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Torsten Schubert

Prof. Dr. Torsten Schubert studied psychology at the University of St. Petersburg (Russia). He finished his doctoral degree at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and then worked at the MPI for cognitive and neuroscience in Leipzig and at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Between 2007 and 2011 he was a professor at the chair of general and experimental psychology at the LMU Munich and now is a professor at the psychology department at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. He focuses his research on the investigation of executive control processes, multi-tasking, attention, unconscious information processing, and working memory. He also analyzes mechanisms of neuro- and cognitive plasticity as a result of cognitive training and cognitive aging. Prof. Dr. Torsten Schubert uses psychological (behavioral analyses), as well as neuro-scientific methods (fMRI), in order to fully understand cognitive mechanisms and their neuronal implementations. 

Lucas Keefer

Lucas Keefer is an Assistant Professor at the University of Southern Mississippi. His research interests include conceptual metaphor and existential psychology. He can be reached directly at l.keefer@in-mind.org.  ResearchGate Personal Site

Anneloes Kip

Anneloes Kip is a Social- and Health research master student at Utrecht University (UU). She works as a research assistant for dr. C. Evers with the Self-regulation Lab (UU). Her topics of interest include emotion regulation, emotion based eating, self-licensing and self-agency.

Marianne L. Wade

Marianne Wade is Reader in Criminal Justice at the Birmingham Law School and Director (Law) of the Centre for Crime Justice and Policing at the University of Birmingham. Her work focuses on comparative study of criminal justice systems (with a focus on prosecution), as well as relevant EU developments, trafficking human beings and terrorism.

Malachi Willis

Malachi Willis is a Research Associate in the MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit at the University of Glasgow. He primarily researches the nuances of sexual consent, which he conceptualizes as a person's willingness to engage in a particular sexual behavior with a particular person within a particular context. Malachi uses his diverse training (MA, Forensic Psychology; MA, Experimental Psychology; MS, Statistics and Analytics; PhD, Community Health Promotion) to conduct studies across several methodologies and guide his decisions as an editorial board member of sex research journals.

Cicero Roberto Pereira

Cicero Roberto Pereira obtained his Ph.D. in Experimental Social Psychology from the ISCTE - University Institute of Lisbon in 2007. He carried out his post-doctoral studies at the institution where he is currently based. His research interests focus on the analysis of legitimising processes of discrimination against minority groups in contexts where prejudice is anti-normative.

Jakob Kaiser

After studying Computer Science and Cognitive Science, Jakob graduated from the University of Sussex with a PhD in Psychology. His research focuses on how humans can exercise self-control over their behavior, for example to avoid distractions or suppress unhealthy impulses. Additionally, Jakob explores how new technologies, like AI and robotics, can either support or undermine our self-control and the human need for autonomy and self-determination. You can contact him on Bluesky: @jakobkaiser.bsky.social.

Petra Markel

Laura Chareyre

Laura Chareyre is a PhD Student at the Université Grenoble Alpes, affiliated with the Sport and Social Environment Laboratory (EA3742). Her research in sport psychology focuses on sport performance. Specifically, her work focuses on the effects of social presence and pressure on sport performance (Choking Under Pressure & Effects of Social Facilitation and Inhibition) in relation to stress and anxiety in athletes.

Stephen Bertman

Stephen Bertman, Ph.D., is Professor Emeritus of Languages, Literatures and Cultures at Canada’s University of Windsor. He is the editor of The Conflict of Generations in Ancient Greece and Rome (Gruner) and the author of Hyperculture: The Human Cost of Speed (Praeger), Cultural Amnesia: America’s Future and the Crisis of Memory (Praeger), Erotic Love Poems of Greece and Rome (Penguin), and, most recently, The Eight Pillars of Greek Wisdom (Barnes & Noble). He can be reached at Profbertman2@aol.com.