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Soziologe Swen Hutter im Interview: „Wenn man miteinander arbeitet, baut man Vertrauen auf“

Publication: Tagesspiegel
Interview with: Swen Hutter
Date: 29.11.2025

Affektive Polarisierung – spaltet uns das Fühlen?

Publication: #AskDifferent – der Podcast der Einstein Stiftung
Talk with: Marie Röder & Christian von Scheve
Date: 30.10.2025

Die Spaltung überwinden

Publication: Gehirn & Geist
Interview with: Larissa Knöchelmann
Date: 06.06.2025

Zusammenhalten – Wie wir mehr Gemeinsinn lernen können

Publication: SWR Kultur
Interview with: Larissa Knöchelmann
Date: 06.06.2025

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

Publication: ZEIT ONLINE
Interview with: Jule Specht
Date: 13.05.2025

Wie tief Deutschland emotional gespalten ist

Publication: ZEIT ONLINE
Date: 13.05.2025

Streit über Gefühle. Warum uns Emotionen spalten

Publication: Deutschlandfunk Kultur, Sein und Streit
Talk with: Catherine Newmark & Christian von Scheve
Date: 06.04.2025

Klimawandel und Demokratie: Die Erderwärmung gefährdet unsere liberale Gesellschaft

Publication: Tagesspiegel
Authors: Hanna Schwander
Date: 22.02.2025

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

Publication: Tagesspiegel
Authors: Thorsten Faas
Date: 21.02.2025

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

Publication: Tagesspiegel
Authors: Christian von Scheve & Céline Teney
Date: 18.02.2025

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

Publication: Tagesspiegel
Authors: Stefanie Hechler & Diego Dametto
Date: 17.02.2025

Rechtsextremismus zuvorkommen. Demokratie fängt mit Zuhören und Mitmachen an

Publication: Tagesspiegel
Authors: Lucas Köhler
Date: 12.02.2025

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

Publication: Tagesspiegel
Authors: Thorsten Faas
Date: 24.01.2025

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

Publication: Tagesspiegel
Authors: Larissa Knöchelmann
Date: 16.01.2025

Attitude Formation Based on Political Views: An Expectancy-Value Model of Interpersonal Likability in Politics

Lange, J., Koch, A., Knöchelmann, L., & Alves, H. (2025). Attitude Formation Based on Political Views: An Expectancy-Value Model of Interpersonal Likability in Politics. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 01461672251406455. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672251406455

The Berlin Polarization Monitor: A Panel Study of Partisan and Issue-Based Polarization in Germany (2025–2027)

Becker, B., Schwander, H., Shuttleworth, L., Faas, T., Gerstorf, D., Specht, J., & Teney, C. (2025). The Berlin Polarization Monitor: A Panel Study of Partisan and Issue-Based Polarization in Germany (2025–2027) (No. msc7e_v1). SocArXiv. https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/msc7e_v1/

Victimhood Claims in German Political Manifestos

Voit, M., Köhler, L. J. E., Matern, S., Fischer, K., & Gollwitzer, M. (2025). Victimhood claims in German political manifestos. Political Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1111/pops.70088

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

van den Berg, C. & Hutter, S. (2025). HOW LOCAL BROKERS KEEP INTERACTION GOING: PRO-REFUGEE COMMUNITIES AFTER HEIGHTENED MOBILIZATION*. Mobilization: An International Quarterly, 30(3), 235–255. https://doi.org/10.17813/1086-671X-30-3-235

Civic Refugee Support. The Shifting Landscape of Pro-Refugee Communities in Germany After 2015

Van den Berg, C. (2025). Civic Refugee Report. The Shifting Landscape of Pro-Refugee Communities in Germany After 2015. Transcript. https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/103825

Coping with Affective Polarization: A Research Program

Hutter, S., Schwander, H., Specht, J., von Scheve, C. (2025). Coping with Affective Polarization: A Research Program. Discussion Paper ZZ 2025-602, WZB Berlin Social Science Center. https://bibliothek.wzb.eu/pdf/2025/zz25-602.pdf

Combining Moral Foundations and Justice Sensitivity Perspectives to Understand Political Orientation

Köhler, L. J. E., Steinberg, U., Egorov, M., Peus, C., & Gollwitzer, M. (2025). Combining Moral Foundations and Justice Sensitivity Perspectives to Understand Political Orientation. Social Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1027/1864-9335/a000579

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

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

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

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

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

Überschäumende Gesellschaft

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

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, 57(3), 339-367. https://doi.org/10.1177/00953997251314509

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

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), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1093/ijpor/edae009

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