Beata Bothe

Dr. Bőthe (she/her) is an assistant professor at the Department of Psychology at the University of Montréal (Canada), a researcher at the Centre de recherche interdisciplinaire sur les problèmes conjugaux et les agressions sexuelles (CRIPCAS), and the director of the Sexuality, Technology, and Addictions Research Laboratory (STAR Lab). She focuses on addictions, compulsive sexual behaviors, pornography use, and online behaviors. She has published more than 150 international research articles in leading scientific journals and 16 book chapters. She is an Associate Editor of the Journal of Behavioral Addictions and a member of the editorial boards of other top-tier journals (e.g., Journal of Sex Research, Archives of Sexual Behavior). Among others, she was the recipient of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Addictions' (ISSBA) Early Career Research Award (2023), the Association for Psychological Science’s (APS) Rising Star Award (2025), and the Canadian Sex Research Forum’s (CSRF) Early Career Outstanding Contribution Award (2025).