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39
Citations
17260
World Ranking
5472
National Ranking
2584

Overview

Michael Bamberg is affiliated with Clark University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, and Psychology. The main areas within these fields include Sociology and Political Science, Language and Linguistics, Education, Clinical Psychology, and Developmental and Educational Psychology.

Their research work covers several thematic topics, with significant focus on:

  • Religion and Society Interactions
  • Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies
  • Migration, Refugees, and Integration
  • Religious Education and Schools
  • Foucault, Power, and Ethics
  • Psychoanalysis, Philosophy, and Politics
  • Social and Cultural Dynamics

Michael Bamberg has contributed to multiple scholarly venues. Their frequent publication outlets include:

  • Cambridge University Press eBooks
  • Text and Talk
  • Culture & Psychology

Among their book publications, the notable title is The Cambridge Handbook of Identity, published by Cambridge University Press in 2021, accumulating a notable number of citations.

Recent published papers include:

  • "Identity: With or Without You?" (2021) in Cambridge University Press eBooks
  • "Frontmatter" (2022) in Text and Talk
  • "A discussion of positioning theory: An interview with Michael Bamberg and Luk Van Langenhove" (2025) in Culture & Psychology

Bamberg maintains collaborative relationships with various researchers. Frequent co-authors include Carolin Demuth, Meike Watzlawik, Martin Dege, Svend Brinkmann, and Srikant Sarangi.

Best Publications

  • Journal article reporting standards for qualitative primary, qualitative meta-analytic, and mixed methods research in psychology: The APA Publications and Communications Board task force report.

    Heidi M. Levitt;Michael Bamberg;John W. Creswell;David M. Frost

  • Positioning Between Structure and Performance

    Michael Bamberg

  • Small stories as a new perspective in narrative and identity analysis

    Michael Bamberg;Alexandra Georgakopoulou

  • Stories: Big or small-Why do we care?

    Michael Bamberg

  • Considering Counter-Narratives: Narrating, resisting, making sense

    Michael G. W. Bamberg;Molly Andrews

  • Who am I? Narration and its contribution to self and identity

    Michael Bamberg

  • The Acquisition of Narratives

    Michael G. Bamberg

  • Discourse and Identity

    Anna De Fina;Deborah Schiffrin;Michael G. W. Bamberg

  • The Acquisition of Narratives: Learning to Use Language

    Michael G. W. Bamberg

  • On the ability to provide evaluative comments: further explorations of children's narrative competencies.

    Michael Bamberg;Robin Damrad-Frye

  • Talk, Small Stories, and Adolescent Identities

    Michael Bamberg

  • Narrative Discourse and Identities

    Michael Bamberg

  • Discourse and Identity Construction

    Michael Bamberg;Anna De Fina;Deborah Schiffrin

  • Considering counter narratives

    Michael Bamberg

  • Form and Functions of ‘Slut Bashing’ in Male Identity Constructions in15-Year-Olds

    Michael Bamberg

  • Narrative Practice and Identity Navigation

    Michael Bamberg

  • Narrative Development: Six Approaches

    Michael G. W. Bamberg

  • Oral versions of personal experience : three decades of narrative analysis

    Michael G. W. Bamberg

  • Selves and identities in narrative and discourse

    Michael G. W. Bamberg;Anna De Fina;Deborah Schiffrin

  • A functional approach to the acquisition of anaphoric relationships

    Michael Bamberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Anna De Fina
Anna De Fina Georgetown University
Virginia A. Marchman
Virginia A. Marchman Stanford University
Terezinha Nunes
Terezinha Nunes University of Oxford
David M. Frost
David M. Frost University College London
Heidi M. Levitt
Heidi M. Levitt University of Massachusetts Boston
Carola Suárez-Orozco
Carola Suárez-Orozco University of California, Los Angeles
John W. Creswell
John W. Creswell University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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