UCM
Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
prof. Dr. Ognen Spasovski, PhD.
Email:
ognen.spasovski@ucm.sk
Homepage:
http://
Fakulta/Univerzita:
FF UCM - Faculty of Arts
Pracovisko:
KPSY - Katedra psychológie

I. - Basic information

I.1 - Surname
Spasovski
I.2 - Name
Ognen
I.3 - Degrees
prof., d.-r., PhD.
I.4 - Year of birth
1970
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Faculty of Arts, Department of psychology
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Nám. J. Herdu 2, 91701 Trnava
I.7 - Position
professor
I.8 - E-mail address
ognen.spasovski@ucm.sk
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/33342
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
Psychology (1st, 2nd degree), General and Experimental psychology (3rd degree)
I.11 - ORCID iD
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6039-6946

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
University Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Skopje, North Macedonia, Faculty of Philopsophy, Depart. of Psychology
II.b - Year
1996
II.c - Study field and programme
Psychology
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
University Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Skopje, North Macedonia, Faculty of Philopsophy, Depart. of Psychology
II.b - Year
2004
II.c - Study field and programme
Psychology/General psychology
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
University Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Skopje, North Macedonia, Faculty of Philopsophy, Depart. of Psychology
II.b - Year
2009
II.c - Study field and programme
Psychology/General psychology
II.4 - Associate professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
University Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Skopje, North Macedonia, Faculty of Philopsophy, Depart. of Psychology
II.b - Year
2014
II.c - Study field and programme
Psychology/General psychology
II.5 - Professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
University Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Skopje, North Macedonia, Faculty of Philopsophy, Depart. of Psychology
II.b - Year
2019
II.c - Study field and programme
Psychology/General psychology
II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position III.b - Institution III.c - Duration
professor Department of psychology, Faculty of Arts, University Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Trnava 2020 - lasts

IV. - Development of pedagogical, professional, language, digital and other skills

IV.a - Activity description, course name, other IV.b - Name of the institution IV.c - Year
Course in using digital technologies - Eye tracker and emotional facial recognition StratumR&D, Skopje 2020
Course in using robotics and coding as a tool for development of critical and analytical thinking recognition Skamper Skopje and National Fund for Innovation and technological development 2020
Course in developing standards for qualifications British Council - Skopje, Republic of North Macedonia
Course in methods and tehniques on Inclusive education University of Edinbourgh 2015

V. - Overview of activities within the teaching career at the university

V.1 - Overview of the profile courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.1.a - Name of the profile course V.1.b - Study programme V.1.c - Degree V.1.d - Field of study
Colloquial Exam Psychology I. Psychology
Thesis Defense Psychology I. Psychology
Thesis Defence Psychology II. Psychology
Seminar for PhD. students I. Psychology III. General and experimental psychology
Seminar for PhD. students II. Psychology III. General and experimental psychology
Seminar for PhD. students III. Psychology III. General and experimental psychology
Desertation exam Psychology III. General and experimental psychology
Evolutional psychology Psychology II. Psychology
Colloquial Exam Psychology II. Psychology
V.2 - Overview of the responsibility for the delivery, development and quality assurance of the study programme or its part at the university in the current academic year
V.2.a - Name of the study programme V.2.b - Degree V.2.c - Field of study
Všeobecná a experimentálna psychológia / General and Experimental psychology III. Psychology
V.3 - Overview of the responsibility for the development and quality of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure in the current academic year
V.4 - Overview of supervised final theses
V.4.1 - Number of currently supervised theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
0
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
2
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
2
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.a - Bachelor's (first degree)
62
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
8
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
1
V.5 - Overview of other courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.5.a - Name of the course V.5.b - Study programme V.5.c - Degree V.5.d - Field of study
Positive Psychology Psychology I. Psychology
Psychohygiene and mental health Psychology I. Psychology

VI. - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs

VI.1 - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs and the corresponding citations
VI.1.1 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
65
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
19
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
16
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
12
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
90
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
40
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
30
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
22
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
13
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
6
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs

ADM Vedecké práce v zahraničných časopisoch registrovaných v databázach Web of Science alebo SCOPUS / Scientific papers in foreign journals registered in Web of Science or SCOPUS databases:Spasovski, O., Pecakovska, S. (2020). The academic profession in North Macedonia: A never ending transition, European Journal of Education 55(4), pp. 501-513. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejed.12419

ADM Vedecké práce v zahraničných časopisoch registrovaných v databázach Web of Science alebo SCOPUS / Scientific papers in foreign journals registered in Web of Science or SCOPUS databases:Spasovski, O., Kenig, N. (2020). Psychological Well-Being in Students during Self-Isolation Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, Primenjena Psihologija 13(4), pp. 427-447. https://doi.org/10.19090/pp.20.4.427-447

ADM Vedecké práce v zahraničných časopisoch registrovaných v databázach Web of Science alebo SCOPUS / Scientific papers in foreign journals registered in Web of Science or SCOPUS databases:Sulejmanov, F., Spasovski, O., Platt, T. (2018). The development of the Humour Structure Appreciation Scale and its relation to Sensation Seeking Inventory and Need for Closure Scale, European Journal of Humour Research 6 (1) 124–140

AEC Vedecké práce v zahraničných recenzovaných vedeckých zborníkoch, monografiách / Scientific papers in foreign reviewed scientific collections, monographs:Spasovski, O. (2013). The Relation of Basic Psychological Needs, Intrinsic and Extrinsic Life Goals and Collectivism with Subjective Well-Being: A Case in Macedonia. In: Knoop, H-H., Delle Fave, A. (eds). Well-Being and Cultures: A Positive Psychology Perspective. Springer, pp. 71-81, DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-4611-4_5

ADC Vedecké práce v zahraničných karentovaných časopisoch / Scientific papers in foreign CC-indexed journals:Spasovski, O (in co-authorship with: Macura M. S., Batarelo K. I., Kristiansen, D. S., Gera, I., Ikonomi, E., Kafedžić, L., Milić, T., Rexhaj, X. & Closs, А.) (2013). Dearth of early education experience: a significant barrier to subsequent educational and social inclusion in the Western Balkans, International Journal of Inclusive Education, pp.36-54, Taylor and Francis

VI.3 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs over the last six years

ADM Vedecké práce v zahraničných časopisoch registrovaných v databázach Web of Science alebo SCOPUS / Scientific papers in foreign journals registered in Web of Science or SCOPUS databases: Spasovski, O., Pecakovska, S. (2020). The academic profession in North Macedonia: A never ending transition, European Journal of Education 55(4), pp. 501-513. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejed.12419

ADM Vedecké práce v zahraničných časopisoch registrovaných v databázach Web of Science alebo SCOPUS / Scientific papers in foreign journals registered in Web of Science or SCOPUS databases:Spasovski, O., Kenig, N. (2020). Psychological Well-Being in Students during Self-Isolation Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, Primenjena Psihologija 13(4), pp. 427-447. https://doi.org/10.19090/pp.20.4.427-447

V3 Vedecký výstup publikačnej činnosti z časopisu – abstrakt, článok, abstrakt z podujatia, poster z podujatia, článok z podujatia: Chih-Ting Lee ... [et al.], (2023). The eleven-item Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST-11): Cross-cultural psychometric evaluation across 42 countries / . - Kategória do roku 2021 ADC. DOI DOI 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2023.06.033. In: Journal of Psychiatric Research. - ISSN 0022-3956, č. 165 (2023), s. 16-27 [print, online].

ADM Vedecké práce v zahraničných časopisoch registrovaných v databázach Web of Science alebo SCOPUS / Scientific papers in foreign journals registered in Web of Science or SCOPUS databases:Démuthová, S., Spasovski, O. (2020). The analysis of drop-out in the potential diagnostic systems for self-harm in the adolescent population. AD ALTA : Journal of Interdisciplinary Research, 10(2), pp. 51-55.

ADM Vedecké práce v zahraničných časopisoch registrovaných v databázach Web of Science alebo SCOPUS / Scientific papers in foreign journals registered in Web of Science or SCOPUS databases:Spasovski, O., Démuthová, S., Kuzmanovic, V. (2021). Anxiety, illusory pattern perception and conspiracy beliefs during the covid-19 pandemic. Teorija in Praksa, 58(4), pp. 1133-1149.

VI.4 - The most significant citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs

Psychometric properties of the Macedonian version of the Implicit Positive and Negative Affect Test (IPANAT-M) / Filip Sulejmanov and Ognen Spasovski, 2017. In: Review of Psychology : International Journal of Croatian Psychological Association. - ISSN 1330-6812, Roč. 24, č. 1-2 (2017), s. 39-44.

2021 [1] WEIL, A.S., et al. Criterion Validity of the Implicit Positive and negative Affect Test: Prediction of Facial Affect Perception. In: Frontiers in Psychology. 2021, vol. 12, art. 635368.

Principles of the inclusive education and the role of teachers and in-school professional staff / Ognen Spasovski, 2010. In: Defektološka teorija i praktika. - ISSN 1857-663X, Roč. 11, č. 1-2. (2010), s. 67-72

2018 [1] HETTIAARACHI, S., et al. Including all? Perceptions of mainstream teachers on inclusive education in the Western Province of Sri Lanka. In: International Journal of Special Education. 2018, roč. 33, č. 2, s. 427-447.

Sulejmanov, F., Spasovski, O., Platt, T. (2018). The development of the Humour Structure Appreciation Scale and its relation to Sensation Seeking Inventory and Need for Closure Scale, European Journal of Humour Research 6 (1) 124–140;

2018 [1] Shimaya, J., Hanyu, N., Nakamura Y. (2019). Automatic Generation of Homophonic Transformation for Japanese Wordplay Based on Edit Distance and Phrase Breaks, In: Stephanidis, Constantine (Ed.), Human-Computer Interaction - HCI International 2019, Springer

Spasovski, O (in co-authorship with: Macura M. S., Batarelo K. I., Kristiansen, D. S., Gera, I., Ikonomi, E., Kafedžić, L., Milić, T., Rexhaj, X. & Closs, А.) (2013). Dearth of early education experience: a significant barrier to subsequent educational and social inclusion in the Western Balkans, International Journal of Inclusive Education, pp.36-54, Taylor and Francis;

2018 [1] Kakuru, D. M (2018) Reconstructing child caregiving: Perspectives on child headed households in Uganda, in Ebrahim, H.B., Okwany, A. and Barry, O. (eds.) Early Childhood Care and Education at the Margins: African Perspectives on Birth to Three. Routledge.

Spasovski, O (in co-authorship with: Macura M. S., Batarelo K. I., Kristiansen, D. S., Gera, I., Ikonomi, E., Kafedžić, L., Milić, T., Rexhaj, X. & Closs, А.) (2013). Dearth of early education experience: a significant barrier to subsequent educational and social inclusion in the Western Balkans, International Journal of Inclusive Education, pp.36-54, Taylor and Francis;

2019 [1] Jovanovic, T. (2019). Formal Education of Asylum Seeker Children in Belgrade, Serbia: Expanded Meaning of Social Inclusion. Social Sciences, 8 (7), 1–11.; Citation: Pini, Barbara; Carrington, Suzanne; Adie, Lenore (2015). Schooling elsewhere: rurality, inclusion and education - Introduction. International Journal of Inclusive Education, Vol. 19 Issue: 7 Special Issue: SI Pp. 677-684.

VI.5 - Participation in conducting (leading) the most important research projects or art projects over the last six years

Project: “Introducing digital competencies to improve computation thinking and cognitive and socio-emotional development in students”.Principal investigator (expert): prof. d.-r- Ognen Spasovski, PhD.Project characteristic: The project was funded by the National Fund for Innovation and Technological Development. It is responsible for development of a design for implementation of digital tools in teaching and learning, development of instruments to test pre-treatment and post-treatment improvements in students. Duration of the project: 2019-2020

Project: “Developing interactive digital platform “Impala” for eye tracking and emotional facial recognition”. Principal investigator (expert): prof. d.-r- Ognen Spasovski, PhD.Project characteristic: Project funded by the National Fund for Innovation and Technological Development. Responsible to develop design of intervention for early identification of patterns in learning, decision making and human behaviour. The platform can assist teachers’ self-evaluation of teaching-related decisions, and in identifying students’ needs and progress. Presentation of the platform at the World Economic Forum in Davos, January 2020. . Duration of the project: 2019 -2020Hyperlink of the project (outputs, citations, financial support, timeline): https://impala-research.com/team/

Project: European Training Foundation (ETF).Principal investigator (expert): prof. d.-r- Ognen Spasovski, PhD.Project characteristic: The project responsible for mapping and assessment of the state-of-art in validation of non-formal and informal learning in the country, and for development of Inventory report. Author of the first Inventory report on VNFI.Duration of the project: 2018Hyperlink of the project (outputs, citations, financial support, timeline): https://cumulus.cedefop.europa.eu/files/vetelib/2019/european_inventory_validation_2018_North_Macedonia.pdf

Project: Project of the Ministry of Education and Science, supported by UNDP Position consultant: prof. d.-r- Ognen Spasovski, PhD.Project characteristic: The project is responsible for development of innovative modes for primary education programs based on key competencies (recommended by the Council of the European Union). .ČaDuration of the project: 2015-2020

Project: European Commission DG EAC Project: “Preparing Teachers for Diversity: the Role of Initial Teacher Education” (2017)Position of the international expert: prof. d.-r- Ognen Spasovski, PhD.Project characteristic: The project is responsible for the development and preparation of a report on good practice of initial teacher education. Hyperlink of the project (outputs, citations, financial support, timeline): http://publications.europa.eu/resource/cellar/e3defd63-1db4-11e7-aeb3-01aa75ed71a1.0001.01/DOC_1

VII. - Overview of organizational experience related to higher education and research/artistic/other activities

VII.a - Activity, position VII.b - Name of the institution, board VII.c - Duration
Member of a review panel for evaluation of scientific projects in the EU COST (Cooperation in Science and Technology) EU Network, Brussels 2015-2020
Co-founder NAKS - Independent academic union 2015-2021
member of the Supervision Board NAKS - Independent academic union 2015-2021
Country representative in a Positive Psychology Network European Positive Psychology Network 2012-2021
National coordinator Citizenship Education Network, Erasmus Academic Network and Jean Monnet Network 2011-2021

VIII. - Overview of international mobilities and visits oriented on education and research/artistic/other activities in the given field of study

VIII.a - Name of the institution VIII.b - Address of the institution VIII.c - Duration (indicate the duration of stay) VIII.d - Mobility scheme, employment contract, other (describe)
University of Pennsylvania, Department of Psychology and Positive Psychology Center, Philadelphia, USA 3701 Market, 3701 Market St, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States 07.2011-06.2012 Fulbright Scholar Award, Post-Doctoral Research Visiting Scholar
London Metropolitan University 166-220 Holloway Rd, London N7 8DB, United Kingdom 02.06-08.06.2015 Erasmus+ Jean Monnet Programme
Universiy of Edinbourgh, School of Education Moray House School of Education and Sport University of, Holyrood Rd, Edinburgh EH8 18.05-24.05.2015 European Union/Council of Europe, Regional Support for Inclusive Education in South East Europe
University in Ljubljana, Republic of Slovenia, Faculty of Education Kardeljeva ploščad 16, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia 15.10-22.10.2014 European Union/Council of Europe, Regional Support for Inclusive Education in South East Europe
Palacky University in Olomouc Palacky University, Olomouc, Czech Republic 31.3-04.04.2014 Invitation by Palacky University in Olomouc

IX. - Other relevant facts

Date of last update
2023-10-10