Dr. Marlene Altenmüller, M.Sc.

Research Interests:

• Trust in science, science reception and science communication
• Meta-science regarding social processes within science
• Psychology of art reception and museum experience
• Social justice, perceptions of justice and justice sensitivity

Academic Education:

• 2022: Dr. phil. in Psychology, LMU Munich, Germany
• 2016 – 2018: Master of Science, Psychology, University of Marburg, Germany
• 2012 – 2016: Bachelor of Science, Psychology, University of Marburg, Germany
• 2014 – 2018: Bachelor of Arts, Art History (with Geography), University of Marburg, Germany

Academic Positions:

• since 2018: Research associate (incl. teaching responsibilities) at the Chair for Social Psychology, Department of Psychology, LMU Munich
• 2021-2022: Lecturer for social psychology, Faculty of Social Work and Health, University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Hildesheim
• 2017-2018: Lecturer for psychodiagnostic interviewing and behavior observation, Faculty for Psychology, University of Marburg
• 2016-2018: Research assistant at the Chair for Differential and Personality Psychology, Faculty for Psychology, University of Marburg

Publications:

2024 / in press

• Köhler, L. J. E., Strieder, K. L., Altenmüller, M. S., & Gollwitzer, M. (in press). Why should I? How victim sensitivity affects pro-environmental engagement. Journal of Environmental Psychology.
• Altenmüller, M. S., Stark, J., Schlegl, S., Englhardt, K., Dengl, P., Henning, W., Bloemer, J., & Gollwitzer, M. (in press). Certainly uncertainty: Communicating uncertainty in science museums. Zeitschrift für Psychologie. [Preprint: https://osf.io/fxved]
• König, L. M., Altenmüller, M. S., Fick, J., Crusius, J., Genschow, O., & Sauerland, M. (in press). How to communicate science to the public? Guidelines for effective written communication derived from a systematic review. Zeitschrift für Psychologie. [Preprint: https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/cwbrs]
• Altenmüller, M. S., Wingen, T., & Schulte, A. (2024). Explaining polarized trust in scientists: A political stereotype-approach. Science Communication. Science Communication, 46(1), 92-115. https://doi.org/10.1177/10755470231221770

2023

• Ludwig, T., Altenmüller, M. S., Schramm, L. F. F., Twardawski, M. (2023). Evading Open Science: The black box of student data collection. Social Psychological Bulletin, 18, 1-30. https://doi.org/10.32872/spb.9411
• Gollwitzer, M., Prager, J., Altenmüller, M. S., & Zein, R. A. (2023). Simplification Is Not Indoctrination. Psychology Learning & Teaching. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/14757257231195352
• Altenmüller, M. S., Kampschulte, L., Verbeek, L., & Gollwitzer, M. (2023). Science Communication gets Personal: Ambivalent Effects of Self-Disclosure in Science Communication on Trust in Science. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 29(4), 793-812. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/xap0000489. [Preprint: https://osf.io/s39u2]
• Altenmüller, M. S. & Gollwitzer, M. (2023). Power of Pictures? Questioning the Emotionalization and Behavioral Activation Potential of Aesthetics in War Photography. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/aca0000607. [Preprint: https://psyarxiv.com/ygd95]
• Altenmüller, M. S., Fligge, M., & Gollwitzer, M. (2023). Among Us: Fear of Exploitation, Suspiciousness, and Social Identity Predict Knowledge Hiding Among Researchers. Social Psychological Bulletin, 18, 1-22. https://doi.org/10.32872/spb.10011

2022

• Altenmüller, M.S. (2022). Wissenschaft mal ganz persönlich? Offene Wissenschaftskommunikation und Vertrauen in Wissenschaft. report psychologie, 47(4), 2-4.
• Altenmüller, M.S., & Gollwitzer, M. (2022). Prosociality in Science. Current Opinion in Psychology, 43, 284-288. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2021.08.011

• Altenmüller, M.S., Lange, L.L., & Gollwitzer, M. (2021). When research is mesearch: How researchers' motivation to pursue a topic affects laypeople's trust in science. PLOS ONE, 16(7), e0253911. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0253911
• Altenmüller, M.S., Nuding, S., & Gollwitzer, M. (2021). No harm in being self-corrective: Self-criticism and reform intentions increase researchers’ epistemic trustworthiness and credibility in the eyes of the public. Public Understanding of Science, 30(8), 962-976. https://doi.org/10.1177/09636625211022181
• Twardawski, M., Gollwitzer, M., Altenmüller, M.S., Kunze, A.E., & Wittekind, C.E. (2021). Imagery rescripting helps victims cope with experienced injustice. Zeitschrift für Psychologie, 229(3), 178-184. https://doi.org/10.1027/2151-2604/a000450

Funded research projects (selection)

• “TiCS: Trust in Citizen Science” (consortium with TU Braunschweig and Museum für Naturkunde Berlin; program „Themenfeld Wissenschaftskommunikation“); Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF; German Federal Ministry for Education and Research); 2023-2026
• “Art-BEAT: Art as Bridge to Engagement with the Adversities of our Time?” (with M. Gollwitzer; program “Art Seeking Understanding”); Templeton Religion Trust; 2022-2023