PD Dr. Timur Sevincer

21335 Lüneburg, Universitätsallee 1, C11.102
Fon 04131.677-1759, timur.sevincer@leuphana.de
Wiss. Mitarbeiter*in, Institute of Sustainability Psychology

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Vita

Timur Sevincer is a motivation and social psychologist. His main area of research is motivation and self-regulation. In particular, he examines future-oriented self-regulation strategies – their spontaneous use and effects on behavior change - in various domains, including promoting sustainable behavior and fostering positive intergroup relationships. His research involves a wide variety of research questions and designs as well as diverse methods such as physiological measures, implicit measures, cognitive measures, ecological momentary assessment, behavioral observations in the field, large-scale surveys, and analyses of population-level data, and archival records.

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • 2025-today: Research Associate, Institute of Sustainability Psychology
  • 2025: Interim Professorship, Institute of Sustainability Psychology, Psychology in particular Sustainable Behavior
  • 2024-2025: Research Fellow, Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg Delmenhorst, Institute for Advanced Study
  • 2023-2024: Interim Professorship, Institute of Sustainability Psychology, Psychology and Transformation
  • 2022-2023: Interim Professorship, Institute of Psychology, Motivation and General Psychology, Leuphana University Lüneburg
  • 2022: Interim Professorship, Faculty of Psychology, Chair of Social Psychology, TU Dresden
  • 2018-2021: Research Associate, Institute of Psychology, University of Hamburg
  • 2018-2020: Part-Time Lecturer in Psychology, Leuphana University Lüneburg
  • 2017-2018: Part-Time Lecturer in Psychology, New York University Berlin
  • 2010-2018: Interim Professorship/Research Associate, Institute of Psychology, Educational Psychology and Motivation, University of Hamburg
  • 2008-2010: Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Institute of Psychology, University of Hamburg
  • 2004-2008: Doctoral student, Institute of Psychology, University of Hamburg 

EDUCATION

  • 2015: Venia Legendi, University of Hamburg, Psychology
  • 2015: Habilitation, University of Hamburg, Psychology
  • 2008: Ph.D., Summa cum laude, University of Hamburg, Psychology
  • 2004: Magister Artium (M.A. equivalent), University of Hamburg, Philosophy (Minors: Psychology and American Studies)

Projects

  1. Using Self-Affirmation to Reduce Intergroup Hostility and Facilitate Intergroup Contact in the Israel-Palestinian Conflict
    Alexander Timur Sevincer (Project manager, academic) , Eran Halperin (Project manager, academic) , Tim Müller (Partner) , David Shermann (Project manager, academic)
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Publications

Books and anthologies

  1. The Psychology of Thinking about the Future
    Alexander Timur Sevincer (Editor) , Gabriele Oettingen (Editor) , Peter M. Gollwitzer (Editor) , 2018 New York , 554 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologies › Book › Research

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Journal contributions

  1. Commonly observed sex differences in direct aggression are absent or reversed in sibling contexts
    Michael E.W. Varnum (Author) , Amanda P. Kirsch (Author) , Daniel J. Beal (Author) , Cari M. Pick (Author) , Laith Al-Shawaf (Author) , Chiara Ambrosio (Author) , Maria Teresa Barbato (Author) , Oumar Barry (Author) , Watcharaporn Boonyasiriwat (Author) , Eduard Brandstätter (Author) , Suzan Ceylan-Batur (Author) , Marco Antonio Correa Varella (Author) , Julio Eduardo Cruz (Author) , Oana David (Author) , Laina Ngom Dieng (Author) , Dimitri Dubois (Author) , Ana María Fernandez (Author) , Silvia Galdi (Author) , Oscar Javier Galindo Caballero (Author) , Sylvie Graf (Author) , Igor Grossmann (Author) , David Guzman (Author) , Peter Halama (Author) , Takeshi Hamamura (Author) , Martina Hřebíčková (Author) , Ioana Iuga (Author) , Lady Javela (Author) , Jaewuk Jung (Author) , Johannes A. Karl (Author) , Jinseok P. Kim (Author) , Michal Kohút (Author) , Anthonieta Looman Mafra (Author) , Dieynaba Gabrielle Ndiaye (Author) , O. Jiaqing (Author) , Beatriz Perez Sánchez (Author) , Eric Roth Unzueta (Author) , Muhammad Rizwan (Author) , Alexander Timur Sevincer (Author) , Eric Skoog (Author) , Eunkook M. Suh (Author) , Daniel Sznycer (Author) , Evelina Thunell (Author) , Arnaud Tognetti (Author) , Ayse K. Uskul (Author) , Jaroslava Varella Valentova (Author) , Yunsuh Nike Wee (Author) , Anja Lundkvist Winter (Author) , Torin Peter Young (Author) , Danilo Zambrano (Author) , Anna Ziska (Author) , Douglas T. Kenrick (Author) , 01.08.2025 , in: PNAS Nexus, 4, 8 , 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

  2. Alcohol use and drinking motives across five countries: a post-COVID-19 pandemic update
    Alexander Timur Sevincer (Author) , Joana Rupprecht (Author) , Bettina Spitzweck (Author) , Gabriele Oettingen (Author) , 01.03.2025 , in: American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 51, 1 , p. 85-95 , 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

  3. Mental contrasting and conflict management in satisfied and unsatisfied romantic relationships
    Alexander Timur Sevincer (Author) , Henrik Jöhnk (Author) , Gabriele Oettingen (Author) , 01.02.2025 , in: Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 42, 2 , p. 367-391 , 25 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

  4. Self-regulatory thought across time and domains
    Alexander Timur Sevincer (Author) , Sebastian Wallot (Author) , Elisabeth Feller (Author) , 01.12.2024 , in: Motivation Science, 10, 4 , p. 277-289 , 13 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

  5. Sustainable human resource management and job satisfaction—Unlocking the power of organizational identification: A cross-cultural perspective from 54 countries
    Alexander Timur Sevincer (Author) , Agnieszka Wojtczuk-Turek (Author) , Dariusz Turek (Author) , Fiona Edgar (Author) , Howard J. Klein (Author) , Janine Bosak (Author) , Belgin Okay-Somerville (Author) , Na Fu (Author) , Sabine Raeder (Author) , Paweł Jurek (Author) , Anna Lupina-Wegener (Author) , Zuzana Dvorakova (Author) , Francisca Gutiérrez-Crocco (Author) , Aleksandra Kekkonen (Author) , Pedro I. Leiva (Author) , Lenka Mynaříková (Author) , Mercedes Sánchez-Apellániz (Author) , Imran Shafique (Author) , Bassam Samir Al-Romeedy (Author) , Serena Wee (Author) , Patrick Dunlop (Author) , Florence Stinglhamber (Author) , Gaëtane Caesens (Author) , Adriana Caldana (Author) , Marina Greghi Sticca (Author) , Valentin Vasilev (Author) , Martin Lauzier (Author) , Guillaume Desjardins (Author) , Gangfeng Zhang (Author) , Le Tan (Author) , Lady Brigitte Galvez-Sierra (Author) , Erico Rentería Pérez (Author) , Srećko Goić (Author) , Ivana Tadić (Author) , Dagmar Charvátová (Author) , Marek Botek (Author) , Dorthe Høj Jensen (Author) , Dayamy Lima Rojas (Author) , Segundo Gonzalo Pazmay Ramos (Author) , Piret Masso (Author) , Maria Järlström (Author) , Nicolas Gillet (Author) , Tiphaine Huyghebaert-Zouaghi (Author) , Maia Robakidze (Author) , Khatuna Martskvishvili (Author) , Angela R. Dorrough (Author) , Marc Jekel (Author) , Carolin Häffner (Author) , Elias Kodjo Kekesi (Author) , Collins Badu Agyemang (Author) , 01.09.2024 , in: Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, 31, 5 , p. 4910-4932 , 23 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

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Contributions to collected editions/anthologies

  1. Lernzielorientierung: Learning goal orientation
    Alexander Timur Sevincer (Author) , Veronika Job (Author) , Gabriele Oettingen (Author) , 24.11.2021

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Articles for encyclopedia › Research

  2. Teaching mental contrasting to facilitate educational attainment across sociocultural contexts
    Alexander Timur Sevincer (Author) , Gabriele Oettingen (Author) , 01.01.2020 , p. 201-227 , 26 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Chapter › Research › peer-review

  3. The modern land of opportunity: Cosmopolitan cities attract independent immigrants
    Alexander Timur Sevincer (Author) , Michael E.W. Varnum (Author) , Shinobu Kitayama (Author) , 29.05.2019 , p. 27-47 , 21 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Chapter › Research › peer-review

  4. Wenn-Dann Pläne und mentale Kontrastierung als Strategien zur Förderung der Selbstregulation
    Alexander Timur Sevincer (Author) , Ulrike Schwarz (Author) , Caterina Gawrilow (Author) , 01.01.2019 , p. 193-205 , 13 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Chapter › Research › peer-review

  5. Kosmopolitismus
    Alexander Timur Sevincer (Author) , 01.01.2019

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologies › Articles for encyclopedia › Research

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Activities

  1. Alcohol myopia and gambling behavior
    Jennifer Brinkmann (Speaker) , Alexander Timur Sevincer (Coauthor) , Gabriele Oettingen (Coauthor) , Graciela Garibay (Coauthor)

    Activity: Conference Presentations › Research

  2. Voluntary migration to cosmopolitan cities and risk-taking
    Alexander Timur Sevincer (Speaker) , Jung Yul Kwon (Coauthor) , Michael E.W. Varnum (Coauthor) , Shinobu Kitayama (Coauthor)

    Activity: Conference Presentations › Research

  3. Fantasizing now, feeling disappointed later. Positive fantasies and negative emotions in soccer fans
    Greta Wagner (Speaker) , Alexander Timur Sevincer (Coauthor) , Gabriele Oettingen (Coauthor)

    Activity: Conference Presentations › Research

  4. Substance use without a substance: The risk factors and mechanisms of gambling
    Alexander Timur Sevincer (Speaker)

    Activity: Conference Presentations › Research

  5. Acute alcohol consumption as a risk-factor for escalated gambling
    Alexander Timur Sevincer (Speaker) , Jennifer Brinkmann (Coauthor) , Gabriele Oettingen (Coauthor)

    Activity: Conference Presentations › Research

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Press / Media

  1. Haunted – living with unusual experiences
    Interviewed once

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  2. Empathy towards refugees
    Interviewed once

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  3. The strategy that turns daydreams into reality
    1 time cited

    Press/Media: Press/Media

  4. Idealistic Thinking linked with Economic Slump
    1 time cited

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  5. Rose-Colored Words, but Gray Outcomes
    1 time cited

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Prizes

  1. Fellowship for exceptional international scientists.
    Alexander Timur Sevincer (Recipient) ,

    Prize: external Prizes, scholarships, distinctions, appointments › Research

  2. Outstanding teaching award
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    Prize: external Prizes, scholarships, distinctions, appointments › Research

  3. Postdoctoral fellowship
    Alexander Timur Sevincer (Recipient) ,

    Prize: external Prizes, scholarships, distinctions, appointments › Research

  4. Stipend for continuing scientific education 2007-2008
    Alexander Timur Sevincer (Recipient) ,

    Prize: external Prizes, scholarships, distinctions, appointments › Research

  5. Doctoral Fellowship 2005 - 2007
    Alexander Timur Sevincer (Recipient) ,

    Prize: external Prizes, scholarships, distinctions, appointments › Research

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Teaching