Dr Ilka Gleibs

Dr Ilka Gleibs is Associate Professor of Social and Organisational Psychology at the London School of Economics and Political Science, where she also serves as co-director of the MSc in Organisational and Social Psychology and Deputy Editor for the British Journal of Social Psychology.

Originally trained in quantitative methods, Dr Gleibs increasingly integrates mixed methods approaches and interdisciplinary collaborations into her work. She has published over 50 peer-reviewed articles and continues to bridge theoretical insights from social identity research with pressing applied questions in organisational and social contexts.

Awards

• Best Paper Award, Academy of Management Conference (2017, 2025)
• College of Humanitarian Operations & Crisis Management (HOCM) Best Paper Competition finalists (2024)
• 3rd prize from the Deutscher Studienpreis (German Students’ Award). Awarded by the Körber-Stiftung (Germany), nation-wide interdisciplinary research competition on “Focus on people? Concepts, models and ideas on how reconcile work with life”

Expertise

Social identity, identity leadership, crisis leadership, multiple identities, academia as a workplace

Dr Gleibs's research explores the dynamics and consequences of social identity across multiple contexts. Current projects examine identity leadership during crises, academia as a workplace with a focus on well-being among early career researchers and women, discrimination in the housing market, and the interplay between multiple social identities. She is also involved in several large-scale, collaborative big-team science initiatives.

• PSA 008: Minimal Groups
• PSA 009: Gendered Leader
• Systematizing Confidence in Open Research and Evidence (SCORE)
• Replication and Letter to Editor at Psychological Science
• Social identity integration scoping review, led by Lusine Grigoryan