Press & Publications - Coping with Affective Polarization

Knöchelmann, L., Kemmer, J.A., & Cohrs, J.C. (2025). Intellectual Humility: Validation and Comparison of Four Self-Report Scales in the German Context. Social Psychological Bulletin. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/7zvgw_v1

Enhancing Intellectual Humility about Political Topics: An Intervention Tournament Including Five Conceptual Replications

Knöchelmann, L., Janssen, A., Dörbaum, J., Heck, D.W., & Cohrs, J.C. (2025). Enhancing Intellectual Humility about Political Topics: An Intervention Tournament Including Five Conceptual Replications. European Journal of Social Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.3177

Überschäumende Gesellschaft

Piorkowski, C. D. (2025). Überschäumende Gesellschaft. Einstein-Stiftung Berlin. https://www.einsteinfoundation.de/einblicke/albert/albert-nr-10-sozialdemografie/ueberschaeumende-gesellschaft

A wolf in sheep's clothing? The interplay of perceived threat and social norms in hierarchy-maintaining action tendencies towards disadvantaged groups

Knab, N., Steffens, M. C., Halabi, S., Friehs, M.-T., Nadler, A., & Hameiri, B. (2025). A wolf in sheep’s clothing? The interplay of perceived threat and social norms in hierarchy-maintaining action tendencies towards disadvantaged groups. British Journal of Social Psychology, 64, e12849. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12849

Empathy during crises: Investigating attitudes, tolerance, and ingroup–outgroup dynamics in response to refugee movements.

Demel, R., Masch, L., Schieferdecker, D., Schwander, H., Hutter, S., & Specht, J. (2025). Empathy during crises: Investigating attitudes, tolerance, and ingroup–outgroup dynamics in response to refugee movements. Journal of Personality, 0, 1-16 https://doi.org/10.1111/jopy.13012

We Are All the Same and (Not) Judged the Same? Examining Attribution Tendencies of Liberals in the Context of Norm Violations by Refugees

Wolf, T., Pauen, H., Steffens, M.C. and Knab, N. (2025), We Are All the Same and (Not) Judged the Same? Examining Attribution Tendencies of Liberals in the Context of Norm Violations by Refugees. J Community Appl Soc Psychol, 35: e70093. https://doi.org/10.1002/casp.70093

Against the odds: On the arduous production of linking social capital in local refugee reception.

van den Berg, C., Steinhilper, E., & Sommer, M. (2025). Against the odds: On the arduous production of linking social capital in local refugee reception. Administration & Society, 00953997251314509.

Affective polarization between opinion-based groups in a context of low partisan discord: Measuring its prevalence and consequences.

Schieferdecker, D., Joly, P., & Faas, T. (2024). Affective polarization between opinion-based groups in a context of low partisan discord: Measuring its prevalence and consequences. International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 36(2), edae009, 1-14.

How local brokers keep interaction going. Pro-refugee communities after heightened mobilization.

van den Berg, C. & Hutter, S. (in press). How local brokers keep interaction going. Pro-refugee communities after heightened mobilization. Mobilization.

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A wolf in sheep's clothing? The interplay of perceived threat and social norms in hierarchy-maintaining action tendencies towards disadvantaged groups

Empathy during crises: Investigating attitudes, tolerance, and ingroup–outgroup dynamics in response to refugee movements.

We Are All the Same and (Not) Judged the Same? Examining Attribution Tendencies of Liberals in the Context of Norm Violations by Refugees

Against the odds: On the arduous production of linking social capital in local refugee reception.

Affective polarization between opinion-based groups in a context of low partisan discord: Measuring its prevalence and consequences.

How local brokers keep interaction going. Pro-refugee communities after heightened mobilization.

van den Berg, C. & Hutter, S. (in press). How local brokers keep interaction going. Pro-refugee communities after heightened mobilization. Mobilization.

Enhancing Intellectual Humility about Political Topics: An Intervention Tournament Including Five Conceptual Replications

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Zusammenhalten – Wie wir mehr Gemeinsinn lernen können

Wer emotional polarisiert ist, hält andere für dumm, herzlos, böse.

Wie tief Deutschland emotional gespalten ist

Streit über Gefühle. Warum uns Emotionen spalten

Klimawandel und Demokratie: Die Erderwärmung gefährdet unsere liberale Gesellschaft

Jugendliche und die Wahl: Auch unter 18 sollte man mitbestimmen und Themen setzen

Polarisiertes Deutschland? Ein Blick in die Zahlen zeichnet ein anderes Bild

Salonfähige Vorurteile und einfache Lösungen: Wie Parteien das Thema Migration im Wahlkampf instrumentalisieren

Rechtsextremismus zuvorkommen. Demokratie fängt mit Zuhören und Mitmachen an

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Gespaltene Gesellschaft. Das sind Wege, sie zu überwinden – für Bürger und Politiker

Intellectual Humility: Validation and Comparison of Four Self-Report Scales in the German Context

Enhancing Intellectual Humility about Political Topics: An Intervention Tournament Including Five Conceptual Replications

Überschäumende Gesellschaft

A wolf in sheep's clothing? The interplay of perceived threat and social norms in hierarchy-maintaining action tendencies towards disadvantaged groups

Empathy during crises: Investigating attitudes, tolerance, and ingroup–outgroup dynamics in response to refugee movements.

We Are All the Same and (Not) Judged the Same? Examining Attribution Tendencies of Liberals in the Context of Norm Violations by Refugees

Against the odds: On the arduous production of linking social capital in local refugee reception.

Affective polarization between opinion-based groups in a context of low partisan discord: Measuring its prevalence and consequences.

How local brokers keep interaction going. Pro-refugee communities after heightened mobilization.

Zusammenhalten – Wie wir mehr Gemeinsinn lernen können

Wer emotional polarisiert ist, hält andere für dumm, herzlos, böse.

Wie tief Deutschland emotional gespalten ist.

Streit über Gefühle. Warum uns Emotionen spalten

Klimawandel und Demokratie: Die Erderwärmung gefährdet unsere liberale Gesellschaft

Jugendliche und die Wahl: Auch unter 18 sollte man mitbestimmen und Themen setzen

Polarisiertes Deutschland? Ein Blick in die Zahlen zeichnet ein anderes Bild

Salonfähige Vorurteile und einfache Lösungen: Wie Parteien das Thema Migration im Wahlkampf instrumentalisieren

Rechtsextremismus zuvorkommen. Demokratie fängt mit Zuhören und Mitmachen an

Polarisierter Wahlkampf ums Klima. Skepsis speist sich oft aus Unwissen, weniger aus Überzeugung

Gespaltene Gesellschaft. Das sind Wege, sie zu überwinden – für Bürger und Politiker

Intellectual Humility: Validation and Comparison of Four Self-Report Scales in the German Context

Überschäumende Gesellschaft

A wolf in sheep's clothing? The interplay of perceived threat and social norms in hierarchy-maintaining action tendencies towards disadvantaged groups

Empathy during crises: Investigating attitudes, tolerance, and ingroup–outgroup dynamics in response to refugee movements.

We Are All the Same and (Not) Judged the Same? Examining Attribution Tendencies of Liberals in the Context of Norm Violations by Refugees

Against the odds: On the arduous production of linking social capital in local refugee reception.

Affective polarization between opinion-based groups in a context of low partisan discord: Measuring its prevalence and consequences.

How local brokers keep interaction going. Pro-refugee communities after heightened mobilization.

Enhancing Intellectual Humility about Political Topics: An Intervention Tournament Including Five Conceptual Replications