Self-financed projects – Psychology
Overview of all ongoing, self-financed research projects
In the side menu on the left you find a detailed project description for selected projects. All funded PhD projects are listed at the bottom of the page.
Transdiagnostic insight and Novel Interventions in Tourette’s Syndrome: Exploring Metacognition and Impulsivity with Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation
Transdiagnostic insight and Novel Interventions in Tourette’s Syndrome: Exploring Metacognition and Impulsivity with Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation
Project lead: Mattia Ferro (m.ferro@milano-sfu.it)
Longitudinal trajectories and network models of post-traumatic stress symptoms in adults and youths exposed to natural disasters
Longitudinal trajectories and network models of post-traumatic stress symptoms in adults and youths exposed to natural disasters
Project lead: Barbara Forresi (b.forresi@milano-sfu.it), Annalisa Oppo (a.oppo@milano-sfu.it)
Strengthening personal resources for a life with epidermolysis bullosa. An intervention study
Strengthening personal resources for a life with epidermolysis bullosa. An intervention study
Project lead: Gudrun Salamon (gudrun.salamon@sfu.ac.at)
Preparation of network application for theoretical psychology
Preparation of network application for theoretical psychology
Project lead: Alexander Wendt (alexander.wendt@sfu.ac.at)
Precarious Participation in Socio-Ecological Transformations: Subjective Perspectives on Sustainable Change Amid Social Inequalities
Precarious Participation in Socio-Ecological Transformations: Subjective Perspectives on Sustainable Change Amid Social Inequalities
Project lead: Katharina Hametner (Katharina.Hametner@sfu.ac.at), Ivo Ponocny, Markus Wrbouschek, Emelie Rack, Monika Gritsch, Isabel von Hansemann
Project team: Julia Riegler, Sofia Selina
Project duration: 01.09.2025 – 30.09.2026
Conspiracy theories in South Tyrol: between autonomy and unity
Conspiracy theories in South Tyrol: between autonomy and unity
Project lead: Franziska von Zieglauer, MSc. (franziska.zieglauer@mail.sfu.ac.at)
Project duration: March 2025– September 2025
The Psychosocial Load of Getting Better
The Psychosocial Load of Getting Better
Project lead: Ass.-Prof. Dr. Nora Ruck (nora.ruck@sfu.ac.at), Dr. Sara Paloni (sara.paloni@sfu.ac.at), Univ.Prof. Dr. Iris Laner
Project member: Dr. Charlotta Sippel
Project duration: September 2024 – August 2025
The efficacy of a school-based universal prevention program for Cognitive Disengagement Syndrome (CDS) difficulties in childhood: a pilot study.
The efficacy of a school-based universal prevention program for Cognitive Disengagement Syndrome (CDS) difficulties in childhood: a pilot study.
Project lead: Prof. Simona Scaini PhD
Project member: Ludovica Giani, PhD, Gaia De Giuli, MSc.
Project duration: November 2024 – November 2025
Extremes in Psychology: Exploring the Spectrum of Subjective and Objective Perspectives
Extremes in Psychology: Exploring the Spectrum of Subjective and Objective Perspectives
Project lead: Ass.-Prof. Dr. Dominik Mihalits, MSc., BA.pth (dominik.mihalits@sfu.ac.at)
Project duration: 10/2024 – 09/2030
Richard Strauss - The psychological picture of his personality, taking into account his relationship to his family and to contemporary artistic life
Richard Strauss - The psychological picture of his personality, taking into account his relationship to his family and to contemporary artistic life
Project lead: Mag. Dr. Gregor Wasicky (gregor.wasicky@sfu.ac.at)
Project duration: until 2028
Understanding (Non-)Compliance with Mobility Related Measures Against Climate Change - Everyday Mobility Practices and the Perception of Legislation under Conditions of Social Inequality
Understanding (Non-)Compliance with Mobility Related Measures Against Climate Change - Everyday Mobility Practices and the Perception of Legislation under Conditions of Social Inequality
Project lead: Ass.-Prof.in Dr.in Katharina Hametner (Katharina.Hametner@sfu.ac.at), Univ.-Prof. Dr. Konrad Lachmayer (konrad.lachmayer@jus.sfu.ac.at), Univ.-Ass. Dr. Markus Wrbouschek (markus.wrbouschek@sfu.ac.at)
Current project members: Pia Guggenberger (former member: Laura Stritzke)
Project duration: May 2023 – Oct. 2025
- Project description (PDF)
Fluid sexualities: A qualitative longitudinal study on changes in sexuality over the life course
Fluid sexualities: A qualitative longitudinal study on changes in sexuality over the life course
Project lead: Dr. Barbara Rothmüller (barbara.rothmueller@sfu.ac.at)
Project member: Anna-Greta Mittelberger, MA
Project duration: 04/2023 – 12/2033
Alexinomia: When it's impossible to say names
Alexinomia: When it's impossible to say names
Project lead: Ass.-Prof. Thomas Ditye, MRes, PhD (thomas.ditye@sfu.ac.at)
Project team: Mag. Lisa Welleschik; Univ.-Ass. Natalie Rodax, PhD.; Alexis Bergert, MA; Univ.-Prof. Dr. Peter Walla; Univ.-Ass. Sophie Gattermeyer
Project duration: 01/2021-12/2027
Changes in the perception of Soviet history (using the example of family history and/or local history) among young people in Russia in the years 2000-2020
Changes in the perception of Soviet history (using the example of family history and/or local history) among young people in Russia in the years 2000-2020
Project lead: Dr. Anna Schor-Tschudnowskaja (anna.schor-tschudnowskaja@sfu.ac.at)
Project duration: February 2022 – end of 2026
- Project description (PDF, in German)
Corona protests research workshop
Corona protests research workshop
Project lead: Dr. Markus Brunner & Florian Knasmüller, MSc. (florian.knasmueller@sfu.ac.at, SFU Wien), Dr.in Antje Daniel
Former members: Felix Maile, Andreas Schadauer, Verena Stern
Project duration: January 2021 – Dec. 2025
- Detailed information
- Research report: https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/25qb3
Gustav Ichheiser Archive
Gustav Ichheiser Archive
Linked to the publication of the book Memories of Gustav Ichheiser – Life and work of an exiled social scientist (Cham: Springer, 2017) by Amrei C. Joerchel (amrei.zopf-joerchel@sfu.ac.at) & Gerhard Benetka (gerhard.benetka@sfu.ac.at), Gustav Ichheiser’s writings in German, Polish and English are collected and published online.
Funded PhD Projects
"Boysober" - Voluntary secondary sexual abstinence among heterosexual young women
"Boysober" - Voluntary secondary sexual abstinence among heterosexual young women
Project lead: Emelie Rack, MSc. (emelie.rack@sfu.ac.at)
Project duration: July 2024 – May 2027
Emotions in court – A deep hermeneutic analysis of emotions in domestic violence proceedings in the Austrian justice system
Emotions in court – A deep hermeneutic analysis of emotions in domestic violence proceedings in the Austrian justice system
Project lead: Julia Struppe-Schanda, MSc., BA (j.struppe-schanda@sfu.ac.at)
Project duration: October 2023 – June 2026
Unravelling the genetic and environmental factors at the basis of metacognition and its association with internalizing and externalizing traits: a twin study in childhood and adolescence
Unravelling the genetic and environmental factors at the basis of metacognition and its association with internalizing and externalizing traits: a twin study in childhood and adolescence
Project lead: Stefano De Francesco, MSc. (61817000@mail.sfu.ac.at)
Project team: Prof. Dr. Simona Scaini, Dr. Emanuela Medda, Dr. Corrado Fagnani
Project duration: November 2024 – November 2027
Psychoanalytic social psychology of conspiracy thinking
Psychoanalytic social psychology of conspiracy thinking
Project lead: Florian Knasmüller, MSc. (florian.knasmueller@sfu.ac.at)
Project duration: October 2020 – October 2025