Dr Vladislav Grozev

School of Psychology

Research Associate

v.h.grozev@sheffield.ac.uk

Interdisciplinary Centre of the Social Sciences (ICOSS)

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Dr Vladislav Grozev
School of Psychology
Interdisciplinary Centre of the Social Sciences (ICOSS)
219 Portobello
Sheffield
S1 4DP

Profile: At the School of Psychology, I am working on a project that aims to examine how car salespeople present car features that aim to increase road safety to their customers. I also have previous experience in researching the factors that lead to technology acceptance during my time at Sheffield University Management School.

My primary research interests are in increasing access, belonging, and employability in higher education. I also conduct scholarship research in the area of feedback provision.

Qualifications

PhD in Social Psychology (University of Sussex, 2023)
Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA)

Research interests: Increasing access, belonging, and employability for students in higher education
As part of this work, I am researching the social-psychological factors that help to increase access, belonging, and employability for students who work. At present, my research focuses on developing interventions that help to bring positive outcomes for students who work. I would like to scale this work further, so please contact me if you are interested in collaboration!

Feedback provision
I work with colleagues from the University of Sussex and from the School of Biosciences to assess factors that promote students' feedback literacy. In the future, I would like to scale this work to assess how employees in larger organisations receive and perceive feedback.

Technology acceptance
I am currently working on a project that aims to understand how car salespeople present road safety technology to their customers. I have previously researched the factors that lead employees to accept new technology during digital transformation.

Publications

Journal articles

Grozev VH, Axtell C, Zhang H & Nielsen K (2025) Behavior at work: propositions for optimizing the human and organizational challenges of digital materials passports. Frontiers in Manufacturing Technology, 5. View this article in WRRO
Grozev VH & Easterbrook MJ (2024) Can social identities improve working students’ academic and social outcomes? Lessons from three studies. Education Sciences, 14(9). View this article in WRRO
Grozev VH & Easterbrook MJ (2024) The identities of employed students: striving to reduce distinctiveness from the typical student. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 24(3), 1252-1273. View this article in WRRO
Grozev VH, Easterbrook MJ & Jessop DC (2024) Discipline identification, identity incompatibility, belonging and their association with deep approaches to learning and academic self-efficacy during COVID-19 in the UK. European Journal of Psychology of Education, 39, 785-812. View this article in WRRO
Grozev VH & Easterbrook MJ (2022) Accessing the phenomenon of incompatibility in working students’ experience of university life. Tertiary Education and Management, 28(3), 241-264.
Grozev VH & Easterbrook MJ (2022) The relationships of employed students to non‐employed students and non‐student work colleagues: Identity implications. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 22(2), 712-734.
Grozev VH, Easterbrook MJ & Jessop DC () Is part-time work a demotivating factor for applying to high-status UK universities?. Journal of Youth Studies, 1-20.

Chapters

Easterbrook MJ, Lester KJ, Lacey A, Doyle L & Grozev VH (2024) Social and Educational Impacts of Epidemics and Pandemics, Major Incidents, Pandemics and Mental Health (pp. 231-240). Cambridge University Press

Presentations

Zhang H, Yarker J, Palmer N, Grozev V, Nielsen K & Axtell C Digital Attitudes: A review of the literature and a research agenda. Katowice, Poland.
Grozev V, Zhang H, Yarker J, Palmer N, Axtell C & Nielsen K Development and validation of a new measure of digital attitudes in organisations. Katowice, Poland.

Preprints

Grozev VH & Easterbrook M (2024) Can Social Identities Improve Working Students’ Academic and Social Outcomes? Lessons From Three Studies, MDPI AG.
Grozev VH & Smalley D (2024) What Stops Markers from Providing Consistent and Effective Feedback: Lessons from the Enhanced Rubric Method , Authorea, Inc..
Grozev V & Easterbrook M (2023) The Identities of Employed Students: Striving to Reduce Distinctiveness from the Typical Student, Authorea, Inc..

Grants: Design and evaluation of a brochure outlining the toolkit for responsible and inclusive digital transformation (InterAct Actionable Insights Fund - July 2023 - June 2024): £5,600
Using reflection and technology to ensure that feedback feeds forward (University of Sussex Education and Innovation Fund - July 2023 - May 2024): £4,728
Toast and Transformation: Supporting Digital Change (ESRC Festival of Social Science 2024 - November 2024): £970

Teaching activities: I have previously taught or marked assignments on:
PSY308 OCCUPATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
MGT11001 FUTURES FIRST: PROFESSIONAL SELF-MANAGEMENT

Professional activities and memberships: Peer reviewer for:
Social Psychology of Education, International Journal of Social Psychology, Heliyon, Behavioural Sciences, Sustainability, Education Sciences