MERCEDES VICTORIA
MARTINEZ DIAZ

I obtained my Degree in Psychology in June of 2021, also a Master of Research in Social Psychology in 2016, previously I had acquired the Degree in Social Education (June 2014), all of them by Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia UNED (Spain). I reached remarkable outcomes for each of them. Currently I am working as Postdoctorate Researcher in the UNED, however I was working also with a grant Margarita Salas in UNED in the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (UAM). From 2016 to 2022, I have been working in the research group of “Psicología Social de las Relaciones Intra e Intergrupales y de la Identidad Social”. I obtained a grant FPI (MINECO), and supporting by my co-advisers Ángel Gómez Jiménez (UNED) and Lucia López-Rodríguez (UAL), I have investigated about the emotional dimension of the processes related to the identity fusion and their relationship with the extreme behaviour. The group dimension about why people enter or abandon groups and the implication of the type of groups in these processes has been also the focus of my research. In this period I did an international stay in PICRlab (Psychology Intergroup conflict and Resolution) with Eran Halperin in IDC Herzliya (Israel) for three months. From 2014 to 2016 I worked as a Research Assistant at the Department of Social and Organizational Psychology at UNED. I worked within a project financed by Oxford University and the John Templeton Foundation under the supervision of the professor Harvey Whitehouse and Dr. Ángel Gómez. During this period I have published as co-author papers in significant journals of my field as Frontiers, PSPB, SPP Compass, JESP or The International Journal of Social Psychology. Other results of my Thesis have been not yet published; I am first author of several manuscripts in preparation. Teaching experience On my work as a teacher of university, I have imparted mainly "Psicología Social", "Psicología de los grupos" and "Psicología de la interacción social", both in clasroom as to distance, and also both kind of learnig at the same time in UNED for "Psicología de la Educación". All of them for the degree of Psychology. I am so proud to say that I used to obtained great evaluations from my students. I would like to highlight my ability and effort for learning. Since my career in science and research began, I have never stopped learning and facing off new challenges. This experience has encouraged me to continue working to improve my knowledge and collaborate in the advance of science.