Bio: Prof. Kalina Sotiroska Ivanoska, PhD was born in 1982 in Ohrid. She graduated (2005) and obtained her master’s degree (2010) at the Institute of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje. In October 2014, she defended the doctoral dissertation entitled Perceiving the quality of the leader-follower relationship employees with different styles of the followership under the mentorship of Prof. Elisaveta Sardzoska at the Institute of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, with which she gained the title Doctor of Psychological Sciences. She served as dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, International University Vision for two terms. In 2016, she was appointed Assistant professor. In December 2020, she was appointed Associate professor in the scientific fields of organizational psychology and psychology of education and upbringing at the Faculty of Philosophy, Institute of Psychology, University Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Skopje.
She has actively participated in numerous international conferences both in our country and abroad. As a researcher she was involved in several international scientific projects including Creative Work in Post-Communist Countries: Exploring Work Experiences and Inequality in the Creative Industries and Creative Labor Markets in Macedonia and Albania (2014-2016), funded by the Swiss RRPP Fund, under the auspices of at the University of Freiburg and the Partnership for Reconciliation through Early Childhood Development and Education in Europe (PRECEDE, 2012 – 2016), funded by the EU, IPA, Megjashi. She is a member of the Macedonian HBSC team since 2020. She was involved in the work of expert commissions at the Ministry of Education and Science. She is a member of the Commission for psychological tests and Commission for Industrial and organizational psychology at the Chamber of Psychologists of the Republic of North Macedonia.
She speaks English, and has a basic knowledge of Italian and Turkish language
Research interests: Leadership, followership, consumer behavior, marketing, education.