Ivana Marková FBA (born 1938) is a British social psychologist known for her work on

language Language is a structured system of communication. The structure of a language is its grammar and the free components are its vocabulary. Languages are the primary means by which humans communicate, and may be conveyed through a variety of ...

and the constructs of

communication Communication (from la, communicare, meaning "to share" or "to be in relation with") is usually defined as the transmission of information. The term may also refer to the message communicated through such transmissions or the field of inqui ...

. She was born in

Czechoslovakia , rue, Чеськословеньско, , yi, טשעכאסלאוואקיי, , common_name = Czechoslovakia , life_span = 1918–19391945–1992 , p1 = Austria-Hungary , image_p1 ...

and studied philosophy and psychology at Charles University in Prague. In 1967 she moved to the United Kingdom. She initially worked as Research Fellow at Industrial Training Research Unit,

University of London The University of London (UoL; abbreviated as Lond or more rarely Londin in post-nominals) is a federal public research university located in London, England, United Kingdom. The university was established by royal charter in 1836 as a degree ...

(1968–70) before moving to the

University of Stirling The University of Stirling (, gd, Oilthigh Shruighlea (abbreviated as Stir or Shruiglea, in post-nominals) is a public university in Stirling, Scotland, founded by royal charter in 1967. It is located in the Central Belt of Scotland, built ...

, from which she retired in 2003 as an emeritus professor. She is the mother of Professor Ivana S. Marková, a distinguished psychiatrist in her own right. Her main theoretical research interests are the

ontology In metaphysics, ontology is the philosophical study of being, as well as related concepts such as existence, becoming, and reality. Ontology addresses questions like how entities are grouped into categories and which of these entities exi ...

and

epistemology Epistemology (; ), or the theory of knowledge, is the branch of philosophy concerned with knowledge. Epistemology is considered a major subfield of philosophy, along with other major subfields such as ethics, logic, and metaphysics. Epis ...

of theory in

social psychology Social psychology is the scientific study of how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the real or imagined presence of other people or by social norms. Social psychologists typically explain human behavior as a result of the ...

, and the interdependence between social thinking, dialogue and

semiotics Semiotics (also called semiotic studies) is the systematic study of sign processes ( semiosis) and meaning making. Semiosis is any activity, conduct, or process that involves signs, where a sign is defined as anything that communicates something ...

. Empirical research concerns

social representations Social representations are a system of values, ideas, metaphors, beliefs, and practices that serve to establish social order, orient participants and enable communication among the members of groups and communities. Social representation theory is ...

of democracy, individualism and responsibility in post communist Europe and the study of dialogues between people with impaired speech and their partners. She has served at various national and international committees, e.g. she was a member of the Chief Scientist's Health Services Research Committee, Scottish Home and Health Department, a chairperson of the Social Psychology Section of the British Psychological Society, President of Section J (Psychology) of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, a member of the Scientific Committee of the Academia Istropolitana, a newly established Centre of Advanced Studies in Central Europe, Bratislava,

Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the s ...

Awards

* 1999 - Fellow of the

British Academy The British Academy is the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and the social sciences. It was established in 1902 and received its royal charter in the same year. It is now a fellowship of more than 1,000 leading scholars spa ...

* 1997 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh * Fellow of the British Psychological Society

Books

* Markova, I. (Ed.) (1978). Social context of language. Chichester: Wiley * Markova, I. (1982). Paradigms, thought and language. London: Wiley * Markova, I., & Foppa, K. (Eds.) (1990). Dynamics of dialogue. Prentice-Hall. * Markova, I., & Foppa, K. (Eds.) (1991). Asymmetries in dialogue. Prentice-Hall * Markova, I., Graumann, C.F., & Foppa, K. (Eds.) (1995). Mutualities in dialogue. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. * Markova, I., & Farr, R. (Eds.) (1995). Representations of health, illness and handicap. Amsterdam: Harwood Academic. * Marková, I. (2003). Dialogicality and Social Representations. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press * Markova, I. (ed.) (2004). Trust and democratic transition in post-communist Europe. Oxford: Oxford University press. * Markova, Ivana & Moscovici, Serge. (2006). Making of Modern Social Psychology: The Hidden Story of How an International Social Science Was Created. Cambridge and Oxford: Polity Press. * Markova, I. Linell, P., & Grossen, M. (2007). Dialogue in focus groups: exploring socially shared knowledge. London: Equinox. * Marková, I. & Gillespie, A. (Eds.) (2007). Trust and distrust: Socio-cultural perspectives. Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing, Inc. *Markova, I. (2016). The Dialogical Mind: Common Sense and Ethics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Markova, Ivana 1938 births Living people British psychologists Fellows of the British Academy Charles University alumni Academics of the University of Stirling Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Czechoslovak emigrants to the United Kingdom