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Professor Melanie Sauter and Dr. Kristina Petrova are investigating how politics and society react to climate-induced migration – with a focus on migration destinations and post-migration experiences.

In this interview, Sören Bürkle, board member of the Mannheim Debating Union initiative, provides exciting insights into the work of the organisation and explains the central goals of the association.

Mannheim psychologist Dr Sarah K. Danböck has received the “Forschungsförderpreis der Elfriede Dietrich Stiftung 2025”. Her project is the first to systematically investigate anti-dissociative techniques – a field of research that has been little studied to date. The prize, endowed with 6,000 euros, ...

Sonnentag's work in the field of work and organizational psychology is attracting a great deal of interest worldwide: Her 189 publications, which are listed in Clarivate's “Web of Science”, have been cited over 10,000 times to date.