About

Work: I am a German-British Associate Professor of Social Clinical Psychology and the Lead of the Research Centre for Mental Health at the University of Greenwich in London. I have also been a Hospital Volunteer in London hospitals for the Barts Health NHS Trust during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Education: 

• Doctor of Philosophy, Social Psychology (PhD) 

University of Kent, UK

• Diplom, Psychology (Dipl.-Psych.)

Specializations: Clinical, Social, and Organizational Psychology

Universität Mannheim, DE | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, DE

Experience: I have 16+ years of international experience in interdisciplinary collaborative research and science communication to academics, practitioners, and students. I have worked at universities in Germany (LMU München, Mannheim) and England (Oxford, Greenwich, Manchester, Kent, Surrey). I was also a visiting scholar at universities in Germany (LMU München, Hagen), Italy (Milano-Bicocca, Modena and Reggio Emilia), Czech Republic (Czech Academy of Sciences), Belgium (UCLouvain), and Scotland (Aberdeen). 

My Research Groups

• Lead, Research Centre for Mental Health, University of Greenwich

• Director, Health Inequalities and Stigma Lab

• Founder, International Contact Research Network

• Associate Member, Brno Lab of Intergroup Processes, Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic 

My Community Activities 

• Science Communication in German (Blog Author, Social Media Team, The Inquisitive Mind

• Member, Human, Climate, Sustainability Interest Group, German Psychological Society

• Co-Chair and Communications Officer, Digital Health Interest Group, European Health Psychology Society