Experience

March 2026- present; Center for the Study of Crime [CSC; KEME, Greece]. Research & Writing Contributor in Crime & Media Lab (CML)

Dec 2022-present; Free University of Berlin. Research Assistant, Lecturer, PhD candidate

May 2022-November; 2022 SBH Nord GmbH. Psychological Counselor

April 2022-October 2022; Schreibmentoren. Scientific Author, Consultant

Education

2019-2021; Maastricht University – Master’s degree in Forensic Psychology

2014-2019; University of Potsdam – Bachelor’s degree in Psychology

Languages

Greek (native), English (full professional proficiency), German (full professional proficiency), Spanish (limited working proficiency)

Licences & Certifications 

Das erste kriminalprognostische Gutachten - Praktisches Vorgehen von Auftragserteilung bis zur mündlichen Anhörung. Deutsche Psychologen Akademie; Berlin. Issued February 2026.

Good Lives Model (GLM). SRH Hochschule Heidelberg. Issued June 2024

Mental Health First Aid (MHFA). Central Institute of Mental Health. Issued April 2024

Seminar: Diagnostische Verfahren B: Interviews und Verhaltensbeobachtung (WS 22/23, SS 23, WS 23/24, WS 24/25, SS 25, WS 25/26; B.Sc.)

Seminar: Vertiefte Psychologische Diagnostik und Begutachtung (SS 24, SS 25, SS 26; M.Sc.)

Research interests:

• everyday deception (e.g., deception by omission and commission)
• situational perception
• personality and individual differences in moral and deceptive behaviour (incl. psychopathological traits)
• framing and narratives in social and media contexts
• applications to forensic psychology/ forensic decision-making

Publications:

Krahé, B., Papakonstantinou, L. Speaking like a Man: Women’s Pitch as a Cue for Gender Stereotyping. Sex Roles 82, 94–101 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-019-01041-z

Papakonstantinou, L. (2024). Debunking celebrity activism: Kim Kardashian and prison advocacy. In M. Jones, K. Burton, & D. L. Brien (Eds.), Kardashians: A Critical Anthology (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781032674421-22  

Papakonstantinou, L. (2024). Use of artificial intelligence and holography: Robert Kardashian resurrected? In M. Jones, K. Burton, & D. L. Brien (Eds.), Kardashians: A Critical Anthology (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781032674421-28

Conference contributions:

Papakonstantinou, L. (2024, June 25-27). Use of artificial intelligence and holography: Robert Kardashian resurrected? In Jones, M. (Chair). (Inter)Disciplinary Bodies Conference, Brunel University London, UK.

Papakonstantinou, L. [presenter], Krumm, S. & Ziegler, M. (2024, August 6-9). The Facade of (C)Omission: An Event Reconstruction Approach to Investigate Situational Construals in Everyday Deception. In Buck, L. & Horstmann, K. (Chairs), The integration and application of situational measures across personality and clinical psychology [Symposium]. European Conference on Personality, Berlin, Germany.

Papakonstantinou, L. [presenter], Krumm, S. & Ziegler, M. (2024, September 16-19). The Facade of (C)Omission: An Event Reconstruction Approach to Investigate Situational Construals in Everyday Deception. In Buck, L. & Horstmann, K. (Chairs), Interdisciplinary advancements in the conceptualization and assessment of situation dynamics [Symposium]. 53. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie, Vienna, Austria.

Papakonstantinou, L., Krumm, S. & Mussel, P. (2025, July 22-25). Cracking the Code: Predicting Intentional Deceptive Behaviour through Situational Construals, Core Beliefs and Honesty-Humility. A Poster Presentation at ECPA16, Barcelona, Spain.