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Department of Psychology

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Retired Professor: Dr. Gerd Bohner

Social Psychology

Room: H0-04 (Room for retired professors in the Department of Psychology)  
E-Mail: Gerd.Bohner@uni-bielefeld.de
Teaching: EKVV  

 

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Biographical Information

You can find the complete academic resume, including a list of publications, here.

  • Retired from the professorship since March 2026
  • 2001 to February 2026: Professor of Social Psychology at Bielefeld University.
  • 1998 to 2001: First Senior Lecturer, then Professor of Social Psychology at the University of Kent.
  • 1998: Acting Professor (General Psychology II and Social Psychology) at the University of Würzburg.
  • 1997: Acting Professor (Microsociology and Social Psychology) at the University of Mannheim.
  • 1997: Habilitation with teaching authorization in psychology at the University of Mannheim.
  • 1991–1992: Feodor Lynen Research Fellow at New York University.
  • 1990: Awarded the degree of Dr. phil. in psychology from the University of Heidelberg.
  • 1986 to 1998: Mid-level faculty positions at the Universities of Heidelberg and Mannheim.
  • 1980–1986: Studied for a Diplom degree in psychology at Heidelberg University.
  • 1978–1980: Performed alternative military service at a day care center for children with disabilities in Karlsruhe.
  • 1978: Graduated from Goethe-Gymnasium Karlsruhe with the Abitur.
  • Born in 1959 in Karlsruhe

You can find the complete academic resume, including a list of publications, here.

 

Selected Recent Journal Articles and Book Chapters

Reprints or electronic copies are available upon request: gerd.bohner@uni-bielefeld.de

Wüst, M., Kipp, C., Topp, R., Mescher, H., Süssenbach, P., & Bohner, G. (2026). Police students' assessment of a rape complainant's statement: The role of sexual aggression myths, expert knowledge and complainant's emotional expression. Journal of Criminal Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1108/JCP-12-2025-0127

Persson, S., Milesi, P., Glaser, T., Lorenz, R., Wüst, M., Weiss, A., & Bohner, G. (2025). Three dimensions of modern myths about sexual aggression: Development and validation of the AMMSA-3D Scale in English, German, and Italian. Journal of Criminal Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1108/JCP-04-2025-0037

Megías, J., Thon, P.-R., Siebler, F., & Bohner, G. (2025). Attitudes toward prostitution in Norway, Spain, and Germany: Association with the legal context and susceptibility to persuasion. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 66(2), 253-265. https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.13082

Linne, R., Glaser, T., & Bohner, G. (2024). Lateral attitude change: Displacement effects as a reaction to blatant social influence. Current Psychology, 43, 20691-20697. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-024-05906-9

Glaser, T., Hellmann, J., Pilz, N., & Bohner G. (2023). Left and right in space and politics. Social Cognition, 41(1), 41-66. https://doi.org/10.1521/soco.2023.41.1.41

Bohner, G., Weiss, A., Schirch, C., Zöllner, L., Lipińska, A., Sempere, M.-J., & Megías, J. L. (2022). AMMSA-21: A revised version of the Acceptance of Modern Myths About Sexual Aggression Scale in English, German, Polish, and Spanish. International Journal of Social Psychology, 37(3), 460-491. https://doi.org/10.1080/02134748.2022.2083291

Linne, R., Hildebrandt, J., Bohner, G., & Erb, H.-P. (2022). Sequential information processing in persuasion. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, Article 902230. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.902230

Bohner, G., Boege, R. M. J., Glaser, T., Klempel, L., & Linne, R. (2021). Saving versus deleting thoughts affects focal and lateral attitude change. International Journal of Social Psychology, 36(2), 300-329. https://doi.org/10.1080/02134748.2021.1882228

Ph.D. student: Mathis Wüst, M.Sc.

E-Mail: mathis.wuest@uni-bielefeld.de

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Publications

2026

  • Wüst, M., Kipp, C., Topp, R., Mescher, H., Süssenbach, P., & Bohner, G. (2026). Police students’ assessment of a rape complainant’s statement: The role of sexual aggression myths, expert knowledge and complainant’s emotional expression. Journal of Criminal Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1108/JCP-12-2025-0127
     

2025

  • Persson, S., Milesi, P., Glaser, T., Lorenz, R., Wüst, M., Weiss, A., & Bohner, G. (2025). Three dimensions of modern myths about sexual aggression: Development and validation of the AMMSA-3D scale in English, German, and Italian. Journal of Criminal Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1108/JCP-04-2025-0037
     
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