Professor Ivana Markova

Emeritus Professor

Psychology University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA

Professor Ivana Markova

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About me

I graduated from Charles University in Prague in philosophy and subsequently I obtained PhDr in psychology. I came to the Department of Cambridge as a post-doctoral visitor in 1967, and in 1970 I was appointed at the University of Stirling as a lecturer in social psychology. I am Emeritus Professor at the University of Stirling, Visiting Professor in the Department of Social Psychology at the London School of Economics and Political science (since 2007) and a Research Associate in the Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Sciences at the London School of Economic and Political Sciences (since 2011). I am a Fellow of the British Academy, of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and of the British Psychological Society. In 2012, together with Professor Martin Bauer of the London School of Exonomics and Political Science I initiated a study group on common sense in social sciences. This interdisciplinary and international project focuses on the study of epistemology of common sense in relation to science.

Research

Over the years I carried out a) empirical research into the social and psychological problems of people with haemophilia, learning difficulties and cerebral palsy focusing above all on language and communication and on interdependence between the Selves and Others. Research in haemophilia, in addition, was concerned with knowledge and representations of this genetic disorder by people with haemophilia and their families, with the risk of HIV/AIDS and with genetic counselling. The studies on social representations of democracy, trust and responsibility in post-Communist Europe involved comparative research carried out in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, France and the UK. Much of this research was based on the use of focus groups and on interviews. b) theoretical research into epistemology of social psychology was concerned with critiques of of epistemologies based on static and mechanistic presuppositions of language and knowing, and with the development of the dialogical alternative. My current research continues the development of the dialogicality as epistemology of common sense and professional practices. This theoretical work is underlied by presuppositions of the ethical interdependence between the Self and Other(s), with imagination, trust and responsibility, and with meanings of these concepts in dialogical professional practices.

Outputs (75)

Outputs

Article

Chronotopes

Marková I & Novaes A (2020) Chronotopes. Culture and Psychology, 26 (2), pp. 117-138. https://doi.org/10.1177/1354067X19888189

Commentary

'Giving voice': Opening up new routes in the dialogicality of social change

Markova I (2017) 'Giving voice': Opening up new routes in the dialogicality of social change. Commentary on: Zadeh, S. (2017). The implications of dialogicality for ‘giving voice’ in social representations Research. Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour. Forthcoming. https://doi.org/10.1111/jtsb.12136. Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, 47 (3), pp. 279-285. https://doi.org/10.1111/jtsb.12140

Authored Book

The Dialogical Mind: Common Sense and Ethics

Markova I (2016) The Dialogical Mind: Common Sense and Ethics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. http://www.cambridge.org/gb/academic/subjects/psychology/social-psychology/dialogical-mind-common-sense-and-ethics?format=HB

Book Chapter

Preface and Acknowledgements

Markova I (2012) Preface and Acknowledgements. In: Markova I (ed.) Trust and Democratic Transition in Post-Communist Europe. Proceedings of the British Academy, 123. Oxford: Oxford University Press/British Academy, pp. xii-xiv. http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780197263136.do

Book Chapter

Social Representations As Anthropology of Culture

Markova I (2012) Social Representations As Anthropology of Culture. In: Valsiner J (ed.) Oxford Handbook of Culture and Psychology. Oxford Library of Psychology. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 487-512. http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780195396430.do

Book Chapter

Trust as a Psychosocial Feeling: Socialization and Totalitarianism

Markova I & Watier P (2012) Trust as a Psychosocial Feeling: Socialization and Totalitarianism. In: Markova I (ed.) Trust and Democratic Transition in Post-Communist Europe. Proceedings of the British Academy, 123. Oxford: Oxford University Press/British Academy, pp. 25-46. http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780197263136.do

Edited Book

Trust and Democratic Transition in Post-Communist Europe

Markova I (ed.) (2012) Trust and Democratic Transition in Post-Communist Europe. Proceedings of the British Academy, 123. Oxford: Oxford University Press/British Academy. http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780197263136.do; https://doi.org/10.5871/bacad/9780197263136.001.0001

Commentary

'Americanization' of European Social Psychology

Markova I (2012) 'Americanization' of European Social Psychology. Commentary on: Sandra G. L. Schruijer, Whatever happened to the 'European' in European social psychology? A study of the ambitions in founding the European Association of Experimental Social Psychology, History of the Human Sciences, 2012, Vol 25, Issue 3, pp. 88-107, DOI: 10.1177/0952695111427365. History of the Human Sciences, 25 (3), pp. 108-116. https://doi.org/10.1177/0952695111435066

Article

Introduction

Markova I & Jovchelovitch S (2008) Introduction. Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, 38 (4), pp. 327-333. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-5914.2008.00384.x

Authored Book

Dialogue in Focus Groups: Exploring Socially Shared knowledge

Markova I, Linell P, Grossen M & Salazar Orvig A (2007) Dialogue in Focus Groups: Exploring Socially Shared knowledge. London: Equinox. https://www.equinoxpub.com/home/dialogue-focus-groups-exploring-socially-shared-knowledge-ivana-markova-per-linell-michele-grossen-anne-salazar-orvig/

Book Chapter

Trust and distrust in society

Markova I, Linell P & Gillespie A (2007) Trust and distrust in society. In: Markov  I & Gillespie A (eds.) Trust and Distrust: Sociocultural perspectives. Advances in Cultural Psychology: Constructing Human Development. Greenwich CT: Information Age Publishing, Inc. pp. 3-27. http://www.infoagepub.com/products/Trust-and-Distrust

Book Chapter

Themata in dialogue: Taking social knowledge as shared

Markova I (2007) Themata in dialogue: Taking social knowledge as shared. In: Markov  I, Linell P, Grossen M & Salazar-Orvig A (eds.) Dialogue in Focus Groups: Exploring Socially Shared Knowledge. Studies in Language and Communication. London: Equinox, pp. 167-194. http://www.equinoxpub.com/equinox/books/showbook.asp?bkid=124

Edited Book

Trust and distrust: Socio-cultural perspectives

Markova I & Gillespie A (eds.) (2007) Trust and distrust: Socio-cultural perspectives. Advances in Cultural Psychology: Constructing Human Development. Greenwich CT: Information Age Publishing, Inc. http://www.infoagepub.com/products/Trust-and-Distrust

Authored Book

The Making of Modern Social Psychology

Moscovici S & Markova I (2006) The Making of Modern Social Psychology. Cambridge: Polity. http://www.polity.co.uk/book.asp?ref=9780745629667

Authored Book

Dialogicality and Social Representations: The Dynamics of Mind

Markova I (2003) Dialogicality and Social Representations: The Dynamics of Mind. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. http://www.cambridge.org/fk/academic/subjects/psychology/social-psychology/dialogicality-and-social-representations-dynamics-mind

Article

AAC systems: Obstacles to effective use

Murphy J, Markova I, Collins S & Moodie E (1996) AAC systems: Obstacles to effective use. European Journal of Disorders of Communication, 31 (1), pp. 31-44. https://doi.org/10.3109/13682829609033150

Edited Book

Mutualities in Dialogue

Markova I, Graumann CF & Foppa K (eds.) (1995) Mutualities in Dialogue. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/psychology/social-psychology/mutualities-dialogue

Commentary

On solos, duets, quartets, and quintets: A response to Gardner

Markova I (1992) On solos, duets, quartets, and quintets: A response to Gardner. Commentary on: H. Gardner (1992) Scientific psychology: Should we bury it or praise it? Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 179-190.. New Ideas in Psychology, 10 (2), pp. 215-221. https://doi.org/10.1016/0732-118X%2892%2990031-T

Edited Book

Asymmetries in Dialogue

Markova I & Foppa K (eds.) (1991) Asymmetries in Dialogue. Hemel Hempstead: Harvester Wheatsheaf.

Article

Sexual behaviour in Scottish prisons

Power KG, Markova I, Rowlands A, McKee KJ, Anslow PJ & Kilfedder CJ (1991) Sexual behaviour in Scottish prisons. BMJ, 302 (6791), pp. 1507-1508. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.302.6791.1507-a

Article

The haemophilic patient's self-perception of changes in health and life-style arising from self-treatment

Markova I, Forbes CD, Rowlands A, Pettigrew AF & Willoughby M (1983) The haemophilic patient's self-perception of changes in health and life-style arising from self-treatment [Die Selbstwahrnehmung hämophiler Patienten von Veränderungen, welche sich in Gesundheit und Lebensweise aus der Selbstbehandlung ergeben]. International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 6 (1), pp. 11-18. https://doi.org/10.1097/00004356-198303000-00002