Sofía Liberman
Education and Position:
BSc. in Psychology. (National University of Mexico, UNAM)
MSc in Social Psychology. (University of Texas in Austin)
PhD in Social Psychology, (National University of Mexico)
Researcher in the Postgraduate Division of the Faculty of Psychology, UNAM
International Affiliate, 49th' Division of the American Psychological Association (APA)
Member of the Interamerican Society of Psychology.
Member of the Mexican Society of Psychology. (SMP)
Member of the Mexican Society of Social Psychology. (SOMEPSO)
Area of Research:
Her Ph.D. thesis dealt with group techniques for creating consensus, specifically
the application of the TKJ. She has studied Scientific Communication since 1990,
from the point of view of Social Psychology of Science, mostly dealing with
scientists' group functioning, processes and performance. The main focus has
been on group structure and communication. One of her interests has been the
development of 'tacit skills' of future scientists and women scientists'
self-esteem. Her present research project is directed towards developing
a measure for group formation and collaboration in science in correlation
with previously created measures of group processes, such as norms, power,
cohesion, group affiliation, disintegration and consensus. The main aspect
of her project is to make a comparison between a measure of patterns of
collaboration and the process of cohesiveness. In general terms she is
interested in the organization of the scientific community, social
networks, and group processes that lead to successful research
collaboration in developing countries.
