I am a PhD student at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow. My research mainly focuses on cognitive flexibility and adaptability in decision-making.Additionally, I work as a research assistant in a project on radicalization and disinformation in Central Europe in the Cognitive Security Lab at the Charles University in Prague. Besides psychology, I am interested in data science.

Jakub.cacek@doctoral.uj.edu.pl

 

Current projects

  1. Research assistant in project: Cognitive Security Lab. PRIMUS grant (FSV/25/SSH/003) awarded to Markéta Kocmanová from the Charles University (2025-2028)

Past projects

  1. Research assistant in project: Balance Model of Goal Switching: From Multitasking to Extremism. OPUS grant (2020/37/B/HS6/01588) awarded to Ewa Szumowska from the National Centre for Science (2021-2025).

Publications

Papers in English

  1. Bonarska, K., Cacek, J., Szumowska, E., & Kruglanski, A. W. (2025). To dream the impossible dream: how personal energy fuels ambition and extreme commitment. Motivation and Emotion, 1-17.
  2. Śmieja, M., Walczak, A., Cacek, J., Górski, M. R., Bond, M. H., Gjoneska, B., … & Krys, K. (2025). Love, culture, and well-being: How values moderate the link between relationship status and well-being across 57 countries. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 108, 102232.
  3. Bonarska, K., Cacek, J., Szumowska, E., Śmieja, M., & Kruglanski, A. W. (2025). Fear of being single and extreme behaviors aimed at finding a romantic partner. Acta Psychologica, 254, 104868.