Marina Orifici, M.Sc.

Office hours: by appointment

Room: C1003, Building 11

Research Interests

Gender, Inequality, Stereotypes and Discrimination, Cross-Cultural Psychology, Behavioral Economics, Open Science

Biography

After completing her studies in Psychology at the University of Cologne, Marina is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Psychology.

In her research, Marina combines different methodologies from social psychology, cross-cultural psychology, and behavioral economics to examine gender and inequality. Moreover, she is interested in theory testing and development, with a focus on diverse national and cultural contexts. For instance, she tests the generalizability of social role theory across countries worldwide. In her work, she employs a range of psychological approaches and data types. This includes integrating social role theory with regional perspectives and investigating related phenomena such as the gender-equality paradox.

Marina is also committed to open science and collaborative research. For instance, she is involved in a many-analyst investigation on gender-inclusive language and participates in a many-designs project.

Publications

Clemens, V., Orifici, M. C., Froehlich, L., Glöckner, A., & Dorrough, A. R. (2025). Beyond ingroup favoritism: Investigating cross-national social preferences across 25 nations. PNAS Nexus, 4(11), pgaf343. https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgaf343

Academic Distinctions

2025: Additional funding for the organization of the EASP Small Group Meeting on “New Directions in Intercultural Gender Research” awarded by the Gender Equality Concept 2025-2028, the Visibility Fund of the Faculty of Psychology, and the Internationalization Fund, FernUniversität in Hagen
2025: Funding by the European Association of Social Psychology (EASP) to organize an EASP Small Group Meeting on “New Directions in Intercultural Gender Research”
2025: Travel Grant for the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) Annual Convention in Denver, USA, awarded by the Graduate School of the Faculty of Human Sciences, University of Cologne, Germany
2024: Junior Start-Up Grant “Reanalysis of Falk & Hermle (2018) with Perceived Gender Equality” together with Prof. Dr. Angela Dorrough, awarded by C-SEB, University of Cologne, Germany
2023: Junior Start-Up Grant “Underlying Dimensions of Intercultural Differences” together with Dr. Felix Speckmann and Vanessa Clemens, awarded by C-SEB, University of Cologne, Germany
2023: Open Science Fund “The influence of Open Science practices on laypeople’s perception of the credibility of research findings” together with Sheeling Neo and Maximilian Primbs, awarded by the Utrecht University, The Netherlands
2022: Travel Grant for a research stay at the Center for Social and Cultural Psychology, KU Leuven, Belgium, hosted by Prof. Dr. Colette van Laar, awarded by C-SEB, University of Cologne

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