Dr. Iniobong Essien

Iniobong Essien
21335 Lüneburg, Universitätsallee 1, C1.314a
Fon +49.4131.677-2994, iniobong.essien@leuphana.de

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Vita

Dr. Iniobong Essien studied psychology at the University of Hamburg, where he earned his doctorate in social psychology in 2020 with his dissertation “Group Evaluations among Members of Stigmatized Groups” (summa cum laude). Since 2021, the diversity and intergroup researcher works at Leuphana’s Chair of Social and Organisational Psychology of Social Work. His research and teaching focus on stereotypes, prejudice and discrimination in the context of racism. Research stays have taken him to the University of California, Riverside (2023/24) and the University of Groningen (2016/17), among others. Since 2025, he is the co-director of the project ‘Constructive Diversity Talk for Prospective Teachers’ (KoDiTa), and from 2021 to 2023 he led a research project funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) on context-based discrimination in education. Previously, he worked at the FernUniversität in Hagen. His publications shed light on socially relevant topics related to diversity, including the stigmatizing perception of immigrant neighborhoods, stereotypical and threat-related tendencies of police officers in Germany, and regional differences in prejudice and their connection to local discriminatory behaviour.

Research Interests

Research Interests:

  • Intergroup Relations
  • Stereotyping and Prejudice
  • Social Context
  • Social Identity
  • Stigmatized Groups

Projects

  1. Konstruktiver Diversity Talk für angehende Lehrkräfte
    Birte Siem (Project manager, academic) , Philipp Daniel Sandermann (Project manager, academic) , Iniobong Philip Bassey Essien (Project manager, academic) , Laura Kristina Wenzel (Project staff) , Vanessa Sophia Schwenker (Project staff) , Vera Maren Straßburger (Project staff)
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    Project: Teaching

  2. Adultismus und Diskriminierung entlang des jungen Alters
    Lars Alberth (Project manager, academic) , Birte Siem (Project manager, academic) , Iniobong Philip Bassey Essien (Project staff) , Verena Marke (Project staff)
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    Project: Research

  3. Regional differences in social dominance orientation
    Iniobong Philip Bassey Essien (Project manager, academic)
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    Project: Research

  4. Context-based discrimination in education outcomes: Examining the effects of ethnic classroom composition on teachers’ use of disciplinary measures in school
    Iniobong Philip Bassey Essien (Project manager, academic) , Anette Rohmann (Partner) , Lysann Zander (Partner) , Birte Siem (Partner)
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    Project: Research

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Publications

Journal contributions

  1. Acknowledging the Elephant in the Room: A Psychology of Racism Within the European Context
    Julia Becker (Author) , Iniobong Philip Bassey Essien (Author) , Slieman Halabi (Author) , Laura Scholaske (Author) , Susanne Veit (Author) , 01.07.2025 , in: Zeitschrift fur Psychologie / Journal of Psychology, 233, 3 , p. 147-154 , 8 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Other (editorial matter etc.) › Research

  2. Space-focused stereotypes and their potential role in group-based disparities in social work services
    Iniobong Philip Bassey Essien (Author) , Birte Siem (Author) , 24.04.2025 , in: Social Work & Society, 22, 2 , p. 1-17 , 17 p.

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

  3. Double Standards in Judging Collective Action
    Iniobong Philip Bassey Essien (Author) , Nils K. Reimer (Author) , Marija Branković (Author) , Jin X. Goh (Author) , Sébastien Goudeau (Author) , Nóra A. Lantos (Author) , Jenny Veldman (Author) , 24.04.2025 , in: Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 154, 7 , p. 1939-1959 , 21 p.

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

  4. Pressured to be proud? Investigating the link between perceived norms and intergroup attitudes in members of disadvantaged minority groups
    Iniobong Philip Bassey Essien (Author) , Juliane Degner (Author) , Joelle Cathrin Flöther (Author) , 01.04.2025 , in: British Journal of Social Psychology, 64, 2 , 22 p.

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

  5. "White and educated?": Toward a (More) Diverse Climate Movement
    Birte Siem (Author) , Iniobong Philip Bassey Essien (Author) , 01.01.2025 , in: In-Mind magazine (engl.), 57

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

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Contributions to collected editions/anthologies

  1. Rassismus im Kontext rechtsextremer Ideologie
    Iniobong Philip Bassey Essien (Author) , Stefanie Hechler (Author) , 01.01.2024 Stuttgart , p. 81-92 , 12 p.

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

  2. Stereotype in Kindergärten und Kindertagesstätten: Theoretische Grundlagen, empirische Evidenz und Interventionsansätze für pädagogisches Fachpersonal
    Iniobong Philip Bassey Essien (Author) , Laura Froehlich (Author) , Sarah E. Martiny (Author) , 01.01.2022 Wiesbaden , p. 137–170 , 34 p.

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

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Activities

  1. The racialized classroom: The influence of classroom composition on teachers’ decisions to use disciplinary measures.
    Iniobong Philip Bassey Essien (Speaker) , Birte Siem (Coauthor) , Lysann Zander (Coauthor) , Anette Rohmann (Coauthor)

    Activity: Conference Presentations › Research

  2. Police officers’ perceptions of urban spaces are related to regional demographics.
    Iniobong Philip Bassey Essien (Speaker) , Birte Siem (Coauthor) , Julia Clasen (Coauthor) , Eva Groß (Coauthor) , Joachim Häfele (Coauthor) , Ilka Kamigan (Coauthor) , Stefanie Kemme (Coauthor) , Anabel Taefi (Coauthor) , Ulrike Zähringer (Coauthor) , Amelie Nickel (Coauthor)

    Activity: Conference Presentations › Research

  3. In dieser Klasse gibt’s eh‘ nur Stress!
    Iniobong Philip Bassey Essien (Speaker) , Lysann Zander (Coauthor) , Anette Rohmann (Coauthor) , Birte Siem (Coauthor)

    Activity: Conference Presentations › Research

  4. Context-based discrimination in school.
    Iniobong Philip Bassey Essien (Speaker) , Anette Rohmann (Coauthor) , Birte Siem (Coauthor)

    Activity: Conference Presentations › Research

  5. Social Dominance Culture
    Iniobong Philip Bassey Essien (Speaker) , Marleen Stelter (Coauthor) , Birte Siem (Coauthor) , Oliver Christ (Coauthor) , Jimmy Calanchini (Coauthor)

    Activity: Conference Presentations › Research

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Teaching