Dr. Larissa Knöchelmann - Coping with Affective Polarization

Dr. Larissa Knöchelmann

Postdoctoral Researcher

Research Stream:
Individuals

Short Vita

I have been a PostDoc at HU Berlin since October 2024. Before that, I did my PhD in Social Psychology in Marburg and studied Psychology in Münster (B. Sc.) and Intercultural Psychology in Osnabrück (M. Sc.). I am interested in how personality traits of people are related to affective polarization and how to enable constructive political exchange despite political differences.

Key publications

Knöchelmann, L., & Cohrs, J. C. (2024). Effects of Intellectual Humility in the Context of Affective Polarization: Approaching and Avoiding Others in Controversial Political Discussions. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspi0000462

Press publications

Gespaltene Gesellschaft: Das sind Wege, sie zu überwinden – für Bürger und Politiker (Tagesspiegel, 2025)
Warum man anerkennen sollte, nicht über alles Bescheid zu wissen (Süddeutsche Zeitung, 2024)
Wie wir es schaffen können, politische Gräben zu überwinden (Der Standard, 2024)

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