Professor AKALIYSKI Plamen
Assistant Professor (Presidential Early Career Scholar)
Contact
Tel: (852) 2616 7955
Fax: (852) 2456 0737
Email: [email protected]
Office
WYL211, Dorothy Y L Wong Building
Department of Sociology and Social Policy
Lingnan University, Tuen Mun, Hong Kong
Plamen Akaliyski joined the Department of Sociology and Social Policy in 2023. He holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Oslo and an MA from Free University Berlin. Prior to joining Lingnan, he was a postdoctoral researcher at the University Carlos III of Madrid and Keio University in Tokyo. His research examines cultural differences and change, with a particular focus on individualism–collectivism, modernization, and the measurement of national cultures. His work appears in more than 30 peer-reviewed publications, including in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Journal of International Business Studies, World Development, and PNAS Nexus. He also serves as an Associate Editor of European Societies and the Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology.
- Cultural Values
- Cultural Change
- Modernization
- Individualism-Collectivism
BA (Plovdiv University), MA (Free University Berlin), PhD (University of Oslo)
Refereed Journal Articles
Plamen Akaliyski, Vivian Vignoles, Christian Welzel, and Michael Minkov (2026). Individualism-Collectivism: Reconstructing Hofstede’s Dimension of Cultural Differences. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. 130(2), 308–356. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspp0000580
Plamen Akaliyski, Catherine Bowen, Stefan Gehrig, and Vegard Skirbekk (2026). Demographic Processes Constrain Global Growth in Gender Egalitarianism. PNAS Nexus. https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgag133
Plamen Akaliyski and Oliver Sng (2025). Non-Independence of Nations: Revisiting a Centuries-Old Methodological Challenge. Cross-Cultural Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/10693971251375124
Plamen Akaliyski and Raul Tormos (2025). Development, Institutions, and Identity: Reshaping Europe’s Post-Cold War Moral Landscape. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1177/00220221241258463
Plamen Akaliyski, Naoko Taniguchi, Joonha Park, Stefan Gehrig, and Raul Tormos (2023) Values in Crisis: Societal Value Change under Existential Insecurity. Social Indicators Research, 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-023-03226-2
Plamen Akaliyski and Tim Reeskens (2023). 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
Plamen Akaliyski (2023). Distinct Conceptions of Freedom in East Asia and the Protestant-West Underpin Unique Pathways to Modernity. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. 54(2). 173-174. https://doi.org/10.1177/00220221221143320
Plamen Akaliyski, Michael Minkov, Jianghong Li, Michael Harris Bond, and Stefan Gehrig (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.
Plamen Akaliyski, Christian Welzel, and Josef Hien (2022). 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
Plamen Akaliyski, Christian Welzel, Michael Harris Bond, and Michael Minkov (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
Plamen Akaliyski and Christian Welzel (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
Plamen Akaliyski (2019). United in diversity? The convergence of cultural values among EU member states and candidates. European Journal of Political Research. 589(2), 388-411. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6765.12285
Plamen Akaliyski (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
Book Chapter
Plamen Akaliyski, Vivian Vignoles, and Michael Minkov, (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.
Selected Research Grants
Early Career Scheme (ECS), Research Grants Council of Hong Kong. Project title: ‘Advancing the Chronospatial Revolution in the Study of Cultural Individualism–Collectivism’ HK$658,000 2027–2030
General Research Fund (GRF), Research Grants Council of Hong Kong. Project title: ‘Cultural Dynamics and Demographic Sustainability: Insights from the World Values Survey in Hong Kong’ HK$968,000 2026–2029
University Direct Grant. Project title: ‘Beyond Hofstede: The Significance and Implications of Refined Individualism-Collectivism Measures’ HK$100,000 2025–2027
1st Term
- CLD9002: Understanding Social and Economic Indicators
2nd Term
- CLD9038: Understanding Cultural Difference