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
Academic Publication: Kassab, Y., Halbeisen, G., & Walther, E. (2025). The unfairness we feel: How positive and aggressive affect could shape relative deprivation and aggression. BMC Psychol 13, 392 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-025-02732-x
Final Thesis: Offer for Master thesis on subject Open Mindedness
Teaching Award: Prof. Dr. Eva Walther received the teaching award for the best lecture in psychology in summer term 2024.
Policy Paper: Challenges for Politics and Democracy after regional elections in Eastern Germany.
Book Publication: Psychology of Right-Wing Extremism.
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.