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Kai Sassenberg is affiliated with the Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology in Germany. Their research primarily spans the social sciences and psychology, with numerous publications contributing to these fields. The scientist's work encompasses a variety of subfields including sociology and political science, social psychology, applied psychology, artificial intelligence, and cognitive neuroscience.

The main topics addressed in their research include social and intergroup psychology, misinformation and its impacts, behavioral health and interventions, the psychology of moral and emotional judgment, cultural differences and values, technology adoption and user behavior, and social media and politics.

Among recent representative papers authored or coauthored by Sassenberg are:

  • "Conspiracy Theories and Their Societal Effects During the COVID-19 Pandemic" (2021) published in Social Psychological and Personality Science
  • "Individual, intergroup and nation-level influences on belief in conspiracy theories" (2022) published in Nature Reviews Psychology
  • "Pro-vaccination subjective norms moderate the relationship between conspiracy mentality and vaccination intentions" (2021) published in British Journal of Health Psychology
  • "Multinational data show that conspiracy beliefs are associated with the perception (and reality) of poor national economic performance" (2022) published in European Journal of Social Psychology
  • "Anticipating and defusing the role of conspiracy beliefs in shaping opposition to wind farms" (2022) published in Nature Energy

Sassenberg frequently collaborates with a number of coauthors, including Kevin Winter, Lotte Pummerer, Lara Ditrich, Annika Scholl, and Matthew J. Hornsey. These collaborations span multiple studies and contribute to a breadth of understanding in social psychology and related disciplines.

The scientist has published regularly in several academic venues, with multiple contributions to Psychology Archives, European Journal of Social Psychology, Journal of Applied Social Psychology, PLoS ONE, and Social Psychological and Personality Science.

Best Publications

  • A Framework for Teachable Collaborative Problem Solving Skills

    Friedrich W. Hesse;Esther Care;Jürgen Buder;Kai Sassenberg

  • Don't stereotype, think different! Overcoming automatic stereotype activation by mindset priming

    Kai Sassenberg;Gordon B. Moskowitz

  • Transformational and Transactional Leadership and Followers’ Achievement Goals

    Melvyn R. W. Hamstra;Nico W. Van Yperen;Barbara Wisse;Kai Sassenberg

  • Conspiracy Theories and Their Societal Effects During the COVID-19 Pandemic

    Lotte Pummerer;Robert Böhm;Lau Lilleholt;Kevin Winter

  • Common bond and common identity groups on the Internet: Attachment and normative behavior in on-topic and off-topic chats.

    Kai Sassenberg

  • Transformational-transactional leadership styles and follower's regulatory focus: Fit reduces followers' turnover intentions

    Melvyn R. W. Hamstra;Nico W. Van Yperen;Barbara Wisse;Kai Sassenberg

  • Does relationship quality matter in e-services? A comparison of online and offline retailing

    Gianfranco Walsh;Thorsten Hennig-Thurau;Thorsten Hennig-Thurau;Kai Sassenberg;Daniel Bornemann

  • Belonging mediates effects of student-university fit on well-being, motivation, and dropout intention.

    Michèle Suhlmann;Michèle Suhlmann;Kai Sassenberg;Kai Sassenberg;Benjamin Nagengast;Ulrich Trautwein

  • Why some groups just feel better: The regulatory fit of group power.

    Kai Sassenberg;Kai J. Jonas;James Y. Shah;Paige C. Brazy

  • The attraction of social power: The influence of construing power as opportunity versus responsibility

    Kai Sassenberg;Naomi Ellemers;Daan Scheepers

  • Cognitive and strategic processes in small groups: effects of anonymity of the self and anonymity of the group on social influence.

    Kai Sassenberg;Tom Postmes

  • Social power makes the heart work more efficiently: Evidence from cardiovascular markers of challenge and threat

    Daan Scheepers;Frank de Wit;Naomi Ellemers;Kai Sassenberg

  • Research in Social Psychology Changed Between 2011 and 2016: Larger Sample Sizes, More Self-Report Measures, and More Online Studies:

    Kai Sassenberg;Kai Sassenberg;Lara Ditrich

  • Interactions do not only tell us when, but can also tell us how: Testing process hypotheses by interaction

    Johann Jacoby;Kai Sassenberg

  • Group-based self-regulation: The effects of regulatory focus

    Kai Sassenberg;Karl-Andrew Woltin

  • Attitude change in computer-mediated communication: Effects of anonymity and category norms

    Kai Sassenberg;Margarete Boos

  • Attitude change in face-to-face and computer-mediated communication: Private self-awareness as mediator and moderator

    Kai Sassenberg;Margarete Boos;Sven Rabung

  • Introducing social media for knowledge management

    Nicole Behringer;Kai Sassenberg

  • The carry-over effect of competition: The impact of competition on prejudice towards uninvolved outgroups

    Kai Sassenberg;Gordon B. Moskowitz;Johann Jacoby;Nina Hansen

  • Computervermittelte Kommunikation in Organisationen

    Margarete Boos;Kai J. Jonas;Kai Sassenberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Daan Scheepers
Daan Scheepers Leiden University
Barbara Wisse
Barbara Wisse University of Groningen
Naomi Ellemers
Naomi Ellemers Utrecht University
Nico W. Van Yperen
Nico W. Van Yperen University of Groningen
Korbinian Moeller
Korbinian Moeller University of Tübingen
Gordon B. Moskowitz
Gordon B. Moskowitz Lehigh University
Sabine Otten
Sabine Otten University of Groningen
Ulrike Cress
Ulrike Cress Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology
Katharina Scheiter
Katharina Scheiter University of Potsdam
Tom Postmes
Tom Postmes University of Groningen

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