Nadezhda Golovchanova

About Nadezhda Golovchanova

Nadezhda Golovchanova is a doctoral student in psychology in the EU-funded PhD programme NEWBREED within the thematic area of Successful Ageing and psychosocial adjustment. The programme is co-funded by the European Commission through the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, Co-founding of Regional, National and International Programmes (MSCA COFOUND).  

Nadezhda completed her undergraduate and graduate education in psychology at Demidov Yaroslavl State University in Russia. During her undergraduate studies, she spent an exchange year at Susquehanna University, USA. In 2018 she also obtained a research master's degree in psychology from KU Leuven, Belgium. Nadezhda had been working in Yaroslavl, Russia, as a lecturer and project coordinator at Demidov Yaroslavl State University, as a school psychologist, and as a medical psychologist at a regional residential care facility for the elderly people. In 2012-2013 she worked at Radboud University Nijmegen in the Netherlands as a visiting researcher for 6 months. Her research interests include psychology of ageing, existential dimension of human life, and psychotherapeutic process. Her current doctoral project concentrates on feelings of unsafety and fear of crime in late life. Nadezhda is also part of the Center for Criminological and Psychosocial Research (CAPS). Since January 2020 she is affiliated with the Swedish National Graduate School for Competitive Science on Ageing and Health (SWEAH).