M. Nazar
Nazar Maksym Mykolaiovych, PhD in Psychology, Senior Researcher, Acting Head of the Cyberpsychology Laboratory at the H.S. Kostiuk Institute of Psychology of the NAES of Ukraine.
Received his higher education degree in Psychology with honors in 2006.
Completed postgraduate studies at the H.S. Kostiuk Institute of Psychology of the NAES of Ukraine in 2009.
Defended his PhD dissertation on "Internet Communication as a Factor of Personality Change in Adolescence" (specialty 19.00.07 – pedagogical and developmental psychology) in 2010, under the supervision of S.D. Maksymenko, Full Member of the NAES of Ukraine, Doctor of Psychological Sciences, Professor, Director of the H.S. Kostiuk Institute of Psychology of the NAES of Ukraine.
Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the peer-reviewed scientific journal "Intelligence Development Technologies".
Author of the concept of distance training work via the Internet, the concept of designing group work in a virtual educational space, the systemic-activity concept of wisdom as a psychological phenomenon, and developments in the field of distance learning based on electronic communication technologies.
One of the developers of the "Lesia"/"Dumka" chatbot, which operates on the basis of artificial intelligence technologies and provides psychological support to citizens affected by the war.
Psychologist-consultant, coach, with experience in individual psychological practice since 2000.
His current psychological practice is based on such approaches as transformational repatterning, analytical psychology, systemic analysis and transformation, art therapy, fairy tale therapy, and others.
Facilitator of training and seminar sessions in psychology, presentations and lectures, with experience in group psychological work since 2005.
Has conducted hundreds of trainings, including educational courses, psychotherapeutic and coaching groups, weekly trainings and seminars, and more. Is currently developing an original practical approach to psychological work.
Research interests: development of purposefulness and subjectivity, the use of AI in distance learning and psychological assistance, design of psychological AI consultants, the potential of psychological work and psychoeducation in internet trainings, design of virtual educational spaces, design of virtual supportive-developmental spaces, information warfare, cognitive warfare.
Areas of scientific expertise: cyberpsychology, AI in psychological assistance and education, development of subjectivity in virtual space, psychological and educational internet trainings.
Has more than 160 publications in various fields. h-index – 13.
Selected recent publications:
- Smulson, M. L., Ditiuk, P. P., Nazar, M. M., Meshcheriakov, D. S., Zinchenko, O. V., Starkov, D. Yu., & Deputat, V. V. (2024). Proiektuvannia virtualnoho osvitnoho prostoru rozvytku subiektnosti doroslykh v umovakh pisliavoiennoho vidnovlennia Ukrainy [Designing a virtual educational space for developing adults' subjectivity in the post-war recovery of Ukraine] (M. L. Smulson, Ed.). Institute of Psychology named after H. S. Kostiuk of NAES of Ukraine. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20943763 [in Ukrainian].
- Maksymenko, S., & Nazar, M. (2024). Mentalni zasady protystoiannia rosiiskii ahresii v hibrydnii viini [Mental foundations of resistance to Russian aggression in hybrid warfare] [Monograph]. Vydavnytstvo Liudmyla. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20976727 [in Ukrainian].
- Nazar, M. M. (2023). Osoblyvosti proiektuvannia hrupovoi roboty z rozvytku subiektnosti u virtualnomu osvitnomu prostori [Peculiarities of designing group work for subjectivity development in a virtual educational space]. Tekhnolohii rozvytku intelektu, 7(2). https://doi.org/10.31108/3.2023.7.2.1 [in Ukrainian].
- Nazar, M. M. (2022). Zasady rozvytku subiektnosti doroslykh u virtualnomu osvitnomu prostori [Principles of the development of adults' subjectivity in the virtual educational space]. Tekhnolohii rozvytku intelektu, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.31108/3.2022.6.1.1 [in Ukrainian].
- Smulson, M. L., Kovalenko-Kobylanska, I. H., Nazar, M. M., Ditiuk, P. P., Meshcheriakov, D. S., Deputat, V. V., & Ivanova, O. V. (2021). Psykholohichni mekhanizmy stanovlennia subiektnosti doroslykh u virtualnomu prostori [Psychological mechanisms of the formation of subjectivity of adults in the virtual space] (M. L. Smulson, Ed.). Vydavets Viktoriia Kundelska. https://lib.iitta.gov.ua/728329/1/Smulson.pdf [in Ukrainian].
- Nazar, M. M. (2019). Treninhy u virtualnomu prostori: analiz perevah, nedolikiv, psykholohichnykh mozhlyvostei [Trainings in the virtual space: analysis of advantages, disadvantages, and psychological possibilities]. Teoriia i praktyka suchasnoi psykholohii, 2(4), 61–67. http://tpsp-journal.kpu.zp.ua/archive/4_2019/part_2/14.pdf [in Ukrainian].
- Nazar, M. M. (2019). Psykholohichni potentsialy virtualnoho navchannia u postindustrialnomu suspilstvi [Psychological potentials of virtual learning in a post-industrial society]. Aktualni problemy psykholohii, 6(15), 256–265. http://appsychology.org.ua/data/jrn/v6/i15/29.pdf [in Ukrainian].
- Smulson, M. L. (Ed.), Ditiuk, P. P., Kovalenko-Kobylianska, I. H., Mescheriakov, D. S., Nazar, M. M., et al. (2018). Rozvytok subiektnoi aktyvnosti doroslykh u virtualnomu prostori [Development of adults' subjective activity in virtual space] [Monograph]. Instytut psykholohii imeni H.S. Kostiuka NAPN Ukrainy. https://lib.iitta.gov.ua/712119/1/Rozvytok_subyektnoyi_aktyvnosti_doroslyh_u_virtualnomu_prostori.pdf [in Ukrainian].