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Prof. Dr. Oliver Genschow

21335 Lüneburg, Universitätsallee 1, C6.212
Fon +49.4131.677-1937, oliver.genschow@leuphana.de
Professor, Professorship of Psychology, in particular Cognitive-, Social- and Economic Psychology

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Vita

Oliver Genschow is professor for Cognitive-, Social-, and Economic Psychology. In his research, he mainly focuses on interaction patterns among humans with a strong focus on perception-action coupling, such as imitation, mimicry, and anticipated action.

Further information on the underlying processes of imitative behavior and the possibility of measuring automatic imitation in online studies can be found on the following homepage: https://www.automatic-imitation.com

Other topics of investigation include free will beliefs, social norms, consumer behavior, implicit attitude measures and approach-avoidance motivation. As one of four editor-in-chiefs of the In-Mind magazine, Oliver Genschow supports science communication from scientifically working psychologists.

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Academic Career

  • Since Oct. 2022: Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, Professor for Cognitive-, Social-, and Economic Psychology
  • Feb. 2022 – Aug. 2022: Parental leave
  • Jan. 2017 – Sept. 2022: University of Cologne, Juniorprofessor for Social Psychology: Social Cognition
  • Okt. – Dec. 2016: University of Basel (Switzerland): PostDoc at the chair of Social Psychology
  • Sept. 2013 – Okt. 2016: Ghent University (Belgium): PostDoc at the chair of Experimental Psychology
  • Jan. 2013 – Aug. 2013: University of Mannheim, PostDoc at the chair of Consumer and Economic Psychology
  • Feb. 2011 – Dec. 2012: University of Mannheim, PhD student at the chair of Consumer and Economic Psychology
  • Feb. 2010 – Jul. 2012: University of Basel (Switzerland), Research Assistant at the chair of Social- and Economic Psychology

Projects

  1. Social innovative transformation by including work spaces (SinTrA)
    Steffen Farny (Project manager, academic) , Oliver Genschow (Project manager, academic) , David D. Loschelder (Project manager, academic) , Svenja Rehwinkel (Project staff) , Josephine Führer (Project staff) , Monika Imschloß (Project manager, academic) , Melissa Striethörster (Project staff)
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    Project: Research

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Courses

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Manuel Bohn, Oliver Genschow, Ulf Hahnel, Astrid Kause, Franziska Kößler, Sebastian Wallot
The Research Forum supports students in developing a master's thesis project at the intersection of psychology and sustainability. Students will learn about possible thesis topics in psychology and sustainability at Leuphana, connect with potential supervisors, develop their research ideas, gain input on psychological research methods and project management, and receive feedback from researchers and peers throughout the thesis development process.
Next appointment:
Friday, 2026-10-30 at 09:30
Room: C 40.255 Seminarraum
Cognitive Psychology A
Oliver Genschow
Next appointment:
Thursday, 2026-10-15 at 12:15
Room: C 14.102 b Seminarraum
Cognitive Psychology C
Oliver Genschow
Next appointment:
Thursday, 2026-10-15 at 10:15
Room: C 6.026 Seminarraum
General Psychology
Oliver Genschow
This lecture is part of the module Cognitive Psychology.
The lecture provides an introduction to the field of Cognitive Psychology. It covers physiological and psychological processes of attention and perception, learning and memory, as well as language. In addition, the module will touch topics related to thinking and reasoning, consciousness, as well as embodiment and sense of agency."
Next appointment:
Thursday, 2026-10-15 at 08:15
Room: C HS 3
Science Communication
Oliver Genschow
How can science be communicated effectively to the general public? In this course, students will get hands-on experiences about science communication. At the beginning of the course, students will get a short introduction into academic writing and then learn how academic writing is different from scientific communication for laypeople. Besides some theoretical inputs, students will mainly learn science communication by doing. That is, we will employ many different practical exercises in order to get familiarized with science communication. Although the course mainly focuses on writing, we will also touch other forms of science communication such as giving talks for laypeople or communicating on social media — to name just a few examples.
Next appointment:
Friday, 2027-01-15 at 13:00
Room: C 14.103 Seminarraum