Rate My Professor Tereza Capelos

Her research investigates psychological processes, mechanisms, and dynamics explaining political behavior, focusing on grievance politics, resentful emotionality, reactionary and radical orientations, and their determinants of anti-democratic and authoritarian preferences. She examines uncertainty, anxiety, trust, and empathy as factors in polarization versus cooperation during crises. Capelos is co-editor of the Palgrave Global Handbook in Political Psychology and the Palgrave Studies in Political Psychology series. She co-convenes the Political Psychology Standing Group of the European Consortium for Political Research and served as President of the International Society of Political Psychology. As Co-Principal Investigator, she leads work in Horizon Europe projects PLEDGE and PROTEMO on emotions and grievances in democratic governance. Her publications feature in Political Psychology, Regulation and Governance, Politics and Governance, European Politics and Society, American Behavioral Scientist, and Philosophies. Key works include 'Ressentiment and discontent: political orientations and emotional roots of violence in times of crisis' (2025, European Politics and Society), 'Emotional sensibility and corporate performance in supply chain governance' (2025, Social Responsibility Journal), 'The anti-social triad of grievance politics' (2024, American Behavioral Scientist), and 'Ressentiment in the manosphere' (2024, Philosophies). She accepts PhD students and engages on political psychology topics.