Ruri Takizawa

About

From 2020 to 2024, Ruri Takizawa pursued her Ph.D. as part of the FNS-funded project Motives of Precarious Minority Leadership: A Challenge or a Sinking Ship? (SNSF Nr. 100019_188934, PI: Clara Kulich) within the Intergroup Relations and Social Identity team. Her research focused on understanding when and why decision-makers appoint members of underrepresented groups, such as women and ethnic minorities, to leadership positions in politics and management.

Prior to her time in Geneva, Ruri completed her BSc in Psychology at Bielefeld University in Germany as a DAAD scholarship recipient from Japan. She then earned her MSc in Social Cognition from University College London (UCL), England.

Since 2022 (until 2025), she has been serving as an officer of the Early Career Committee for the International Society of Political Psychology.

Funded projects as co-investigator

Political Leadership in Times of Crisis: How COVID-19 may lead to a Preference for Female and Ethnic Minority Leaders (Geneva-Exeter joint Seed Funding 2021, PIs: Clara Kulich, Michelle K. Ryan)

The relationship between male victimhood, conspiracy belief, and hostility toward female political leaders (Geneva-Jerusalem joint Seed Funding 2022, PIs: Clara Kulich, Eran Halperin)

Research interests

• Crisis management
• Leadership selection
• Glass cliff phenomenon
• Diversity in organizations
• Social roles and stereotypes
• Career decisions
• Prejudice interventions

Co-Supervisions

• 2023-ongoing Manon Vivier (University of Geneva, MSc thesis)
• 2023-ongoing Teodora Zejak (University of Geneva, MSc thesis)
• 2023-ongoing Merve Orhan (University of Geneva, MSc thesis)
• 2023-2024 Renata Renize Costa (University of Geneva, BSc research project)
• 2023-2024 Mariya Prutyanova (University of Geneva, BSc research project)
• 2023-2024 Chloé De Senarclens (University of Geneva, BSc research project)
• 2022-2023 Lena Schwab (MRHC, MAS thesis)
• 2022-2023 Alice Barcellona (University of Geneva, MSc thesis)
• 2022-2023 Lucinda Sutter (University of Geneva, BSc research project)
• 2021-2023 Emilie Marie Antille (University of Geneva, MSc thesis)
• 2021-2023 Mélanie Amanda Sophie Wenger (University of Geneva, MSc thesis)
• 2021 Robert Somogyi (University of Glasgow, Bachelor internship)

En français

Ruri Takizawa était doctorante et assistante de recherche et d'enseignement en psychologie sociale sous la supervision du Prof. Kulich et du Dr. Iacoviello.

Elle étudie le phénomène de la falaise de verre, une tendance selon laquelle les femmes et les membres de groupes minoritaires ont une tendance davantage prononcée que les hommes et les membres de groupes majoritaires d'être nommés à des postes de direction dans des circonstances précaires. Elle examine notamment le type de leadership qui est exigé dans différents types de crises, les attentes que les gens ont des membres de groupes sous-représentés qui occupent des rôles de leadership en politique et dans les organisations, et comment ces candidats sont évalués.

Dans ses recherches, elle utilise différents types de données quantitatives (expérimentales, secondaires et corrélationnelles).