Publications

2025

16. Akaliyski, P., & Tormos, R. (2025). Development, institutions, and identity: Reshaping Europe’s post-Cold War moral landscape. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 56(4), 354-379. https://doi.org/10.1177/00220221241258463

15. Komisarof, A., & Akaliyski, P. (2025). New developments in Hofstede’s individualism-collectivism: A guide for scholars, educators, trainers, and other practitioners. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 107, 102200. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102200

14. Akaliyski, P., Vignoles, V., & Minkov, M. (2025). Individual’s psychology and society’s culture. In S. Liu, A. Komisarof, H. Zhu, & L. Obijiofor (Eds.), The Sage handbook of intercultural communication (pp. 34-48). Sage. (link)

2024

13. Akaliyski, P., & Reeskens, T. (2024). Ukrainian values: Between the Slavic-Orthodox legacy and Europe’s allure. European Societies. 26 (2): 522–551. https://doi.org/10.1080/14616696.2023.2206901

12. Minkov, M., Vignoles, V. L., Welzel, C., Akaliyski, P., Kaasa, A., Bond, M. H., & Smith, P. (2024). Comparative culturology and cross-cultural psychology: How comparing societal cultures differs from comparing individuals’ minds across cultures. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. 55(2). https://doi.org/10.1177/00220221231220027

2023

11. Akaliyski, P., Taniguchi, N., Park, J., Gehrig, S., & Tormos, R. (2023). Values in crisis: Societal value change under existential insecurity. Social Indicators Research, 170, 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-023-03226-2

10. Akaliyski, P. (2023). Distinct conceptions of freedom in East Asia and the Protestant-West underpin unique pathways to modernity. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 54(2), 173–194. https://doi.org/10.1177/00220221221143320

2022

9. Akaliyski, P., Minkov, M., Li, J., Bond, M. H., & Gehrig, S. (2022). The weight of culture: Societal individualism and flexibility explain large global variations in obesity. Social Science & Medicine, 307, 115167. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115167

8. Li, J., Akaliyski, P., Heisig, J. P., Löbl, S., & Minkov, M. (2022). Flexible societies excel in saving lives in the first stage of the COVID-19 pandemic. Frontiers in Psychology, 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.924385

7. Minkov, M., Kaasa, A., Akaliyski, P., & Schachner, M. (2022). “Harsh” culture, alcoholism, climate, and social hardship explain national differences in suicide rates. Comparative Sociology, 21(1), 43–63. https://doi.org/10.1163/15691330-bja10049

2021

6. Akaliyski, P., Welzel, C., & Hien, J. (2021). A community of shared values? Dimensions and dynamics of cultural integration in the European Union. Journal of European Integration, 44(4), 569–590. https://doi.org/10.1080/07036337.2021.1956915 

5. Akaliyski, P., Welzel, C., Bond, M. H., & Minkov, M. (2021). On “nationology”: The gravitational field of national culture. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 52(8–9), 771–793. https://doi.org/10.1177/00220221211044780

4. Van Houwelingen, P., Akaliyski, P., Iedema, J., & Dekker, P. (2021). Convergence of political values? A multi-level analysis of developments in 18 EU countries 1990–2017. Comparative European Politics, 19, 452–470. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41295-021-00241-w

2020

3. Akaliyski, P., & Welzel, C. (2020). Clashing values: Supranational identities, geopolitical rivalry and Europe’s growing cultural divide. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 51(9), 740–762. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022022120956716

2019

2. Akaliyski, P. (2019). United in diversity? The convergence of cultural values among EU member states and candidates. European Journal of Political Research, 58(2), 388–411. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6765.12285

2017

1. Akaliyski, P. (2017). Sources of societal value similarities across Europe: Evidence from dyadic models. Comparative Sociology, 16(4), 447–470. https://doi.org/10.1163/15691330-12341432