Dr Magdalena Skrodzka
PhD
Marie Skłodowska‑Curie Postdoctoral Fellow
School of Psychology, The University of Queensland and Queens University Belfast
Researcher biography
As a researcher passionate about social psychology, I specialise in the role of social identity and the psychosocial consequences of both personal and historical trauma. With a PhD from the University of Warsaw and extensive international experience, I have developed a strong portfolio of research across diverse contexts, ranging from Kurdish communities in Iraq to Ukrainian immigrants in Europe. My research combines rigorous quantitative methods with a deep understanding of social identity dynamics, which has been recognized in top-tier journals and supported by substantial research grants.
Book Chapter
Muldoon, Orla, Skilton, Lisa and Skrodzka, Magdelana (2025). Crunch times: Using the social identity approach to understand stress and trauma. Handbook of Social Identity Research. (pp. 185-202) Edward Elgar Publishing. doi: 10.4337/9781035316595.00019
Journal Articles
Skrodzka, Magdalena, Smith, Elaine M., Foran, Aoife‐Marie, Shelly, Catriona, Brance, Kristine and Muldoon, Orla T. (2026). Shared identity, shared experience, social mobilisation: a social identity approach to collective action among war‐affected people. European Journal of Social Psychology, 56 (4) ejsp.70075, 726-736. doi: 10.1002/ejsp.70075
Skrodzka, Magdalena, Jay, Sarah and Muldoon, Orla T. (2026). Village Identification, Village Support and Collective Efficacy Among People Living in Poverty in Nepal. Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, 36 (2) e70246, 2. doi: 10.1002/casp.70246
Muldoon, Orla T., Skrodzka, Magdalena, Mühlemann, Neela S., Ahern, Elayne, Ysseldyk, Renate, St‐Jean, Renee, Milton, Sarah and Branscombe, Nyla R. (2025). Collective post‐traumatic growth: Validating and measuring positive change in the collective self among victims of sexual violence. Political Psychology, 47 (2) e70061, 2. doi: 10.1111/pops.70061
Skrodzka, Magdalena, Maślana, Anna, Olko, Justyna and Duć-Fajfer, Helena (2025). Awaiting the worst: Historical trauma and the inter-ethnic relationship between the Lemko minority and the Polish majority. Ethnicities, 25 (6), 801-824. doi: 10.1177/14687968251345161
Griffin, Siobhán M., Lebedová, Alžběta, Cruwys, Tegan, McMahon, Grace, Foran, Aoife Marie, Skrodzka, Magdalena, Gallagher, Stephen, Ginty, Annie T. and Muldoon, Orla T. (2025). Identity change and the transition to university: implications for cortisol awakening response, psychological well‐being and academic performance. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being, 17 (1) e12608, 1-19. doi: 10.1111/aphw.12608
Soral, Wiktor, Bukowski, Marcin, Bilewicz, Michał, Cichocka, Aleksandra, Lewczuk, Karol, Marchlewska, Marta, Rabinovitch, Aleksandra, Rędzio, Anna, Skrodzka, Magdalena and Kofta, Mirosław (2024). Prolonged unemployment is associated with control loss and personal as well as social disengagement. Journal of Personality, 92 (6), 1704-1725. doi: 10.1111/jopy.12967
Skrodzka, Magdalena and Vollhardt, Johanna Ray (2024). Collective victim beliefs in the aftermath of historical trauma and their effects on psychological well‐being: Initial findings among the Polish diaspora in the United States. Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, 34 (4) e2832, 4. doi: 10.1002/casp.2832
Skrodzka, Magdalena, McMahon, Grace, Griffin, Siobhán M. and Muldoon, Orla T. (2024). New social identities in Ukrainian ‘refugees’: A social cure or social curse?. Social Science & Medicine, 353 117048, 117048-353. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.117048
McMahon, Grace, Ysseldyk, Renate, Foran, Aoife Marie, Skrodzka, Magdalena and Muldoon, Orla T. (2024). Religious engagement and antibody response to the COVID‐19 vaccine. British Journal of Social Psychology, 63 (4), 1844-1855. doi: 10.1111/bjso.12759
Skrodzka, Magdalena, Stefaniak, Anna and Bilewicz, Michał (2023). Group identification moderates the effect of historical trauma availability on historical trauma symptoms and conspiracy beliefs. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 33 (4), 835-850. doi: 10.1002/casp.2684
Gelezelyte, Odeta, Dragan, Malgorzata, Grajewski, Piotr, Kvedaraite, Monika, Lotzin, Annett, Skrodzka, Magdalena, Nomeikaite, Auguste and Kazlauskas, Evaldas (2022). Factors Associated With Suicide Ideation in Lithuania and Poland Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic. Crisis, 43 (6), 460-467. doi: 10.1027/0227-5910/a000814
Skrodzka, Magdalena, Kende, Anna, Faragó, Laura and Bilewicz, Michał (2022). “Remember that we suffered!” The effects of historical trauma on anti-Semitic prejudice. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 52 (5), 341-350. doi: 10.1111/jasp.12862
Górska, Paulina, Stefaniak, Anna, Lipowska, Katarzyna, Malinowska, Katarzyna, Skrodzka, Magdalena and Marchlewska, Marta (2022). Authoritarians go with the flow: social norms moderate the link between right-wing authoritarianism and outgroup-directed attitudes. Political Psychology, 43 (1), 131-152. doi: 10.1111/pops.12744
Bilewicz, Michał, Skrodzka, Magdalena, Olko, Justyna and Lewińska, Tetyana (2021). The double-edged sword of identification. The divergent effects of identification on acculturation stress among Ukrainian immigrants in Poland. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 83, 177-186. doi: 10.1016/j.ijintrel.2021.06.009
Skrodzka, Magdalena, Sosnowski, Piotr, Bilewicz, Michał and Stefaniak, Anna (2021). Group Identification Attenuates the Effect of Historical Trauma on Mental Health: A Study of Iraqi Kurds. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 91 (6), 693-702. doi: 10.1037/ort0000571
Skrodzka, Magdalena, Hansen, Karolina, Olko, Justyna and Bilewicz, Michał (2020). The twofold role of a minority language in historical trauma: the case of Lemko minority in Poland. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 39 (4), 551-566. doi: 10.1177/0261927X20932629
Groyecka, Agata, Witkowska, Marta, Wróbel, Monika, Klamut, Olga and Skrodzka, Magdalena (2019). Challenge your stereotypes! Human Library and its impact on prejudice in Poland. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 29 (4), 311-322. doi: 10.1002/casp.2402
Okruszek, Łukasz, Talarowska, Monika, Schudy, Anna and Skrodzka, Magdalena (2014). Facial emotion recognition in patients with recurrent depressive disorder and patients with schizophrenia Zdolnos̈ć rozpoznawania emocji u chorych z zaburzeniami depresyjnymi i u chorych na schizofrenię. Polski Merkuriusz Lekarski, 37 (218), 99-103.