
Profiles
Dr Patricia Kanngiesser
Associate Professor in Psychology
School of Psychology (Faculty of Health)
Associate Professor in Psychology
Professional Experience
- Associate Professor in Psychology, University of Plymouth (UK) 2020-date
- Interim-Professor (W3), Early Child Development and Culture, Universität Leipzig (DE), 2019-2020
- Research Group Leader, Cross-Cultural Developmental Psychology, Freie Universität Berlin (DE), 2016-2020
- Research Scientist/Marie Curie Fellow/PostDoc, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig (DE), 2012-2015
- Visiting Researcher, Kyoto University (JP), 10/2011-12/2011
- Research Fellow, Harvard University (US), 05/2011-09/2011
- Student Research Assistant, Wolfgang Köhler Primate Research Center, Leipzig (DE), 2007-2008
- PhD in Psychology, University of Bristol (UK), 2012
- Diploma (Master) in Neuroscience, Universität Magdeburg (DE), 2007
- Undergraduate Studies in Biochemistry, Life Sciences, and Philosophy; Goethe Universität Frankfurt (DE) and University of Toronto (CA)
- India, 2016-date
- Bolivia, 2015-date
- Argentina, 2014-date
- Namibia, 2014
- Kenya, 2013
Key publications
Teaching interests
- Cross-cultural and developmental psychology
- Social cognition and behaviour
- Interdisciplinary approaches to human behaviour
- Research ethics
Research interests
My research focuses on social norms and institutions and their psychological foundations. Specifically, I study the cognitive and social processes that allow us to acquire, transmit, and change norms and that give rise to societal variation in norms. Furthermore, I apply these insights to broader societal questions such as how to foster ethical behaviours and cooperation. In my work, I combine a socio-cognitive approach with a cross-cultural perspective and conduct studies with children, adolescents, and adults worldwide. In the past, I have also conducted behavioural (non-invasiv) research with non-human great apes and maintain an interest in comparative psychology. I use a multi-method approach including experimental, observational, survey-based, ethnographic, and qualitative methods. My research takes place in multiple countries: I have established research sites in Argentina, Bolivia, and India, and have developed a wide network of international research collaborations. Furthermore, I frequently collaborate with colleagues from different areas within psychology (e.g., clinical psychology, social psychology, decision science) and outside psychology (e.g., anthropology, philosophy, education).
PhD student supervision
- Süheyla Yilmaz, Leipzig University, Germany, 2019-date
- Lina Alhaddad, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany, 2016-date
Grants & contracts
- Freigeist Fellowship for an independent research group, Navigating the social world—A cross-cultural and developmental perspective on social norms, PI, VolkswagenFoundation, 1,063,700€, 2016-2020
- Marie Curie Intra-European Career Development Grant, The cross-cultural development of resource allocation behaviour (XCULTDEVRESALL), PI, European Commission 7th Framework Programme, 162,000€, 2013-2015
Key publications
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JournalsLinks
personal homepage: http://patriciakanngiesser.com/
google scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=EfOHbrkAAAAJ&hl=en