Dr. Victor Karandashev is Professor of Psychology with extensive international and cross-cultural experience and interests.

He has conducted research on international and cross-cultural psychology in several European countries, the U.K., and the U.S.A. The studies of love and culture are the major areas of his research interests.

He has published many articles, chapters, and monographs on the topic of love and culture. His recent books Romantic Love in Cultural Contexts (2017), Cross-Cultural Perspectives on the Experience and Expression of Love (2019), and Cultural Models of Emotions (2021) are among the most distinguished interdisciplinary contributions to the field.