Dipl. Soz. Aribert Heyder

Aribert Heyder studied sociology at the University of Mannheim (subject of diploma thesis: »We are better people, you are worse«—a representative study of determinants of ethnocentrism in Germany) and during this time worked in different projects (Programme Director: Prof. Peter Schmidt) for the Center for Survey Research and Methodology (ZUMA). Subsequently he worked as a researcher at the Institute for Political Science at the University of Gießen in a German-Israeli cooperation project (University of Haifa and Tel Aviv, Research Instructors: Prof. Moshe Semyonov, Prof. Peter Schmidt). This research project titled »Labor Migration, Market Competition, and Ethnocentrism: Guest-workers in Israel and Germany«. He assisted in numerous international courses on structural equation models at various summer schools and organized workshops on the application of structural equation models using AMOS software.

Main research interests

Authoritarianism; social dominance theory; ethnocentrism; inter-group relations; application of structural equation models

Previous research

Group-Focused Enmity Syndrome—Longitudinal Empirical Observation (2002–2011) of Attitudes of Enmity in the Population

Labor migration, market competition, and ethnocentrism: guest-workers in Israel and Germany.

Publications

Heyder, Aribert (2003): Bessere Bildung, bessere Menschen? Genaueres Hinsehen hilft weiter. S. 78-99. In: W. Heitmeyer (Hrg.): Deutsche Zustände. Folge II. Frankfurt/Main: Suhrkamp Verlag.

Heyder, Aribert/Schmidt, Peter (2003): Authoritarianism and Ethnocentrism in East and West Germany—Does the system matter? In: R. Alba, P. Schmidt & M. Wasmer (eds.): Germans or Foreigners? Attitudes Toward Ethnic Minorities in Post-Reunification Germany. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 187-210.

Heyder, Aribert/Schmidt, Peter (2002): Autoritarismus und Ethnozentrismus in Deutschland: Ein Phänomen der Jugend oder der Alten? [Authoritarianism and Ethnocentrism in Germany: A Phenomenon of the Young or the Old?]. In: Boehnke, Klaus/Hagan, John/Fuß, Daniel (eds.): Jugendgewalt und Rechtsextremismus—Soziologische und psychologische Analysen in internationaler Perspektive [Youth Violence and Right-Wing Extremism: Sociological and Psychological Analyses from an International Viewpoint]. Weinheim: Juventa Verlag, pp. 119-142.

Heyder, Aribert/Schmidt, Peter (2002): Deutscher Stolz. Patriotismus wäre besser [German Pride: Patriotism Would be Better]. In: Heitmeyer, Wilhelm (ed.): Deutsche Zustände [German Conditions]. Series I. Frankfurt/Main: Suhrkamp Verlag, pp. 71-82.

Heitmeyer, Wilhelm/Heyder, Aribert (2002): Autoritäre Haltungen. Rabiate Forderungen in unsicheren Zeiten [Authoritarian Attitudes: Radical Demands in Insecure Times]. In: Heitmeyer, Wilhelm (ed.): Deutsche Zustände [German Conditions]. Series I. Frankfurt/Main: Suhrkamp Verlag, pp. 59-70.

Heyder, Aribert/Schmidt, Peter (2000): Autoritäre Einstellung und Ethnozentrismus. Welchen Einfluss hat die Schulbildung? [Authoritarian Attitudes and Ethnocentrism: What Influence Does School Have?]. In: Rippl, Susanne/Seipel, Christian/Kindervater, Angela (eds.): Autoritarismus. Ansätze und Kontroversen der aktuellen Autoritarismusforschung [Authoritarianism: Approaches, and Controversies in Current Research on Authoritarianism]. Opladen: Leske und Budrich, pp. 119-146.

Schmidt, Peter/Heyder, Aribert (2000): Wer neigt eher zu autoritärer Einstellung und Ethnozentrismus, die Ost- oder die Westdeutschen? – Eine Analyse mit Strukturgleichungsmodellen [Who Tends More Toward Authoritarian Attitudes and Ethnocentrism: East or West Germans? An Analysis with Structural Equation Models]. In: Alba, Richard/Schmidt, Peter/Wasmer, Martina (eds.): Deutsche und Ausländer: Freunde, Fremde oder Feinde? Theoretische Erklärungen und empirische Befunde [Germans and Foreigners: Friends, Aliens, or Enemies? Theoretical Explanations and Empirical Findings]. Wiesbaden: Westdeutscher Verlag, pp. 439-484.

Schmidt, Peter/Bandilla, Wolfgang/Glöckner-Rist, Angelika/Heyder, Aribert (1997): Modellierung und Dokumentation sozialwissenschaftlicher Theorien und Operationalisierungen mit dem ZUMA-Informationssystem (ZIS): Ein Systementwurf. [Modeling und Documentation of Theories and Operationalizations in the Social Sciences with the ZUMA Information System (ZIS): A System Design]. ZUMA-Nachrichten, 41, pp. 73-99.