Wilhelm Kempf (psychologist)

Wilhelm Kempf (born June 1, 1947 in Klagenfurt ) is a psychologist and peace researcher from Austria who has made significant contributions in the fields of theoretical psychology, psychological methodology and peace research. Alongside Johan Galtung , Kempf is one of the founders of the concept of peace journalism, which, unlike other authors, he does not understand as a form of opinion journalism, but as a transdisciplinary research program that explores the possibilities and limits of compliance with journalistic quality standards in war and crisis situations Overcoming the communication barriers between the conflicting parties.

Life

In 1970, Kempf obtained his diploma in sociology at the Vienna Institute for Advanced Studies and Scientific Research and in the same year received his doctorate in psychology, philosophy and statistics from the University of Vienna. phil. In 1977 he completed his habilitation at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and received the venia legendi for psychology. Immediately afterwards he was appointed to a professorship for psychological methodology at the University of Konstanz , where he founded the project group Peace Research Konstanz, which he still heads today. Since 2002 he has been the editor of the transdisciplinary journal Conflict & Communication online .

Kempf was a student of Hubert Rohracher , who shaped his understanding of psychology as the science of the subjective world of humans, and of Gerhard H. Fischer , who aroused his interest in psychometrics . Under the influence of Hans Werbik and Paul Lorenzen , he dealt with the theory of science and worked out a constructivist foundation for psychological peace research, which later led to extensive empirical and experimental research, the focus of which is the cognitive-emotional representation of conflicts and their influence on the Escalation dynamics of conflicts. The methodology of the social-psychological reconstruction of subjective reality developed in the process, which has also found expression in empirical educational science and media research beyond the disciplinary boundaries of psychology, places the principles of quantitative and qualitative social research on a common methodological basis and connects them the competing research paradigms into a homogeneous whole.

Fonts (selection)

1977. Mathematical Models for Social Psychology. New York, Wiley (with B. Repp).
1978. Conflict resolution and aggression. On the basics of psychological peace research. Bern, Huber.
1982. Aggression. Scientific and cultural-scientific perspectives on aggression research. Bern, Huber (with R. Hilke).
1990. Media war or »The case of Nicaragua« Political-psychological analyzes of US propaganda and psychological warfare. Hamburg, argument.
1994. Manipulated Realities. Media psychological investigations of the German press coverage in the Gulf War. Münster, LIT.
1997. Psychology. An introduction. Basics, methods, research fields. Munich, dtv (with J. Straub and H. Werbik).
1998. War, nationalism, racism and the media. Münster, LIT (with I. Schmidt-Regener).
2000. Conflict and Violence. Münster, Agenda.
2001. Los Medios y la Cultura de Paz. Berlin, Regener (with S. Gutiérrez Villalobos).
2002. Journalism and the New World Order. Vol. II. Studying War and the Media. Göteborg, Nordicom (with H. Luostarinen).
2003. Constructive Conflict Coverage - A Social Psychological Approach. Berlin, Regener.
2003-2009. Research methods in psychology. Between scientific experiment and social science hermeneutics. Berlin, Regener. (Volume 1: Theory and Empiricism (2003), Volume 2: Quantity and Quality (2008), Volume 3: Nature and Culture (2009, with M. Kiefer)).
2008. The Peace Journalism Controversy. Berlin, Regener.
2010. Readings in Peace Journalism. Foundations - Studies - Perspectives. Berlin, Regener.
2012. Item Response Models in Social Science Research. Berlin, Regener (with R. Langeheine).
2014. The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: War Coverage and Peace Journalism. Berlin, Regener (with D. Shinar).
2015. Israel criticism between anti-Semitism and the idea of human rights. A search for clues. Berlin, Regener.

Web links

Individual evidence

^ Wilhelm Kempf: Conflict reporting between escalation and de-escalation. In: Science & Peace. Volume 14, No. 2, 1996, pp. 51-54. Wilhelm Kempf: Constructice Conflict Coverage - A Social Psychological Approach. Regener, Berlin 2003.
↑ Kempf, W., 2007. Peace Journalism: A tightrope walk between advocacy journalism and constructive conflict coverage. Conflict & communication online, 6/2.
↑ Kempf, W., 2018. Communication barriers in the debate between supporters and critics of Israeli Palestinian policy. Conflict & communication online, 17/1.
↑ Who is who? - The German Who's Who 2008/2009 (CD-ROM), ISBN 978-3-7950-2047-7
↑ Kempf, W., 2003. Research methods in psychology. Between scientific experiment and social psychological hermeneutics. Volume 1: Theory and Empiricism. Berlin: Regener.
↑ Kempf, W. & Repp, B. (eds.), 1977. Mathematical Models for Social Psychology. New York: Wiley. Kempf, W., 2008. Psychometry. In: Kempf, W. Research methods in psychology. Between scientific experiment and social psychological hermeneutics. Volume 2: Quantity and Quality. Berlin: Regener, 139-363. Kempf, W. & Langeheine, R. (eds.), 2012. Item-Response-Models in Social Science Research. Berlin: Regener.
↑ Kempf, W. 1978. Conflict resolution and aggression. On the basics of psychological peace research. Bern: Huber.
↑ Kempf, W., 2017. Towards a theory and (better) practice of peace journalism. Conflict & communication online, 16/2.
↑ Kempf, W., 1991. Transcultural understanding as a method problem. In: Kempf, W. (ed.). Covert violence. Psychosocial consequences of low intensity warfare in Central America. Hamburg: Argument, 119-132. Kempf, W., 2009. The social construction of reality. In: Kempf, W. & Kiefer, M. (eds.). Research methods in psychology. Between scientific experiment and social psychological hermeneutics. Volume 3. Nature and Culture. Berlin: Regener, 51-99.
^ Ua Baros, W., 2001. Families in migration. Frankfurt / Main: Peter Lang. Reetz, K.-D., 2007. Migration and school failure of Italian children. Berlin: Regener.
↑ Ua Nohrstedt, SA & Ottosen, R. (eds.), 2000. Journalism and the New World Order. Vol. 1: Gulf War, National News Discourses and Globalization. Gothenburg: Nordicom.
↑ Kempf, W. (2002). Integration of Quantitative and Qualitative Content Analysis in Media Research. In: Kempf, W. & Luostarinen, H. (eds.). Journalism and the New World Order. Vol. 2: Studying War and the Media. Gothenburg: Nordicom. Kempf, W., 2008. Text interpretation and content analysis. In: Kempf, W. Research methods in psychology. Between scientific experiment and social psychological hermeneutics. Volume 2: Quantity and Quality. Berlin: Regener, 15-135. Kempf, W., 2009. Psychology as natural and cultural science. In: Kempf, W. & Kiefer, M. (eds.). Research methods in psychology. Between scientific experiment and social psychological hermeneutics. Volume 3. Nature and Culture. Berlin: Regener, 17-48.

personal data
SURNAME	Kempf, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian psychologist and peace researcher
DATE OF BIRTH	June 1, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH	Klagenfurt , Austria

[1] Wilhelm Kempf: Conflict reporting between escalation and de-escalation. In: Science & Peace. Volume 14, No. 2, 1996, pp. 51-54. Wilhelm Kempf: Constructice Conflict Coverage - A Social Psychological Approach. Regener, Berlin 2003.

[2] Kempf, W., 2007. Peace Journalism: A tightrope walk between advocacy journalism and constructive conflict coverage. Conflict & communication online, 6/2.

[3] Kempf, W., 2018. Communication barriers in the debate between supporters and critics of Israeli Palestinian policy. Conflict & communication online, 17/1.

[4] Who is who? - The German Who's Who 2008/2009 (CD-ROM), ISBN 978-3-7950-2047-7

[5] Kempf, W., 2003. Research methods in psychology. Between scientific experiment and social psychological hermeneutics. Volume 1: Theory and Empiricism. Berlin: Regener.

[6] Kempf, W. & Repp, B. (eds.), 1977. Mathematical Models for Social Psychology. New York: Wiley. Kempf, W., 2008. Psychometry. In: Kempf, W. Research methods in psychology. Between scientific experiment and social psychological hermeneutics. Volume 2: Quantity and Quality. Berlin: Regener, 139-363. Kempf, W. & Langeheine, R. (eds.), 2012. Item-Response-Models in Social Science Research. Berlin: Regener.

[7] Kempf, W. 1978. Conflict resolution and aggression. On the basics of psychological peace research. Bern: Huber.

[8] Kempf, W., 2017. Towards a theory and (better) practice of peace journalism. Conflict & communication online, 16/2.

[9] Kempf, W., 1991. Transcultural understanding as a method problem. In: Kempf, W. (ed.). Covert violence. Psychosocial consequences of low intensity warfare in Central America. Hamburg: Argument, 119-132. Kempf, W., 2009. The social construction of reality. In: Kempf, W. & Kiefer, M. (eds.). Research methods in psychology. Between scientific experiment and social psychological hermeneutics. Volume 3. Nature and Culture. Berlin: Regener, 51-99.

[10] Ua Baros, W., 2001. Families in migration. Frankfurt / Main: Peter Lang. Reetz, K.-D., 2007. Migration and school failure of Italian children. Berlin: Regener.

[11] Ua Nohrstedt, SA & Ottosen, R. (eds.), 2000. Journalism and the New World Order. Vol. 1: Gulf War, National News Discourses and Globalization. Gothenburg: Nordicom.

[12] Kempf, W. (2002). Integration of Quantitative and Qualitative Content Analysis in Media Research. In: Kempf, W. & Luostarinen, H. (eds.). Journalism and the New World Order. Vol. 2: Studying War and the Media. Gothenburg: Nordicom. Kempf, W., 2008. Text interpretation and content analysis. In: Kempf, W. Research methods in psychology. Between scientific experiment and social psychological hermeneutics. Volume 2: Quantity and Quality. Berlin: Regener, 15-135. Kempf, W., 2009. Psychology as natural and cultural science. In: Kempf, W. & Kiefer, M. (eds.). Research methods in psychology. Between scientific experiment and social psychological hermeneutics. Volume 3. Nature and Culture. Berlin: Regener, 17-48.