Anja Zimmermann

Background

Anja Zimmermann is a lecturer in Social Sciences and trained Life Coach. Before working at AUC, she worked as a lecturer in Psychology at Cardiff University in Wales and as a free-lance coach and trainer. In addition to her work at AUC, she develops and conducts short-term teaching, coaching and training projects for universities and  profit- / non-profit organizations.

Academic Biography

• PhD in Social Psychology (2007), University of Kent , UK
  
• MSc in Group Processes and Intergroup Relations (2003), University of Kent, UK
  
• Undergraduate studies (Vordiplom) in Psychology at the University of Würzburg in Germany (2000 - 2002) 
  
  

Since 2004, Anja Zimmermann has been giving a range of lectures, seminar series, workshops and trainings on the following topics (in alphabetical order):

• Advanced Statistics and Methodology
  
• Basic Research Methods and Statistics I and II 
• Cultural Awareness 
• Emotions 
• Group Processes and Intergroup Relations 
• Identity and Diversity 
• Leadership and Motivation 
• Social Psychology 
• Stereotypes, Prejudice & Discrimination

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Research interests

 Her current research interests include
• Group-based and intergroup emotions and their consequences for intergroup relations 
• Leadership and motivation
  
• The “Quarter-Life Crisis”
• Perceived threat of terrorism and implications for intergroup attitudes, emotions and behavior 

 

Awards & Grants

2007: ESRC postdoctoral fellowship, 1-year maintenance and research funding at the Universityof Cardiff (advisor:Prof. T. Manstead), UK

2006: NWO Rubicon grant for 12 months post doctoral studies at the University of Amsterdam (advisor: Ass. Prof. B. Doosje), the Netherlands .

2005: EAESP Travel grant funding a 5-months stay at the University of Amsterdam to work with Ass. Prof. B. Doosje and Dr. S. Zebel

2003: Departmental Scholarship at University of Kent , UK , 3-year funding of PhD, tuition fees and full maintenance (supervisor: Prof. Dominic Abrams).

2002: ERASMUS scholarship funding the tuition fees of the MSc program at the University of Kent , UK ,and part of the maintenance.

2001: 3rd prize: “Deutscher Studienpreis” on “Body-check: Wieviel Koerper braucht der Mensch?”  Awarded by a national interdisciplinary research competition funded by the Koerber-Stiftung, Germany .

Papers

Zimmermann, A.; Abrams, D., Doosje, B., & Manstead, A. (2011 ). Causal and Moral Responsibility: Antecedents and Consequences of Group-based Guilt. European Journal of Social Psychology, Article first published online: 4 JUL 2011 DOI: 10.1002/ejsp.826 .

Eller, A., Abrams, D. & Zimmermann , A. (2011). Two degrees of separation: A longitudinal study of actual and perceived extended international contact. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 14, 175 – 191.

Doosje, B., Zimmermann , A., Kuepper, B., Zick A., & Meertens, R. (2010). Terrorist Threat as a predictor of outgroup discrimination and support for anti-immigration policies – Evidence from 9 European countries. International Review of Social Psychology, 22, 203- 233. Special issue on Social Psychological Perspectives on Terrorism: Processes, Causes and Consequences

Haefner, M., Jagsch, O., Kund, A., Mager, S., Tuerk-Pereira, P., Zimmermann, A., (2008).  ‘The Female feel Male’: Defending against the adverse consequences of exposure to idealized media images. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 27, 778 - 808

Zebel, S., Zimmermann, A., Viki, T., & Doosje, B. (2008). Dehumanization and guilt as distinct but related predictors of reparation policies. Political Psychology, 29, Special Issue on Emotions & Politics, 193 - 2

Eller, A., Abrams, D., & Zimmermann, A. (2005) Spreading Britishness: Findings from a longitudinal attitude survey. World Views / UKCOSA, 18, 6-8.