Dr. Lotte Pummerer (sie/ihr)

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https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=SgnP3vIAAAAJ

Publications

Pummerer, L., Reinhardt, C. & Nielsen, M. (in press). Leaving the Catholic church: Cross-sectional and longitudinal predictors of leaving intentions. International Journal for the Psychology of Religion. https://doi.org/10.1080/10508619.2025.2553408

Winter, K., Pummerer, L., von Oertzen, T., Hornsey, M. J. & Sassenberg, K. (2025). Conspiracy belief and opposition to wind farms: a longitudinal study. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 104. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2025.102620

Pummerer, L.*, Ditrich, L.*,[1]Winter, K., Sassenberg, K. (2025). Belief in a Norm-Consistent Climate Policy Conspiracy Theory and Non-Normative Collective Action. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 55 (5). https://doi.org/10.1111/jasp.13094  

Pummerer, L., Gkinopoulos, T., Douglas, K. M., Jolley, D., Sassenberg, K (2024). The Appraisal Model of Conspiracy Theories (AMCT): Applying Appraisal Theories to Understand Emotional and Behavioral Reactions to Conspiracy Theories. Psychological Inquiry, 35 (3–4). https://doi.org/10.1080/1047840X.2024.2442906

Pummerer, L., Gkinopoulos, T., Douglas, K. M., Jolley, D., Sassenberg, K (2024). The Appraisal Model of Conspiracy Theories (AMCT): Highlighting Core Concepts and Potential Extensions. Psychological Inquiry, 35 (3–4). https://doi.org/10.1080/1047840X.2025.2454118 

Winter, K., Hornsey, M., Pummerer, L., Sassenberg, K. (2024). Public agreement with mis­information about wind farms. Nature Communications, 15 (8888). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-53278-2  

Pummerer, L., Fock, L., Winter, K., Sassenberg, K. (2024). Conspiracy Beliefs and Majority Influence. The Journal of Social Psychology, 1–16. 

Pummerer, L. (2024). On different operationalizations and conceptualizations of the tendency to believe in conspiracy theories. A comment on Nera (2023). Zeitschrift für Psychologie, 1. https://doi.org/10.1027/2151-2604/a000547 

Pummerer, L., Ditrich, L., Winter, K. & Sassenberg, K. (2023). Think about it! Deliberation reduces the negative relation between conspiracy belief and norm adherence. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 14 (8). https://doi.org/10.1177/19485506221144150 

Winter, K., Pummerer, L., & Sassenberg, K. (2023). Change by (almost) all means: The role of conspiracy mentality outweighs political orientation in predicting support for social change among the political left and right. European Journal of Social Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2995  

Winter, K., Hornsey, M., Pummerer, L., Sassenberg, K. (2022). Anti­cipating and defusing the role of conspiracy beliefs in shaping opposition to wind farms. Nature Energy, 7, 1200-1207. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-022-01164-w 

Wroblewski, D., School, A., Ditrich, L., Pummerer, L., Sassenberg, K. (2022). Let’s stay in touch: Frequency (but not mode) of interaction between leaders and followers predicts better leader­ship outcomes. PLoS ONE, 17(12), e0279176. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0279176 

Pummerer, L. (2022). Belief in conspiracy theories and non-normative behavior. Current Opinion in Psychology, 47, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2022.101394 

Pummerer, L., Böhm, R., Lilleholt, L., Winter, K., Zettler, I., & Sassenberg, K. (2022). Conspiracy theories and their societal effects during the COVID-19 pandemic. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 13(1), 49–59. https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/19485506211000217 

Pummerer, L., Winter, K., & Sassenberg, K. (2022). Addressing covid-19 vaccination conspiracy theories and vaccination intentions. European Journal of Health Communication, 3(2), 1–12. https://dx.doi.org/10.47368/ejhc.2022.201 

van Mulukom, V., Pummerer, L. J., Alper, S., Bai, H., Čavojová, V., Farias, J., Kay, C. S., Lazarevic, L. B., Lobato, E. J., Marinthe, G., Pavela Banai, I., Šrol, J., & Žeželj, I. (2022). Antecedents and consequences of COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs: A systematic review. Social Science & Medicine, 301. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.114912 

Winter, K., Pummerer, L., Hornsey, M. J., & Sassenberg, K. (2022). Pro‐vaccination subjective norms moderate the relations­hip between conspiracy mentality and vaccination intentions. British Journal of Health Psychology, 27(2), 390–405. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjhp.12550 

Lieberoth, A., Lin, S.-Y., Stöckli, S.,..., Pummerer, L., ..., & Dubrov, D. (2021). Stress and worry in the 2020 coronavirus pandemic: relations­hips to trust and compliance with preventive measures across 48 countries in the COVIDiSTRESS global survey. Royal Society Open Science, 8(2). https://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.200589 

Scholl, A., Sassenberg, K., Zapf, B., & Pummerer, L. (2020). Out of sight, out of mind: Power-holders feel responsible when anti­cipating face-to-face, but not digital contact with others. Computers in Human Behavior, 112, Article 106472. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2020.106472

Book Chapters

Sassenberg, K., Pummerer, L., & Winter, K. (2023). Prävention und Intervention gegen den Glauben an Verschwörungs­theorien. In Imhoff, R. (Eds.) Die Psychologie der Verschwörungs­theorien: Von dunklen Mächten sonderbar belogen. (pp. 119 – 138). Göttingen: Hogrefe. https://doi.org/10-1026/03179-000

Pummerer, L. (2020). „Selbsttrans­zendenz“ – ein Über­blick religionspsychologischer Forschung über Spiritualität und Sinnsuche bei Nichtreligiösen. In A. Haußmann & R. Höfelschweiger (Eds.), Spiritualität und Sinn. Seelsorge und Kognitive Verhaltenstherapie im Dialog. (pp. 45–70). Leipzig: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt. 

Peer-Reviewed Publications for a broader audience 

Winter, K., Pummerer, L. (2024). Der Kampf gegen Windmühlen: Wie Verschwörungs­theorien den Klimaschutz behindern und was man dagegen tun kann. Das In-Mind Magazin. https://de.in-mind.org/article/der-kampf-gegen-windmuehlen-wie-verschwoerungstheorien-den-klimaschutz-behindern-und-was-man

Pummerer, L. (2021). Politische Verschwörungs­theorien über Covid-19: Befunde aus drei empirischen Studien. Institut für Demokratie und Zivil­gesellschaft [Hrsg.]: Wissen schafft Demokratie. Schwerpunkt Demokratiegefährdungen in der Coronakrise, 9, 43–49. https://www.idz-jena.de/fileadmin/user_upload/PDFS_WsD_9/Idz_WsD_09_WEBVERSION.pdf#Idz_WsD_09_Webversion.indd%3A.29392%3A306

*shared first author­ship