Researcher | Forschungsmagazin Rheinland-Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern-Landau

Professor for Social Psychology and Society

Prof. Dr. Selma Rudert

"People need other people. I am intrigued by the question of how human social interaction works and how it can be improved."

Selma Rudert is Professor for Social Psychology and Society at RPTU Kaiserslautern–Landau. She studied psychology in Mannheim and received her PhD from the University of Basel. She currently leads a DFG-funded Emmy Noether Research Group on motivated ostracism decisions. Her research focuses on group dynamics, especially social ostracism, norms, moral judgment, and migration and has been published in top international journals in social psychology.

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Not You! How Social Exclusion Affects Us

Social exclusion is subtle and therefore usually difficult to prove. This makes the experience all the more painful. Social psychologist Selma Rudert ...