
Tabea Hässler, Dr.
- Senior research associate
- Phone
- +41 44 635 72 78
- Telfax
- +41 44 635 72 79
- Room number
- BIN 3.D.07
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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
2008-2012: BA in Sportmanagement and Sportcommunication, German Sport University Cologne, 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., 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., 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
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