Intergroup Relations, Social Change, Prejudice, Ethnic Minorities, LGBTIQ+

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Since February 2021: Senior Researcher and Lecturer, Department of Social Psychology, University of Zurich, Switzerland

2023: Early Career Award, European Association of Social Psychology

2023: SIPS Commendation, Society for Improving Psychological Science

2014-2019: PhD in Social Psychology, University of Zurich, Switzerland

2012-2014: MSc in Psychology (research-oriented), University of Cologne, Germany

2009-2012: BSc in Psychology, FernUniversität in Hagen, Germany

2021: Research Stat at McGill University, Montreal, Canada (Eric Hehman)

2021: Research Stat at the University College Dublin, Ireland (Laura Taylor)

2019-2020: Research Stay at the University of Washington, USA (Kristina Olson)

2018: Research Stay at the Simon Fraser University, Canada (Stephen Wright)

2016: Research Stay at the Catholic University of Santiago, Chile (Roberto González)

2013-2014: Research Stay at the Catholic University of Santiago, Chile (Roberto González)

2013: Research Stay at the University of Auckland, New Zealand (Chris Sibley)

2012: Research Internship at the University of Los Angeles, USA (Phillip Atiba Goff)

2011: Exchange Semester at the University of Western Ontario, Canada

Hässler, T., Atwood, S., Gonzalez, A., Anderson, J., & Fogwell, N. (in press). Reimagining LGBTIQ+ research – Acknowledging differences across subpopulations, methods, and countries. Journal of Social Issues.

Moussa Roger, M., Cuccolo, K., McKinney, C., Edlund, J. E., Grahe, J. E., Zlokovich, … Hässler, T., … Dworakowski, O., … Heydasch, L., …, Rapadas, E. (in press). Understanding family dynamics in a cross-cultural sample: A multi-national study. Psi Chi Journal of Psychological Research.

Kahalon, R., Hässler, T., & Eisner, L. (2024). Self-objectification endorsement among sexual minorities and its association with appearance anxiety, well-being, and substance use. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity. Advance online publication https://doi.org/10.1037/sgd00007

Saxler, F. M., Dorrough, A. R., Froehlich, L., Block, K., Croft, Al., Meeussen, L., Olsson, M. … Hässler, T. … Martiny, S. (2024). Did descriptive and prescriptive norms about gender equality at home change during the Covid-19 pandemic? A cross-national investigation. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167223121971

Árnadóttir, K., Baysu, G., Van Laar, C., Phalet, K., Tropp, L. R., Sebben, S., Ullrich, J. & Hässler, T. (2023). How positive and negative intergroup contact jointly inform minority support for social change: The role of system-fairness belief. British Journal of Social Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12705

Frisch, L., Liekefett, L., Sebben, S., Shnabel, N., Ullrich, J., & Hässler, T. (2023). Support for social change among members of advantaged groups: The role of dual identity representation and accepting intergroup contact. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 49(7), 1000-1013. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672221086380

Olsson, M., van Grootel, S., Block, K., Schuster, C., Meeussen, L., Van Laar, C., Schmader, T., ..., Hässler, T. , ... Martigny, S. E. (2023). Gender gap in parental leave intentions: Evidence from 37 countries. Political Psychhology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.11111/pops.128890

Hässler, T., Ullrich, J., Sebben, S., Shnabel, N., Bernadino, M., Valdenegro, D., .... Pistella, J. (2022). Needs satisfaction in intergroup contact: A multi-national study of pathways toward social change. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspi0000365

Hässler, T., Glazier, J. J., & Olson, K. (2022). Consistency of gender identity and preferences across time: An exploration among cisgender and transgender children. Developmental Psychology, 58(11), 2184–2196. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001419

Thöni, C., Eisner, L. & Hässler, T. (2022). Not straight enough, nor queer enough: Identity denial, stigmatization, and negative affect among bisexual and pansexual people. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity. https://doi.org/10.1037/sgd0000606

Eisner, L., Settersten, R., Turner-Zwinkels, F., & Hässler, T. (2021). Perceptions of intolerant norms both facilitate and inhibit collective action among sexual minorities. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 25(7), 1797–1818.https://doi.org/10.1177/13684302211024335

Hässler, T., Uluğ, Ö. M., Kappmeier, M., & Travaglino, G. A. (2021). Intergroup contact and social change: An integrated contact‐collective action model. Journal of Social Issues, 77, 217-241. https://doi.org/10.1111/josi.12412

Hässler, T., Ullrich, J., Bernadino, M., Shnabel, N., Van Laar, C., Valdenegro, D., .... Mugnol Ugarte, L. (2020). A large-scale test of the link between intergroup contact and support for social change. Nature Human Behaviour. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-019-0815-z

Hässler, T., Shnabel, N., Ullrich, J., Arditti-Vogel, A., & SimanTow-Nachlieli, I. (2019). Individual differences in system justification predict power and morality-related needs in advantaged and disadvantaged groups in response to group disparity. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 49, 366-384. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2383

Hässler, T., González, R., Lay, S., Lickel, B., Zagefka, H., Tropp, L., Manzi Astudillo, J., & Bernadino, M. (2019). With a little help from our friends: The impact of cross-group friendship on acculturation preferences. European Journal of Social Psychology, 5, 746-766. https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430218773403

Bente, G., Dratsch, T., Kaspar, K., Häßler, T., Bungard, O., & Al-Issa, A. (2014). Cultures of trust: Effects of avatar faces and reputation scores on German and Arab players in an online trust-game. PLoS ONE, 6: e98297. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0098297