University of Southampton

Constantine Sedikides graduated from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece, in 1982. He received a masters degree in developmental psychology from Fordham University, USA, in 1984; a masters degree in social psychology from Ohio State University, USA, in 1986; and his Ph.D. in social psychology from Ohio University PlaceType in 1988.

Constantine began his academic career at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA, where he served as an assistant professor from 1988 to 1993. In 1993, he moved, as an associate professor, to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA, and was promoted to full professor in 1997. Two years later, he joined the School of Psychology at the University of Southampton, England, as chair in social and personality psychology Currently, Constantine is the Director of the Centre for Research on Self and Identity (founded in 2000).

Constantine's research interests are mostly in the area of self and identity. His research focuses on (1) causes, correlates, and consequences of self-enhancement and self-protection in cultural context, (2) intrapersonal and interpersonal constraints of self-self-enhancement, (3) relative benefits and performance consequences of self-enhancing versus self-improving feedback, (4) social behavior of narcissists, (5) genetic bases of self-esteem, (6) implicit and explicit strategies deployed to protect the self against threatening feedback, and (7) psychological functions of nostalgia. Research in these and other topics has resulted in over 160 publications and 10 volumes.

Constantine is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, the American Psychological Society, and the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. He is also a past president of    the International Society for Self and Identity. He has received several awards such as Favorite Faculty Award (University of North Carolina), Ford Foundation Award (University of North Carolina), and Faculty Appreciation Award (University of Wisconsin), has received grants from sources such as British Academy, Economic and Social Research Council, The Leverhulme Trust, and National Institute of Health, and has given several keynote addresses, (e.g., Annual Conference of The Dutch Social Psychological Association, Annual Conference of the German Social Psychological Association). He has been a co-editor of Psychological Inquiry and a series of edited volumes, titled Studies in Self and Identity. He also serves or has served on the editorial boards of British Journal of Social Psychology, Basic and Applied Social Psychology, European Journal of Social Psychology, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology: Interpersonal Relations and Group Processes, and Self and Identity..