Daniel Erlacher
Daniel Erlacher
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Daniel Erlacher is a lecturer in training science and sports biology at the Institute of Sport Science at the University of Bern. His research interests include motor learning in lucid dreams, sleep in elite sports, and sleep-related regeneration processes.
Robert Cialdini
Robert Cialdini
Dr. Cialdini is one of the most cited names in Social Psychology. He received his Ph .D. from the University of North Carolina and his post doctoral training from Columbia University. He is currently employed at Arizona State University. Dr. Cialdini is an expert in the fields of persuasion, compliance, and negotiation. His scientific work is also covered widely in the media, including appearances on Dateline NBC, CNN, ABC, etc. His website can be consulted at Influence at Work.
Sarah Spies
Sarah Spies
Sarah Spies completed her bachelor's degree in psychology at Saarland University and is now continuing her studies in the master's program, focusing on industrial and organizational psychology, social psychology and clinical psychology. She also works as an assistant researcher at the Institute for Social Research and Social Economy in Saarbrücken.
Terri O'Sullivan
Terri O'Sullivan
Terri O’Sullivan holds a bachelor’s degree in social psychology from the University of Kent, UK where she conducted research into the effects of ostracism from a religious group. She went on to continue this line of research while studying for a master’s degree at Tilburg University, NL under the supervision of Professor Ilja van Beest. She is currently investigating how ostracism affects one’s religious identity as well as studying the vicarious effects of ostracism. Terri coordinates the Big Questions Project. If you have or can answer a Big Question, get in touch! E-mail: t.osullivan@in-mind.org
Lukas Repnik
Lukas Repnik
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
Sascha Topolinski
Sascha Topolinski
Sascha Topolinski is an Associate Professor at the University of Cologne leading his own research unit on Social and Economic Cognition. He has received his PhD from the University of Würzburg under the excellent supervision of Fritz Strack. He is interested in intuition and bodily influences on our mind, but also on creativity, affect, and humor.
Justine Kohl
Justine Kohl
Justine Kohl completed her MA Degree in linguistics at the University of Bielefeld. During and after her studies, she worked there for several years as a research assistant in the Department of Language and Communication. She is currently working as a research assistant in Project RESPOND! at the Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences. In the context of her dissertation, she would like to microanalytically explore subtle and interactive manifestations of antisemitic hate speech with the use of conversation analysis.
Lieke Braadbaart
Lieke Braadbaart
Dr. Lieke Braadbaart obtained her PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, investigating the neural correlates of complex manual and facial imitation using fMRI, and how these correlates might differ in young people with autism. Previous to this she had finished a BA in Liberal Arts & Sciences at Maastricht University, focusing on Social Science, after which she completed an MSc in Social Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Aberdeen, whereby her research on the imitation mechanisms at work during simultaneous EEG-fMRI resulted in her first two first-author publications.
Julia Rohrer
Julia Rohrer
Julia is a PhD student at the International Max Planck Research School on the Life Course in Berlin, investigating the determinants of well-being across the life course. She received her Master's degree in Psychology from the University of Leipzig in 2016. She is currently an associate editor for In-Mind and manages the research participation section. You can follow her on twitter @dingding_peng.
Irena Boskovic
Irena Boskovic
Irena is a Ph.D. Candidate at both Maastricht University (The Netherlands) and University of Portsmouth (UK). Her main research interest is in testing the efficiency of different methods used in the detection of people who fabricate their symptoms in order to receive benefits (i.e., malinger). Mainly, Irena is focused on investigating malingered Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), as well as comorbid problems such as anxiety and common physical symptoms (e.g., pain, fatigue etc.).