We investigate attitudes, how they arise, how they can be changed and how they are related to behaviour. In this vein, we particularly focus on how people experience and cope with threats and crisis situations.
News
New publication: Walther, E., Grozeva, N., Sonnicksen, J., Wesser-Saalfrank, A., & Banse, R. (2025). The joint influence of individual deprivation and right-wing authoritarianism on radical political preferences in Germany and the US. Personality and Individual Difference, 246, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2025.113291.
Fascination Right-Wing? Which aspects of right wing are fascinating young people? | VolkswagenStiftung
Anti-democratic attitudes are increasing in Germany. Yet, politics and science don't care much about the attitudes of a specially important group: young voters. An interdisciplinary project in…
Contact
Head of Department: Prof. Dr. Eva Walther
Office Assistant: Christa Willems
Tel: ++49 651 201 2932
Email: sekrsozp(at)uni-trier.de
Our office rooms, laboratories and experimental rooms are located in building D on Campus I.