Vita
Education
| 2024-2025 | Advanced training in systemic individual, couple and family therapy (in progress at the Society for Systemic Therapy and Consulting, Munich) |
| 2022-2024 | Advanced training in systemic consulting (certified by the Society for Systemic Therapy and Consulting, Munich) |
| 2019-2025 | Habilitation on "Identity in the Media Age: Exploring the Role of Stereotypes and Social Comparisons" in psychology at the Julius-Maximilians-University of Würzburg |
| 2014-2016 | Dissertation on "The Interplay of Cultural Identity and Stereotype Threat: An Integrative Research Approach" at the University of Koblenz-Landau, Landau (Dr. phil. Psychology: 04/2016). |
| 2012-2014 | Doctoral studies in humanities and cultural sciences at the Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria |
| 2010-2012 | Master studies in psychology at the Georg-August-University Göttingen (M.Sc. Psychology: 01/2012) |
| 2009-2010 | Academic year abroad at the University of California Berkeley, USA |
| 2006-2009 | Bachelor studies of psychology at the Georg-August-University Göttingen (B.Sc. Psychology: 08/2009) |
Research and teaching | |
| since 11/2023 | Postdoctoral researcher, trainer and consultant at the Center for Leadership and People Management, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich |
| 09/2020 – 02/2021 | Substitute professor at the Chair of Social Psychology with a focus on gender and diversity, Institute of Psychology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg (parental leave substitute for Prof. Dr. Susanne Bruckmüller) |
| since 04/2017 | Postdoc at the Chair of Psychology of Communication and New Media, Institute Human-Computer-Media, Julius-Maximilians-University Würzburg |
| 2014-2017 | Research Assistant at the Chair of Media Psychology, Institute of Communication Psychology and Media Education, University of Koblenz-Landau |
| 02-04/2015 | Research Fellow am Centre for Social Research in Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australien |
| 2012-2014 | Project Associate, Department of Work, Organizational and Media Psychology, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria. |
Further scientific functions | |
| 2021-2023 | Consulting Editor of the European Journals of Social Psychology |
| since 2018 | Co-Editor of In-Mind Magazine |
| 2017-2022 | Member of the Ethics Committee of the Institute Human-Computer-Media |
Awards and prizes | |
| 2021 | Research Award of the Faculty of Human Sciences of the University of Würzburg |
| 2018 | GOR Poster Award, 1st prize, German Society for Online Research |
| 2016 | Teaching Award of the Department of Psychology for Excellent Teaching, University of Koblenz-Landau |
| 2013 | Dissertation Award for Migration Research (Austrian Academy of Sciences) |
Scholarships | |
| 2014 | Scholarship for dissertations (Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences, Johannes Kepler University Linz) |
| 2009-2012 | Scholarship holder of the German National Academic Foundation |
| 2009-2010 | Scholarship of the Fulbright Kommission (U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs) |
| 2010 | State Scholarship Lower Saxony (Ministry of Science and Culture) |
Research Projects
Funded Research Projects
Joke or Threat? Can male-disparaging comedy elicit masculinity threat?
Zeitraum: 2021 – 2022
Förderung: EASP Seedcorn Grant
Soziales Vergleichsverhalten in sozialen Medien: Die Auswirkungen kognitiver Bewertungen auf das Wohlbefinden
Zeitraum: 2017
Förderung: Anschubfinanzierung, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Online Forschung
Collaboration and Co-Application in Funded Research Projects
The Experience of Stories in the Digital Age (TESDA)
Website: https://www.uni-wuerzburg.de/grk3087/
Zeitraum: ab 2026
Förderung: DFG Graduiertenkolleg
The Smart Way to Beat Stress at Work – SOMA
Interdisziplinäre Forschungskollaboration mit Soma Analytics (London, UK), Forschung und Entwicklung von technologiebasierten Gesundheitsinterventionen
Zeitraum: Forschungskollaboration seit 2012, Mitarbeit im H2020 Projekt 2016 – 2018
Förderung: H2020 Research & Innovation Programme, ICT in Health (Funded Organization & Project Lead: Soma Analytics)
Narratives in Health Communication (“HealthNar Network”)
International Research Collaboration with UNSW Australia, Radboud University Nijmegen, et al.
Website: http://healthnar.ruhosting.nl/
Zeitraum: 2014 - 2017
Förderung: EU-IRSES, People Exchange Program
On the acceptance of humanoid service robots (“AkHuSeRo”)
Interdisciplinary Research Collaboration with the ARS Electronica Future Lab, Linz, Austria
Zeitraum: 2015 - 2017
Förderung: BMBF (Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Markus Appel)
Social identity and cognitive performance of immigrant adolescents in Austria
Zeitraum: 2012 - 2014
Förderung: Austrian National Bank (Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Markus Appel)
