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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. Assessing human perception and behavior at the intersection of social and cognitive psychology
    Oliver Genschow (Project manager, academic)
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    Project: Research

  2. Embracing Transformation: Psychology of Transformation
    Oliver Genschow (Project manager, academic) , Ronja Gerdes (Coordination) , Mayleen Luisa Schack (Project staff)
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    Project: Research

  3. Social modulation of imitative behavior
    Oliver Genschow (Project manager, academic)
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    Project: Research

  4. A third person perspective on mimicry: Inferences regarding observed mimicry along the affiliation and control dimension
    Oliver Genschow (Project manager, academic) , Lars Köchling (Project staff)
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    Project: Research

  5. Social Modulation of Imitative Behavior
    Oliver Genschow (Project manager, academic) , Emiel Cracco (Project manager, academic) , (Project manager, academic) , Teresa Nguyen (Project staff)
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    Project: Dissertation project

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Publications

Books and anthologies

  1. Expedition Open Science Land.: A travel guide for business research
    Marko Sarstedt (Author) , Doreen Siegfried (Author) , Meikel Neumann (Author) , Susanne Jana Adler (Author) , Oliver Genschow (Author) , Monika Imschloß (Author) , 2025 1 ed. Kiel , 93 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologies › Book › Research

  2. Automatic Imitation
    Oliver Genschow (Editor) , Emiel Cracco (Editor) , 2025 Cham , 355 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologies › Collected editions and anthologies › Research

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Journal contributions

  1. Longitudinal event-sampling dataset of football fans across five countries during the 2024 European championship
    Hannes Petrowsky (Author) , Yannik Andrea Escher (Author) , Lea Boecker (Author) , Katharina Diel (Author) , Paweł Muniak (Author) , Meikel Neumann (Author) , Danna Oomen (Author) , Leonie Schwarz (Author) , Annik Strauch (Author) , Marcel Weber (Author) , Malte Friese (Author) , Oliver Genschow (Author) , David D. Loschelder (Author) , 23.06.2026 , in: Scientific data, 13 , 15 p.

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

  2. Are free will believers happier? An experience sampling on free will belief and everyday positive affect
    Katharina Diel (Author) , Giel van der Spiegel (Author) , Wilhelm Hofmann (Author) , David Wisniewski (Author) , Sonja Grelle (Author) , Yannik Andrea Escher (Author) , Hannes Petrowsky (Author) , Oliver Genschow (Author) , 09.06.2026 , in: Social Psychological and Personality Science , 11 p.

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

  3. A kick to desire: National teams’ performance during the UEFA EURO 2024 affected the frequency with which Europeans experienced sexual events
    Marcel Weber (Author) , Malte Friese (Author) , Yannik Andrea Escher (Author) , Hannes Petrowsky (Author) , Lea Boecker (Author) , Katharina Diel (Author) , Paweł Muniak (Author) , Danna Oomen (Author) , Meikel Neumann (Author) , Annik Strauch (Author) , Oliver Genschow (Author) , David D. Loschelder (Author) , 04.06.2026 , in: Social Psychological and Personality Science , 13 p.

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

  4. Effects of psychological distance on mental abstraction: A registered report of four tests of construal level theory
    Sofia Calderon (Author) , Erik Mac Giolla (Author) , Birte Siem (Author) , Karl Ask (Author) , Susanne Jana Adler (Author) , Jens Agerström (Author) , Burcu Akpınar (Author) , Nihan Albayrak (Author) , Francesca Romana Alparone (Author) , Shahrazad Amin (Author) , Antonio Aquino (Author) , Melissa Bachet (Author) , Baisile Baisile (Author) , Karin M. Bausenhart (Author) , Magali Beylat (Author) , Olga Bialobrzeska (Author) , Eliana C. Bloomfield (Author) , Lea Boecker (Author) , Matteo Bonora (Author) , Shannon T. Brady (Author) , Jared G. Branch (Author) , Nicole E. Brandy (Author) , Kelley T. Bui (Author) , Mariela Bustos-Ortega (Author) , Amparo Caballero (Author) , Andi Cai (Author) , Katarzyna Cantarero (Author) , Stephanie A. Cárdenas (Author) , Pilar Carrera (Author) , Jung-Tzu Chang (Author) , Hsuan-Fu Chao (Author) , Andrew G. Christy (Author) , Jennifer A. Cook (Author) , Junhua Dang (Author) , Scott Danielson (Author) , William e. Davis (Author) , Cara de Boer (Author) , Elise de Groot (Author) , Jaye L. Derrick (Author) , Sarah Dittmar (Author) , Tim Döring (Author) , Céline Douilliez (Author) , Martin Egger (Author) , Yannik Andrea Escher (Author) , Thomas Rhys Evans (Author) , Sofia Fabiani (Author) , Gilad Feldman (Author) , Nicole Fernandez (Author) , Julia Fischer (Author) , Magdalena Formanowicz (Author) , Malte Friese (Author) , Paul T. Fuglestad (Author) , Aurore Gaboriaud (Author) , Jessica Gale (Author) , Richard Gamrát (Author) , Oliver Genschow (Author) , Omid Ghasemi (Author) , Mauro Giacomantonio (Author) , Karolin Gieseler (Author) , Hedy Greijdanus (Author) , Siobhán Mary Griffin (Author) , Doğa Gül (Author) , Gul Gunaydin (Author) , Simona Haasova (Author) , Georgios Halkias (Author) , Christopher E. Hawk (Author) , Anna Helfers (Author) , Cindy L. Hernandez (Author) , Yanine D. Hess (Author) , Petr J. Horgos (Author) , Yehor Hrymchak (Author) , Markus Huff (Author) , Ezgi Ildırım (Author) , Biljana Jokić (Author) , Yoann Julliard (Author) , Pavol Kačmár (Author) , Barbara Kaup (Author) , Hyunji Kim (Author) , Kyungmi Kim (Author) , Alan Kingstone (Author) , Kenan Koç (Author) , Lina Koppel (Author) , Anita Körner (Author) , Bibiána Kováčová Holevová (Author) , Paul Danielle Labor (Author) , Bronwyn D. Laforet (Author) , Fanny Lalot (Author) , Leonie Lamm (Author) , Sean M. Laurent (Author) , Sean T. H. Lee (Author) , Yi-Chen Lee (Author) , Edward P. Lemay, Jr. (Author) , Zhicheng Lin (Author) , Yun-Kai Lin (Author) , Jia-Xin Long (Author) , David D. Loschelder (Author) , Katerina Makri (Author) , Harry Manley (Author) , Nicolò Maugeri (Author) , Randy J. McCarthy (Author) , Cillian McHugh (Author) , Katatzyna Miazek (Author) , Marina Milyavskaya (Author) , Coby Morvinski (Author) , Michaela Muchová (Author) , Sümeyye Muftareviç (Author) , Dominique Muller (Author) , Gideon Nave (Author) , Ben R. Newell (Author) , Cécile Nurra (Author) , Marc Oullet (Author) , Asil Ali Özdoğru (Author) , Mia Pagnani (Author) , Daniele Paolini (Author) , Frank Papenmeier (Author) , Hannes Petrowsky (Author) , Stefan Pfattheicher (Author) , Jean C. Picado (Author) , Ryan M. Pickering (Author) , Danka Purić (Author) , Alain Quiamzade (Author) , Jonathan E. Ramsay (Author) , Tristan Nicholas Renaud (Author) , Mónica Romero-Sánchez (Author) , Robert M. Ross (Author) , Ángel Sánchez-Rodríguez (Author) , Julio Santiago (Author) , Marko Sarstedt (Author) , Luke Scally (Author) , Michele Scandola (Author) , Judith P. M. Schachtner (Author) , Simon Schindler (Author) , Andreas Segerberg (Author) , Emre Selcuk (Author) , Verónica Sevillano (Author) , Edith Shalev (Author) , Xiaoyi Shao (Author) , Steven D. Shaw (Author) , Keyi Shi (Author) , Birte Siem (Author) , Pablo Solana (Author) , Meikel Neumann (Author) , Gaye Solmazer (Author) , Fatih Sonmez (Author) , Samantha K. Stanley (Author) , Janina Steinmetz (Author) , Adam W. Stivers (Author) , Aleksandra Szymkow (Author) , Maude Tagand (Author) , Yan Zhen Tan (Author) , Hilal Terzi (Author) , Miaomiao Tian (Author) , Gustav Tinghög (Author) , Ulrich S. Tran (Author) , David F. Urschler (Author) , Daniel R. VanHorn (Author) , Daniel Västfjäll (Author) , Bruno Verschuere (Author) , Amelie Verschueren (Author) , Anna Laura Vlad (Author) , Martin Voracek (Author) , Xiaotian Wang (Author) , Deming Wang (Author) , Lara Warmelink (Author) , Adam Kah Jjin Wee (Author) , Aaron Lee Wichman (Author) , Sera Wiechert (Author) , Karl-Andrew Woltin (Author) , Hoo Keat Wong (Author) , Jiawen Xu (Author) , Zai-Fu Yao (Author) , Siu Kit Yeung (Author) , Kumar Yogeeswaran (Author) , Iris Žeželj (Author) , Qing Zhang (Author) , Rene Ziegler (Author) , Timothy J. Luke (Author) , 01.04.2026 , in: Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 9, 2 , 29 p.

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

  5. Commentary to Kaiser and Wilson (2026): Don’t Forget the Power of Experimental Manipulation: Addressing Dilemmas in Investigating Mechanisms
    Oliver Genschow (Author) , Jan Crusius (Author) , 07.01.2026 , in: European Psychologist, 31, 1 , p. 44-45 , 2 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Comments / Debate / Reports › Research

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Contributions to collected editions/anthologies

  1. Imitation as social influence
    Oliver Genschow (Author) , Danna Oomen (Author) , 28.02.2025 , p. 227-242 , 16 p.

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

  2. Introduction to Automatic Imitation
    Oliver Genschow (Author) , Emiel Cracco (Author) , 01.01.2025 Cham , p. 1-7 , 7 p.

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

  3. Social Modulation of Imitative Behavior
    Oliver Genschow (Author) , Emiel Cracco (Author) , 01.01.2025 1 ed. , p. 219–239 , 21 p.

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

  4. Belief in Free Will Relates to Attributions of Intentionality and Judgments of Responsibility
    Oliver Genschow (Author) , Marcel Brass (Author) , 01.01.2022 London, , p. 13-26 , 14 p.

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

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