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.

Selected peer-reviewed journal articles:

• Gollwitzer, M., Platzer, C., Zwarg, C., & Göritz, A. (2020). Public acceptance of Covid-19 lockdown scenarios. International Journal of Psychology. [Advance Online Publication]. DOI: 10.1002/ijop.12721
• Schwabe, J., & Gollwitzer, M. (2020). Explaining third-party reactions in interpersonal conflicts. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations. [Advance Online Publication]. DOI: 10.1177/1368430220908328
• Eder, A. B., Mitschke, V., & Gollwitzer, M. (2020). What stops revenge taking? Effects of observed emotional reactions on revenge seeking. Aggressive Behavior, 46, 305-316. DOI: 10.1002/ab.21890
• Hannuschke, M., Gollwitzer, M., Geukes, K., Nestler, S., & Back. M. (2020). Neuroticism and interpersonal perception: Evidence for positive, but not negative, biases. Journal of Personality, 88, 217-236. DOI: 10.1111/jopy.12480
• Nauroth, P., Gollwitzer, M., Bender, J. & Rothmund, T. (2015). Social identity threat motivates science-discrediting online comments. PLoS ONE, 10(2): e0117476. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0117476.
• Sjöström, A. & Gollwitzer, M. (2015). Displaced revenge: Can revenge taste "sweet" if it aims at a different target? Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 56, 191-202. DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2014.09.016
• Funk, F., McGeer, V. & Gollwitzer, M. (2014). Get the message: Punishment is satisfying if the transgressor responds to its communicative intent. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 40, 986-997. DOI: 10.1177/0146167214533130
• Gollwitzer, M., Christ, O. & Lemmer, G. (2014). Individual differences make a difference: On the use and the psychometric properties of difference scores in social psychology. European Journal of Social Psychology, 44, 673-682. DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.2042
• Gollwitzer, M., Skitka, L. J., Wisneski, D., Sjöström, A., Liberman, P., Nazir, S. J. & Bushman, B. J. (2014). Vicarious revenge and the death of Osama bin Laden. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 40, 604-616. DOI: 10.1177/0146167214521466
• Gollwitzer, M., Rothmund, T., Alt, B. & Jekel, M. (2012). Victim sensitivity and the accuracy of social judgments. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 38, 975-984. DOI: 10.1177/0146167212440887

Selected book chapters:

• Gollwitzer, M., & van Prooijen, J.-W. (2016). Psychology of justice. In C. Sabbagh & M. Schmitt (Eds.), Handbook of social justice theory and research (pp. 61-82). New York: Springer.
• Gollwitzer, M., Keller, L., & Braun, J. (2012). Retributive punishment in a social context. In E. Kals & J. Maes (Eds.), Justice and conflicts: Theoretical and empirical contributions (pp. 169-196). Heidelberg: Springer.
• Gollwitzer, M. (2011). Latent-Class-Analysis. In H. Moosbrugger & A. Kelava (Hrsg.), Testtheorie und Fragebogenkonstruktion (2. Aufl., S. 279-306). Heidelberg: Springer.
• Gollwitzer, M. (2009). Justice and revenge. In M. E. Oswald, S. Bieneck & J. Hupfeld-Heinemann (Eds.), Social psychology of punishment of crime (pp. 137-156). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
• Gollwitzer, M. & Rothmund, T. (2009). When the need to trust results in unethical behavior: The Sensitivity to Mean Intentions (SeMI) model. In D. De Cremer (Ed.), Psychological perspectives on ethical behavior and decision making (pp. 135-152). Charlotte, NC: Information Age.

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