Academic Education and Positions

• 2000: Diploma in Psychology, University of Trier, Germany
• 2000-2005: Postgraduate researcher, University of Trier, Germany, Department of Psychology (Social Psychology)
• 2004: Ph.D. in Psychology (Dr. rer. nat.), University of Trier, Germany
• 2005-2010: Associate Professor of Methodology and Evaluation,  University of Koblenz-Landau; Department of Psychology, Co-Director of the "Center for Methods, Assessment, and Evaluation" at the University of Koblenz-Landau  (Methodenzentrum)
• 2010-2018: Full Professor of Psychological Methodology, Philipps University Marburg, Germany
• since 03/2018: Full Professor of Social Psychology, LMU München

Scientific Engagement / Memberships:

• Member, Senate and Grants Committee on Research Training Groups, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) (2020-2023)
• Spokesman, Social Psychology Division of the German Psychological Society (DGPs) (2019-2021)
• President, “Open Science” Committee of the German Psychological Society (DGPs) (2019-2020)
• Member, “Teaching and Education” Committee of the German Psychological Society (DGPs) (since 2013)
• Book Series Editor “Perspectives on Justice and Morality” of the International Society for Justice Research (ISJR) (since 2018)

Editorial Activities / Editorial Board Memberships:

• Social Justice Research (SJR), Associate Editor (since 2011)
• Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (PSPB), Consulting Editor (since 2014)
• Guest Editor, Zeitschrift für Psychologie (Topical Issue: “What Drives Second- and Third-Party Punishment? Conceptual Replications of the ‘Intuitive Retributivism’ Hypothesis”; to appear in 2021)
• Guest Editor, Journal of Organizational Behavior (Special Issue: “Justice Enactment – Research on “Doing Justice” in Organizations”; to appear in 2021)
• Journal of Experimental Social Psychology (JESP), Associate Editor (2011-2013)
• Social Psychological and Personality Science (SPPS), Editorial Board Member (2011-2013)

Memberships in Scientific Societies:

• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs)
• European Association of Methodology (EAM)
• European Association of Social Psychology (EASP)
• International Society for Justice Research (ISJR)
• Society of Experimental Social Psychology (SESP)
• Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP)

Research Interests

• Social psychological research on retributive justice (including revenge and punishment)
• Individual differences in "justice sensitivity" and their relation to moral reasoning and moral behavior
• Science communication and (motivated) science reception
• Measurement of change in the context of evaluating psychological interventions

Research Projects

• "Victim Sensitivity in Complex Social Interactions: An Interactive-Process Approach" (together with Dr. Philipp Süssenbach), funded by the German Research Foundation, DFG, 2016-2019
• "Motivated Biases in the Reception of Scientific Knowledge (II): Mechanisms and Consequences", funded by the German Research Foundation, DFG, as part of the Special Priority Program 1409, "Science and the Public", 2013-2016
• "Motivated Biases in the Reception of Scientific Knowledge", funded by the German Research Foundation, DFG, as part of the Special Priority Program 1409, "Science and the Public",  2011-2013
• "VISCOM: Improving the Media Relations of Social Science Research", funded by the Volkswagen Foundation, 2009-2013
• "Perceptions and Effects of Violent Video Games", funded by the German Research Foundation, DFG, 2006-2009

Publications

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Books:

• Eid, M., Gollwitzer, M. & Schmitt, M. (2016). Formelsammlung Statistik und Forschungsmethoden. Weinheim: Beltz.
• Eid, M., Gollwitzer, M. & Schmitt, M. (2017). Statistik und Forschungsmethoden (5. Aufl.). Weinheim: Beltz.
• Gollwitzer, M. & Jäger, R. S. (2014). Evaluation kompakt (2. Aufl.). Weinheim: Beltz.
• Gollwitzer, M., Lotz, S., Schlösser, T. & Streicher, B. (Hrsg.) (2013). Soziale Gerechtigkeit: Was unsere Gesellschaft aus den Erkenntnissen der Gerechtigkeitspsychologie lernen kann. Göttingen: Hogrefe.
• Gollwitzer, M. & Schmitt, M. (2019). Sozialpsychologie kompakt. (2. Aufl.). Weinheim: Beltz.
• Gollwitzer, M., Pfetsch, J., Schneider, V., Schulz, A., Steffke, T. & Ulrich, C. (Hrsg.) (2007). Gewaltprävention bei Kindern und Jugendlichen. Göttingen: Hogrefe.
• Steffgen, G. & Gollwitzer, M. (Eds.) (2007). Emotions and aggressive behavior. Göttingen: Hogrefe & Huber.

Recent peer-reviewed journal articles (selected):

• Aharoni, E., Simpson, D., Nahmias, E., & Gollwitzer, M. (in press). A painful message: Testing the effects of understanding and suffering on punishment judgments. Zeitschrift für Psychologie.
• Fischer, M., Twardawski, M., Strelan, P., & Gollwitzer, M. (in press). Victims need more than power: Empowerment and moral change independently predict victims’ satisfaction and willingness to reconcile. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.
• Rudert, S. C., Gleibs, I. H., Gollwitzer, M., Häfner, M., Hajek, K., Harth, N. S., Häusser, J. A., Imhoff, R., & Schneider, D. (in press). Us and the virus: Understanding the COVID-19 pandemic through a social psychological lens. European Psychologist.
• Altenmüller, M. S., & Gollwitzer, M. (2021). Prosociality in science. Current Opinion in Psychology. [Advance Online Publication]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2021.08.011
• 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. [Advance Online Publication]. https://doi.org/10.1177/09636625211022181
• Gollwitzer, M., & Okimoto, T. (2021). Downstream consequences of post-transgression responses: A motive-attribution framework. Personality and Social Psychology Review. [Advance Online Publication]. https://doi.org/10.1177/10888683211007021
• Gollwitzer, M., Platzer, C., Göritz, A. S., Zwarg, C., & Twardawski, M. (2021). Does lockdown compliance reflect a latent trait? Social Psychological and Personality Science. [Advance Online Publication]. https://doi.org/10.1177/19485506211043989
• Gollwitzer, M., & Schwabe, J. (2021). Context dependency as a predictor of replicability. Review of General Psychology. [Advance Online Publication]. https://doi.org/10.1177/10892680211015635
• Kreuzer, M., & Gollwitzer, M. (2021). Neuroticism and satisfaction in romantic relationships: A systematic investigation of intra- and interpersonal processes with a longitudinal approach. European Journal of Personality. [Advance Online Publication]. https://doi.org/10.1177/08902070211001258
• Altenmüller, M. S., Lange, L., & Gollwitzer, M. (2021). When research is me-search: 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
• Gollwitzer, M., Magraw-Mickelson, Z., Vollan, B., & Süssenbach, P. (2021). Victim Sensitivity in groups: When is one a detriment to all? Journal of Theoretical Social Psychology, 5, 3-13. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts5.76
• Gollwitzer, M., Platzer, C., Zwarg, C., & Göritz, A. (2021). Public acceptance of Covid-19 lockdown scenarios. International Journal of Psychology, 56, 551-565. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijop.12721 

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