Hi! My name is Naya Kalfeli and I am a Media Research Scientist. I hold a PhD in Journalism, a MA in International and European Studies and a BA in Journalism and Mass Communications. My research intends to answer questions on how the media portray conflicts, crises and diversity and how these portrayals affect people’s perceptions, attitudes and emotions about the world we live in and about the “Others”. At the moment, I am an Adjunct Lecturer at both Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and the University of Western Macedonia in Kastoria, teaching i) journalism and ii) media diversity. At the same time, I am a Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation Research Fellow working on a research project called ‘Stigma in the media: Investigating journalists’ perceptions and attitudes towards stigmatized minorities and developing an anti-stigma intervention’, implemented at the School of Journalism & Mass Communications of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. In the past (2020-2021), I have been a European  Social Fund Research Fellow in the project ‘Effects of Media Representations of the Immigrant and Refugee Crisis on Intergroup Perceptions and Attitudes between Greeks and Immigrants’ (MediaRefugees), co-financed by Greece and the European Union (European Social Fund – ESF) within the framework of the Operational Programme Human Resources Development, Education and Lifelong Learning 2014-2020 under the theme “Support of Researchers with an Emphasis in Young Researchers”. Besides an overview of my research and teaching, this is also a blog in which I write occasionally about professional and personal stuff or reflections on academic life. If you have any questions regarding my research or are interested in working with me, feel free to send me a message to nkalfeli@gmail.com.