Vasileios Stavropoulos

Vasileios is a clinical psychologist and researcher focused on harnessing the opportunities—and confronting the risks—of the digital revolution to improve wellbeing. His work blends advanced analytics and machine learning to decode user behaviour and digital footprints across four lenses: user identity, social context, application design, and online self-presentation.

Since completing his PhD in 2013 (with a professional psychology hiatus from 2013–2016), Vasileios has built a distinguished research profile. He has published 150+ peer-reviewed, Scopus-indexed papers and, on Google Scholar, sits at ~6,100+ citations, h-index ~41, i10-index ~92 (accessed Sept 2025). Much of his output examines digital media use/abuse (~67%), with complementary work in psychometrics (~17%) and developmental psychopathology (~16%). Collaboration is central to his practice: ~77% of publications involve international co-authors, and >50% are co-authored with MSc/PhD mentees, underscoring his commitment to training the next generation.

Globally, his work is widely recognised: ~59% of papers appear in Q1 journals, and ~57% rank among the top-decile most-cited in their fields. As of April 2025, SciVal analytics placed him 15th worldwide (3rd in Australia) in “Internet Addiction; Addictive Behavior; Mental Health” (prominence percentile 99.817) and 3rd in Australia in “Factor Analysis; Measurement Invariance; Psychometrics,” with a field-weighted citation impact ≈1.98.

Vasileios has attracted >$1.8M in competitive funding, including an ARC DECRA Fellowship (2021–23) and the Tall Poppy Award (2022), alongside grants from RMIT, Victoria University, and Federation University. He serves as an academic editor/guest editor for Q1 journals and reviews for international grant agencies. He is Associate Dean HDR in RMIT’s School of Health & Biomedical Sciences and a founding director of the Australian Games and Screens Alliance (AGASA) and the Australasian Cyberpsychology Network (ACORN).

Beyond academia, Vasileios translates research into practice via workshops for organisations such as the Australian Psychological Society, Black Dog Institute, and Turning Point, engaging >2,700 professionals. His outreach—including podcasts, media, Melbourne International Gaming Week, and AGASA’s Federal Parliament Symposium—has reached >55,000 people (2020–2025).