Psychology in research and teaching

In the School of Management and Technology, the psychology professorships at the two institutes for (1) Management & Organisation (IMO) and (2) Performance Management (IPM) pursue psychological research on business-related, entrepreneurial and organisational topics (focus on Psychology in Management). This research analyses the success of a responsible, sustainable and socially just transformation of work, entrepreneurship, organisations and society. The focus can be placed in the specialist group "Work, Organisational & Business Psychology" (AOW) of the German Society for Psychology (DGPs), the corresponding application subject of AOW psychology and the basic subjects of social psychology and general psychology.

Institute for Management and Organisation (IMO)

• Prof. Dr. Lea Boecker, Junior professorship for Psychology, in particular Social Transformation
• Prof. Dr. Jürgen Deller, Professorship for Business Psychology, in particular Differential Psychology and Aptitude Diagnostics
• Prof. Dr. Michael Frese, Professorship for Psychology, in particular Innovation and Entrepreneurship
• Prof. Dr. Oliver Genschow, Professorship for Psychology, in particular Cognitive-, Social- and Economic Psychology
• Prof. Dr. Michael Gielnik, Professorship for Psychology, in particular Entrepreneurship
• Prof. Dr. Monika Imschloß, Professorship for Business Administration, in particular Marketing
• Prof. Dr. Franziska Kößler, Junior Professorship of Psychology, in particular the Transformation of the World of Work
• Prof. Dr. David Loschelder, Professorship of business and social psychology & methods
• Prof. Dr. Laura Venz, Professorship of Work- and Organizational Psychology

Institute for Performance Management (IPM)

• Prof. Dr. Sabine Remdisch, Professorship for Human Resources and Organizational Psychology 

In the School of Education, the professorships at the Institute of Psychology in Education (IPE) conduct research with references to the basic disciplines (e.g. developmental psychology and differential psychology). Furthermore, in the field of educational psychology, socially relevant processes of change and transformation are researched on an individual and social level, especially in educational contexts. In addition, the professorship at the Institute of Social Work and Social Pedagogy (IFSP) focuses on the significance of belonging to social groups or social identities for human experience and behaviour with reference to basic social psychological research in various areas of application (e.g. social work, educational contexts) (focus on Psychology in Society).

Institute of Psychology in Education (IPE)

• Prof. Dr. Manuel Bohn, Junior professorship for Developmental Psychology
• Prof. Dr. Alexander Freund, Professorship for Individual Differences and Psychological Assessment
• Prof. Dr. Poldi Kuhl, Professorship for Educational Psychology 

Institute of Social Work and Social Pedagogy (IFSP)

• Prof. Dr. Birte Siem, Professorship for Social and Organisational Psychology of Social Work

In the School of Sustainability, the professorships at the Institute of Sustainability Psychology (ISP) conduct research on the psychological barriers and facilitators of sustainable societal transformations. Based on core theories and methods, practical research questions are addressed, particularly in the context of sustainability. This includes the perception and processing of climate-relevant information and risks; overcoming obstacles to sustainable decision-making; the role of collective action; the implementation of sustainable health care; research into changes of sustainability attitudes and behavior over the lifespan; and research on (political) negotiation behavior and the consideration of economic, ecological and social consequences of decisions.

Institute of Sustainability Psychology (ISP)

• Prof. Dr. Astrid Kause, Junior professorship for Sustainability Science and Psychology
• Prof. Dr. Dirk Lehr, Professorship for Health Psychology and Applied Biological Psychology
• Prof. Dr. Ulf Hahnel, Psychology, in particular sustainable behaviour (in occupation at the beginning of 2025)
• NN, Psychology, especially collective action for sustainability (from 01.02.2025)
• Prof. Dr. Roman Trötschel, Professorship for Social-, Organizational and Political Psychology, especially empirical Negotiation Research
• Prof. Dr. Sebastian Wallot, Professorship of Psychology, in particular Methodology and Evaluation Research 

The application-oriented and basic research foci at the various Schools flow into five degree programmes with psychology teaching and are reflected in the teaching curricula. In teaching, psychology is offered in the Bachelor's programmes Psychology, Psychology and Society and Business Psychology and also in the Master's programmes International Joint Master of Research in Work and Organizational Psychology and Psychology and Sustainability.