Jana Dreston is Editor-in-Chief of the English version of In-Mind magazine. She studied at the Universities of Düsseldorf and Cologne. She is currently a PhD student at the University of Duisburg-Essen. Her research focuses on psychological processes of education in social media and political communication. She is also interested in memory, learning, science communication and media psychology. Find her here.
jana.dreston@uni-due.de
Stella Wernicke is Editor-in-Chief of the English version of In-Mind magazine. Her research at the University of Cambridge investigates how humans memorize what they see in their environment and how this changes with age. Stella previously studied Psychology at Heidelberg University and the University of Cambridge and conducted research at the Technical University of Munich and Bangor University. Find her here.
saiw2@cam.ac.uk
Rinat is Editor for Media Psychology and Head of Social Media at the English edition of In-Mind magazine. With a background in psychology from the University of Würzburg, she is currently pursuing her PhD in the Department of Communication at the University of Vienna, exploring why and how users decide to stand up to digital hate. Her broader research interests include radicalization, media literacy interventions, (de-)sensitization processes, and trust formation in AI. You can find her here.
Charikleia is Editor for Developmental Psychology (Adulthood & Aging) and Head of Blog at the English version of In-Mind. She is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Geneva, specializing in lifespan developmental psychology, and specifically in (older) adulthood. She is also the scientific officer of the Swiss Centre of Expertise in Life Course Research LIVES. Her work focuses on the psychological processes that underlie resilience, adaptation, and identity development in the context of major life transitions, including bereavement, family reconfiguration, and aging-related sensory decline. She is particularly interested in loneliness, social connectedness, and their cognitive and emotional consequences, with a growing emphasis on the role of digital environments and identity tensions. Her research is methodologically grounded in longitudinal modeling, multilevel analysis, and large-scale secondary data, particularly from international datasets such as SHARE.
Elena Benini is Head of Editorial Management at the English version of In-Mind. She is a postdoctoral researcher in Cognitive and Experimental Psychology at RWTH Aachen University (Germany), where she obtained her PhD in May 2024. Her research interests span from cognitive control in multitasking settings, to associative processes such as feature binding and episodic retrieval and to bilingualism and language control processes. elena.benini[at]psych[dot]rwth-aachen.de
Lukas Repnik is Editor for Developmental Psychology (Childhood & Adolescence) at the English version of In-Mind magazine. He completed his psychology studies in Vienna and is currently pursuing his PhD at the Medical University of Graz. Working at the intersection of developmental psychology and neuroscience, his research focuses on neural mechanisms underlying psychological resilience. He also conducted research at the SCAN-Unit (University of Vienna), the University of Zurich, and the Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging (Radboud University, The Netherlands). Besides his PhD, he is currently completing his training as a systemic family therapist.
lukas.repnik@medunigraz.at
Matilde is Editor for Human-Computer Interaction at the English version of In-Mind magazine. She is a postdoctoral researcher in Social Psychology at the University of Helsinki. Her work examines intergroup contact, collective action, and social inequality through a social identity lens. She specializes in applying new technologies such as immersive media and artificial intelligence to advance experimental research on intergroup relations.
Elisabeth is Editor for Social and Educational Psychology at the English version of In-Mind magazine. She is a research associate at University Medical Centre Rostock, child and adolescent psychotherapist in training at the Center for Mental Health at Freie Universität Berlin, and a lecturer at Leibniz University Hannover and NYU Berlin. In her research, she combines perspectives from social, educational, and clinical psychology to examine how social processes shape the psychological experiences of children, adolescents, and young adults—particularly those with minority status—in different contexts. elisabeth.hoehne@med.uni-rostock.de
Nathalie is Editor for Clinical Psychology at the English version of In-Mind magazine. She works as a postdoctoral researcher and psychotherapist at University of Bremen, Germany. In 2024, she obtained her PhD at Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich, Germany, with a focus on understanding the associations between perfectionism and mental illness. In her research, she pursues the goal of identifying so-called transdiagnostic processes which play a role in development and maintenance of several disorders (e.g., perfectionism, emotion regulation, loneliness), thus posing worthwhile targets for intervention. She has also worked on treatment personalisation at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. During her PhD, she acquired her license as a psychotherapist in cognitive-behavioural therapy.
Lorenz is Editor for Clinical Psychology at the English version of In-Mind magazine. He works as a postdoctoral researcher at Leuphana University Lüneburg and as a licensed psychotherapist in Berlin, Germany. As a researcher, he is particularly interested in insomnia treatments, online interventions, prevention, and ethics in clinical studies. He holds degrees in Psychology and Comparative Literature. Find him here.
Marianne is Editor for Social and Personality Psychology (relationships, love, and dating) at the English edition of in-Mind magazine. She works as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Fribourg (Switzerland) and is an associate member of the Institute for Family Research and Counselling. Her current work focuses on emotional dynamics in romantic relationships and on mating and dating behaviors in young and older adults. She is particularly interested in rejection, emotion regulation, and intimacy and how these processes shape relationship functioning.
Bahram Mahmoodi Kahriz is Editor for Social and Environmental Psychology at the English edition of In-Mind magazine. He is a Lecturer in Marketing at Henley Business School, University of Reading, and a Chartered Psychologist. He holds PhDs in both Marketing and Psychology. His interdisciplinary research draws on social, personality, environmental, and consumer psychology to examine how emotion, motivation, communication, and individual differences shape judgment and behavior. His current research interests include climate communication, public engagement with climate action, sustainable consumer behavior, corporate social responsibility, and workplace emotions. He is particularly interested in making psychological research accessible and relevant to wider audiences.
Amanda Remsö is Editor for Social and Environmental Psychology at the English editions of In-Mind magazine. She is currently a PhD student in Psychology at the University of Gothenburg and Kristianstad University in Sweden. Her dissertation focuses broadly on political polarization related to gender, and she also does research related to political polarization of climate change attitudes and science attitudes more broadly. She is also very interested in quantitative methods and statistics. Amanda is affiliated with the Junior Researcher Programme (https://jrp.pscholars.org).
amanda.remso@hkr.se
Sameeksha Shukla is Editor for Cultural Psychology at the English version of In-Mind magazine. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Psychology from the University of Delhi, India. Her research interests include social psychology, cultural psychology, and environmental psychology, with her doctoral research primarily focusing on the relationship between music and emotions. Additionally, she has a keen interest in cultural memory and research methods.
sshukla@psychology.du.ac.in
Chenhao is Editor for Industrial and Organizational Psychology at the English version of In-Mind. She is a social psychologist on a mission to create more inclusive and supportive workplaces, especially for LGBTQ+ employees. Her work at Utrecht University dives deep into how identity disclosure shapes perceptions of professionalism and collaboration. Her research interest covers LGBTQIA+, cultural diversity, emotion, and Diversity equity inclusion (DEI) in the workplace.
Maike Ramrath is part of In-Mind magazine's Social Media Team. She holds a Master of Science in Applied Cognitive and Media Science from the University of Duisburg-Essen and is currently pursuing a PhD in Psychology at the University of Wuppertal. Her research interests include human-technology-interaction and organizational psychology, with her doctoral research primarily focusing on critical system information in high-risk-work-environments. Additionally, she is an active member of the User Research working group of the German UPA. ramrath[at]uni-wuppertal.de
Emmylou Sophie Schädler is part of the Social Media team at In-Mind and a master's student in Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy at the University of Mannheim. Her research interests center on social cognition and emotion, especially in the context of stress regulation and prosocial behavior. Emmy also leads educational workshops for high-school students and is passionate about making psychological insights accessible to a broader audience, bridging academic research and real-world application. She also authored articles for In-Mind.
Firuze E. Mullaoğlu is part of In-Mind magazine's Social Media Team. She is a PhD researcher in social psychology at Friedrich Schiller University Jena, where she studies intergroup relations and collective action. Firuze completed her bachelor’s degree in psychology at Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University and her master’s degree in cognitive science at Ruhr University Bochum. Her research areas focuses on multiple social identities and its effect on prejudice, allyship and intergroup relations using quantitative and experimental methodologies.
Clara is a member of In-Mind's Social Media team. She studied Applied Cognition and Media Science in her bachelor's and master's at the University of Duisburg-Essen. Currently, she is pursuing her PhD at the Chair of Social Psychology in Duisburg, where she researches how vulnerable groups like children or people with cognitive disabilities understand privacy online and how this understanding can be enhanced. She is also interested in media psychology and human-computer interaction, including how humans communicate and form relationships with artificial entities such as voice assistants.
Henrike Deitert is part of the Social Media Team at In-Mind. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of Cologne and is currently pursuing a Research Master in Social Psychology at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Her research interests include intergroup dynamics, political psychology, media and communication, and close relationships. Passionate about writing, she brings experience in journalism and is motivated to make scientific insights more accessible by bridging the gap between research and the public.
Senanur is a member of the Social Media Team for the English version of In-Mind. She is currently pursuing a PhD in social psychology at the University of Milano-Bicocca. She completed her bachelor’s degree at Ankara University and her master’s degree at Başkent University. She is interested in social media dynamics and cyberpsychology. In particular, her research focuses on online connection and disconnection, and how platform features shape these experiences using a mixed-methods approach.
Jana is part of In-Mind's Social Media team. She holds a master's in Applied Cognitive and Media Science from the University of Duisburg-Essen. Currently, she conducts research at Lund University, where she is involved in the ADAC.io project at the Psychological Defence Research Institute, which aims to strengthen EU democratic resilience against Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI). Her interests span different areas of psychology, as well as interdisciplinary research at the intersection of psychology and technology, with the aim of contributing to positive societal impact.
Joshua Schlichting is on the Social Media team at In-Mind. He is pursuing his PhD at Technische Universität Braunschweig, investigating predictors and outcomes of trust in collaborative science teams at the intersection of social psychology and communication science. Joshua has a background in music psychology, having studied psychology and musicology at Heidelberg University (DE), Durham University (UK), and McMaster University (CA), and remains interested in research questions surrounding collective transformative experiences with music.
Emil is an Editorial Assistant at the English edition of In-Mind. After obtaining his bachelor's degree in Psychology at Maastricht University, he developed an interest in perceptual processes, information processing, and conscious experience. He continued his studies at Maastricht University by pursuing a research master's in Cognitive Neuroscience. For his thesis internship he is currently conducting research at Columbia University, where he examines the cognitive basis of visual illusions of depth by exploring the extent to which neural network models perceive illusory depth compared to humans. Beyond visual processing, his other interests are sensorimotor processing and the perceptual information culminates in decision-making and adaptive actions.
Gustavo Magro Krüger is part of the Editorial Management team. He is a behavioral scientist and licensed clinical psychologist operating at the intersection of human behavior and technology. Currently completing his master's in cyberpsychology at the University of Barcelona, he researches how behavior change strategies can be dynamically adapted to individuals over time. Gustavo has served as both a consultant and an in-house behavioral scientist across the health, wellness, education, and finance sectors.
Maren is an Editorial Assistant at the English version of In-Mind. She is a postdoc in Neurocognitive Psychology at the LMU in Munich (Germany) and psychotherapist in training. She uses neuroimaging and behavioral methods to study the affective grounding of the sense of agency.
Zoey is an Editorial Assistant at the English version of In-Mind. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Clinical Psychology at Dalhousie University (Canada). Her research explores uncertainty in pediatric pain experiences. She also has broader interests in mood disorders, suicide, and mental health policy.
Griffin Martell is a member of the Editorial Management Team at In-Mind Magazine. He recently completed a Master’s in Communication & Culture at York University and Toronto Metropolitan University. His thesis research considers the implications of technological innovations in Augmentative & Alternative Communication (AAC) for autistic and neurodivergent communities. As an advocate for autism rights and neurodiversity-affirming care, he is particularly interested in uprooting neuro-normative biases in clinical autism discourse and developing more accommodating approaches for autism intervention and support practices.
Esin is a member of the Social Media Team at In-Mind. She holds a joint master’s degree in Clinical Psychosexology from Sapienza University of Rome and Tor Vergata University of Rome. Currently, she is conducting research in collaboration with Pegaso University, focusing on intimate partner violence and autobiographical memory. She also works as a research assistant at California State University, East Bay, contributing to a qualitative study exploring kink identity and sexual orientation, with a particular focus on how kink identities develop and evolve over time. Her research interests include intimate relationships, media and sexuality, and sexual identity development.
