Prof. Dr. Joachim Krueger

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsSocial Psychology, Industrial and Organisational Psychology,General, Cognitive and Mathematical Psychology
Keywordssoziale Kognition, Urteilen und Entscheiden, induktives Schließen im sozialen Kontext, Selbsteinschätzung und Stereotypisierung, statistische Methoden und Methodologie

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CityProvidence
InstitutionBrown University
InstituteDepartment of Cognitive, Linguistic and Psychological Sciences

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Thorsten MeiserFachbereich 04: Psychologie, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg
Prof. Dr. Thorsten MeiserLehrstuhl Psychologie II, Universität Mannheim, Mannheim
Prof. Dr. Klaus FiedlerPsychologisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg
Start of initial sponsorship01/07/2008

Programme(s)

2008Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Krueger is a leading expert in the field of social cognition research. He has made outstanding empirical and theoretical contributions to the understanding of social judgments and decisions. In particular, Professor Krueger's research highlighted social projection as an elementary cognitive process that can explain a variety of judgment biases in a unifying theoretical framework. During his stay in Germany, Professor Krueger will further advance his research program on social projection effects in person perception and intergroup judgments.

Publications (partial selection)

2013Joachim Krueger: One Among Many, The self in socioal context. In: Psychology Today, 2013,