychology. She is the author or co-editor of 12 books and special journal issues in Greek, and co-author or co-editor of 9 others in English. She has co-authored two monographs in English and one in Greek. She has published over 150 articles in English and Greek journals and books and has participated in more than 230 international and Greek conferences with invited and non-invited presentations. She has overseen the translation of 8 books and 7 articles into Greek. She has taught at the Universities of Turku (Finland), Fribourg (Switzerland), and Koblenz-Landau (Germany). She served as the Chair of the Department of Psychology at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (1995-97 and 1997-99) and organized various scientific events, including the 4th Panhellenic Conference of Psychological Research, the International Conference on Motivation: 6th Workshop on Achievement and Task Motivation, and the 1st International Conference of the Psychological Society of Northern Greece: Psychology and Quality of Life. She was a founding member of the Hellenic Psychological Society, where she repeatedly served on the Board of Directors and held positions as General Secretary and President. She has been the President of the Psychological Society of Northern Greece since its inception in 2001, a member of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction, Vice President of the European Association for Psychological Assessment, an affiliate member of the American Psychological Association, and a member of numerous other societies. She is the editor-in-chief of the Scientific Annals of the Psychological Society of Northern Greece and the Hellenic Journal of Psychology, a member of the editorial and publishing committee of the journal European Psychologist, and was elected editor-in-chief and publisher of the journal Learning and Instruction, where she was also a member of the editorial and publishing committee. Finally, she served as editor-in-chief of "Psychology: The Journal of the Hellenic Psychological Society." Since their establishment at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, she has been the Chair of the Social Policy Committee, Chair of the Board of the Counseling and Psychological Support Center, Head of the Blood Bank, Head of the Museum of Psychology Instruments, and Chair of the Organizing Committee of Student Week.