Political psychology offers an interdisciplinary outlook of a human being in the context of social and political system. It examines influences of societal and political factors on individual functioning as well as investigates psychological aspects of political behavior and events. Political psychology brings together scholars of psychology, political science, history, sociology and other related fields in a common effort aimed at examining human thinking and actions in the dynamic context of politics.

For last decades, Europe has been undergoing major political, institutional, social and cultural changes. Collapse of the communist system, formation of the European Union, progressing globalization - to name just a few - brought about improvements as well as severe social problems. Thus, this particular region of the world provides a context in which knowledge and expertise in the area of political psychology might prove especially useful. At the same time, this is also the context in which new knowledge may emerge, from which political psychology may derive new insights, understandings and incentives.