Kai Sassenberg

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Kai Sassenberg (* 1971 in Rinteln ) is a German social psychologist . Since 2007 he has been head of the social processes working group at the Leibniz Institute for Knowledge Media and professor at the University of Tübingen .

Life

Kai Sassenberg studied psychology at the University of Mannheim , received his doctorate in 1999 at the Georg-August University of Göttingen and completed his habilitation in 2004 on group -based self-regulation - an explanation of the behavior of group members on the basis of self-regulation theories at the University of Jena . From 2002 to 2007 he headed the junior research group “Motivational and Cognitive Determinants of Social Discrimination ” at the University of Jena . In 2007 Kai Sassenberg was Associate Professor of Organizational Psychology at the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen in the Netherlands. Since 2007 he has been researching at the Leibniz Institute for Knowledge Media in Tübingen and also teaches as a professor at the University of Tübingen. Kai Sassenberg has been President of the European Association of Social Psychology since 2017.

research

Kai Sassenberg's research deals with the influences of motivation (in particular of self-regulatory processes) on social interaction and collaboration. He pays particular attention to the effects of using digital media. Another research focus is on the regulation of the self in the context of social power , leadership and competition. He also researches the effects of social norms and their violations, as well as the influence of emotions and cognitive conflicts on the processing of self-relevant information, especially in the health sector.

Awards

  • 2004: Young Scientist Award at the 28th International Congress of Psychology in Beijing, China
  • 2005: Thuringian Research Prize, together with Amélie Mummendey , Thomas Kessler and Thorsten Meiser
  • 2017: Fellow of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology

Fonts (selection)

  • K. Sassenberg: Digital media as a source of information about the environment and health for laypeople. In: Federal Health Gazette. Volume 60, 2017, pp. 649-655.
  • K. Sassenberg, MRW Hamstra: The intrapersonal and interpersonal dynamics of self-regulation in the leadership process. In: Advances in Experimental Social Psychology. Volume 55, 2017, pp. 193-257.
  • F. Landkammer, K. Sassenberg: Competing while cooperating with the same others: The consequences of conflicting demands in co-opetition. In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. Volume 145, 2016, pp. 1670–1686.
  • K. Sassenberg, H. Greving: Internet searching about disease elicits a positive perception of own health when severity of illness is high: A longitudinal questionnaire study. In: Journal of Medical Internet Research. Volume 18, No. 3, 2016, p. E56.
  • K. Sassenberg, N. Ellemers, D. Scheepers: The attraction of social power: The influence of construing power as opportunity versus responsibility. In: Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. Volume 48, 2012, pp. 550-555.
  • S. Otten, K. Sassenberg, T. Kessler (Eds.): Intergroup Relations - the Role of Motivation and Emotion. Psychology Press, London 2009.
  • K. Sassenberg, KJ Jonas, J. Shah, P. Brazy: Why some groups just feel better: The regulatory fit of group power. In: Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Volume 92, 2007, pp. 249-267.
  • K. Sassenberg, KJ Jonas, J. Shah, P. Brazy: Why some groups just feel better: The regulatory fit of group power. In: Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Volume 92, 2007, pp. 249-267.
  • M. Boos, KJ Jonas, K. Sassenberg (Ed.): Computer-mediated communication in organizations. Hogrefe, Göttingen 2000.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ K. Sassenberg: See and be seen. Norm orientation under anonymity. Dissertation. Pabst, Lengerich / Berlin 1999.
  2. ↑ K. Sassenberg: Gruppebasierte - An explanation of the behavior of group members on the basis of self-regulation theories. Habilitation. University of Jena, 2004.
  3. ^ "Executive Committee" Official Website of the European Association of Social Psychology. Accessed May 8, 2018.
  4. ↑ Thuringian Research Prize 2005 ( Memento from September 15, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) in the category "Basic Research"
  5. ^ "Fellowship" Society of Personality and Social Psychology. Accessed May 8, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Sassenberg, Kai
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German social psychologist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Rinteln