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Prof. Dr. Tobias Hecker

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@ Universität Bielefeld

Prof. of Clinical Psychology and Violence Research

Phone
+49 (0) 521 106-3105
Fax
+49 (0) 521 106-6415
Mailing address
University Bielefeld P.O. Box 100131 33501 Bielefeld
E-Mail
tobias.hecker@uni-bielefeld.de
Room
X-E1-282
Hours
by appointment

Career

 

 

10/2023 Deputy Scientific Director, Institute for Interdisciplinary Conflict and Violence Research, Bielefeld, University, Germany 
10/2023 Professor (full) of Clinical Psychology & Violence Research, Department of Psychology, Bielefeld University, Germany
01/2021 Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology & Violence Research (former: Clincal Developmental Psychopathology), Department of Psychology, Bielefeld University, Germany

08/2020

Emmy-Noether Junior Research Group Leader, Institute for Interdisciplinary Conflict and Violence Research & Department of Psychology, Bielefeld University, Germany
11/2016 – 07/2020 Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Department of Psychology, Bielefeld University, Germany
01/2015 – 12/2016 Postdoctoral Research Fellow and subdivision leader “Consequences of trauma and violence” at the Department of Psychology, University of Zurich, Switzerland
2013 Dr. rer. nat. (PhD), University of Konstanz, Germany, Degree: summa cum laude
04/2011 – 12/2014 Scientific associate at the Department of Psychology and at the Center of Excellence for Psychotraumatology, University of Konstanz, Germany
2011 Diploma (MSc) in Psychology at the Philipps-University of Marburg, Germany

Clinical Education

 
2020 Licensed to practice psychotherapy with children and adolescents
2019 Licensed to practice psychotherapy with adults

Awards and Honours

 

 

2023 Offered Full Professorship (W3) for Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology at the Otto-Friedrich-University of Bamberg, Germany (declined) 
2022 Offered Full Professorship (W3) for Clincal Psychology & Psychotherapy at the University Mannheim, Germany (declined) 
2021 – 2023

Membership in the Junges Kolleg of the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Science and the Arts

2020

Admission to the Emmy Noether Program of the German Research Foundation (DFG)
2019/2020 Postdoctoral Fellow of the Daimler and Benz Foundation
2019 Offered Junior Professorship (Assistant Professorship) for Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology at the University of Witten-Herdecke, Germany (rejected)
2019 Ranked third in the appointment procedure for the Junior Professorship (Assistant Professorship) with tenure track in Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology and Psychotherapy at Humboldt University Berlin, Germany
2018 Nomination for the academics-Nachwuchspreis 2018: Young Scientist of the Year (Top-10 position)
2017 DeGPT Advancement Award of the Falk-von-Reichenbach Foundation and the German-Speaking Society of Psychotraumatology
2014 Poster award at the DGPPN, Berlin for the study: Child maltreatment, mental health, and modifications in the DNA methylation in the HPA axis: a study with children in Tanzania
  • Violence against children: global prevalence, drivers, consequences and prevention
  • Child abuse and neglect
  • Psychological trauma and trauma-related disorders
  • Mental health in conflict and crisis regions

Ulrike Rogat, Secretary

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@ Univeristät Bielefeld

Secretary - Institute for Interdisciplinary Research on Conflict and Violence

Phone
+49 521 106-3162
Fax
+49 521 106-6415
Mailing address
X E1 - white IKG-mail boxes
E-Mail
psyae17@uni-bielefeld.de
Room
X E1-276
Hours
by appointment

Dr. Florian Scharpf

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Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Phone
+49 521 106-12741
E-Mail
florian.scharpf@uni-bielefeld.de
Room
X-E1-263
Hours
by appointment

Career

 

 

2022- today Training as a child and adolescent psychotherapist with focus on behavioural therapy 
2021-today

Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Institute of Interdisciplinary Conflict and Violence Research, Bielefeld University (Germany)

2017-2021

PhD scholar at the Department of Psychology, Bielefeld University (Germany)

2019-2020

Research staff at the Department of Psychology, Bielefeld University (Germany)

2011-2017

Studies of Psychology at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich (Germany), Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg (Germany) and Linköping University (Sweden)

Awards and Honours

 
2020

PhD scholarship by the Bielefelder Nachwuchsfonds at Bielefeld University

2017-2020

PhD scholarship by the German Academic Scholarship Foundation

  • Causes and consequences of violence, abuse and neglect in children and adolescents
  • Prevention and intervention approaches for youth affected by violence
  • Role of socio-ecological contexts in shaping children`s mental health risk and resilience
  • Mental health in conflict-affected populations
  • Psychological trauma and trauma-related disorders

Dr. Katharina Mattonet

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Postdoctoral Research Fellow

E-Mail
katharina.mattonet@uni-bielefeld.de
Hours
by appointment

Career

 

 

2021 - today Postdoctoral research fellow at the Institute of Interdisciplinary Conflict and Violence Research, Bielefeld University (Germany) and Department of Psychology, Bielefeld University (Germany)
2019 - today member of the Open Science Initiative of the Faculty of Psychology at the Ruhr-University Bochum
2020 - today supervising bachelor theses
2019-2020 supervising the experimental psychology lab for bachelor students at the Ruhr-University of Bochum
2018 - 2021 PhD student at the Department of Genetic Psychology (Prof. R. Kumsta) at the Ruhr-University Bochum
2012-2018 student research assistant and tutor at the chair of Research Methods and Experimental Psychology (Prof. Ch. Stahl) at the University of Cologne
2014-2018 Master of Science in Psychology (research major) at the University of Cologne
2011-2014 Bachelor of Science in Psychology at the University of Cologne
  • Genetic and epigenetic psychology
  • Environmental and developmental psychology
  • Psychological trauma and mental health in conflict-affected populations
  • Big data management and analysis
  • Multivariate methods and statistics
  • Open science practice

Dr. Katharina Gößmann

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Postdoctoral Research Fellow

E-Mail
kgoessmann@uni-bielefeld.de
Hours
by appointment

Career

2023 – today

Postdoctoral research fellow at the Institute of Interdisciplinary Conflict and Violence Research, Bielefeld University (Germany) and Department of Psychology, Bielefeld University (Germany)

2021 – 2022

Project-related research advisor at the Department of Politics & Public Administration at the University of Konstanz (Germany)

2017 – 2020

PhD student at the Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy (Prof. Frank Neuner), Bielefeld University (Germany)

2014 – 2017

Master of Science studies in Psychology (research major) at the University of Konstanz (Germany) and the University of Bourgogne (France)

2010 – 2014 Bachelor of Science studies in Psychology at the University of Konstanz (Germany)

Clinical Education

  • Ongoing training in Systemic Psychotherapy at Systemisches Institut, University of Freiburg (Germany)
  • Basic training in Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET), University of Bielefeld (Germany)
  • Basic training in Group therapy approaches for people with a history of forced displacement, University of Bielefeld (Germany)
  • Psychological trauma and trauma-related psychosocial implications

  • Systemic drivers, associations and prevention of gender-based violence

  • Systemic drivers, associations and prevention of violence against children and adolescents

  • Mental health in conflict-affected populations and other vulnerable groups

Getrude Mkinga, M.A.

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Ph.D. student/ Research Associate

Phone
+49 521 106-86545
Fax
+49 521 106-6415
E-Mail
getrude.mkinga@uni-bielefeld.de
Room
X-E1-284
Hours
by appointment

Career

 

 

2021 - today

Ph.D. candidate, Bielefeld University - Institute for Interdisciplinary Conflict and Violence Research & Department of Psychology, Bielefeld University

2014-2017

University of Dar es Salaam - M.A. (Applied Social Psychology)

2015-2016 University of Zurich (Guest Student) - (Courses in M.Sc. Psychology)
2007-2010

Tumaini University, Iringa College - (Bachelor Degree of Counselling)

  • Understanding the link between maltreatment in childhood and application of violent punishment in adulthood
  • Prevention of maltreatment from parents and caregivers to children
  • Prevention of early childhood adversities in order to promote good mental health, academic and economic success in later life

Anette Kirika, M.Sc.

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@ Univeristät Bielefeld

Ph.D. student/ Research Associate

Phone
+49 521 106-86545
Fax
+49 521 106-6415
E-Mail
Anette.kirika@uni-bielefeld.de
Room
X-E1-284
Hours
by appointment

Career

 

 

2021 - today

Ph.D. candidate and research associate, Institute for Interdisciplinary Conflict and Violence Research & Department of Psychology, Bielefeld University, Germany

2017-2019

M.Sc. Psychology, University of Regensburg, Germany

2013-2017 B.Sc. Psychology, University of Regensburg, Germany
  • Violence and neglect of children and adolescents - causes and consequences
  • Prevention of violence and neglect
  • Mental health in vulnerable groups

Eliud Kabelege, M.A.

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Ph.D. student/ Research Associate

Career

 

 

2011 - today

Employed as Assistant Lecturer at Dar es Salaam University College of Education
Master of Art in Applied Social Psychology

2011

Master of Art in Applied Social Psychology

2009

Tutorial Assistant at Dar es Salaam University College of Education

2004-2008

Bachelor of Art with Education

  • Classroom Peer relations
  • Teacher-parent collaboration in behavior modification

Google scholar

Book: The fate of AIDS Orphans in Orphan Care centres in Tanzania: The influence of Orphan Care centre on helping AIDS Orphans children to cope with their orphanhood in Tanzania

 

Emmanuel Nyarko-Tetteh, M.A.

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@ Univeristät Bielefeld

Ph.D. student/ Research Associate

Career

 

 

Since 2020

Ph.D. candidate and research associate, Department of Psychology and the Institute for Interdisciplinary Conflict and Violence Research (IKG) at the University of Bielefeld since autumn 2020, Bielefeld University, Germany

2016-2017

Master’s in International Child Development, University of Haifa, Israel.

2010-2012 Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Project Management, Sikkim Manipal University, India.
1998-2002

Bachelor of Education in Population and Family Life, (Bed. POP/FLE),
University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Central Region, Ghana.

  • Child protection and role of parent and community
  • Causative relationship between child abuse and emotional development of children in Ghana and Africa
  • Role of religious leaders to addressing abuse
  • Emotional and attachment development
  • Enhancing emotional development and competencies of people living with disabilities

Mariya Krutkova, B.A.

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@Universität Bielefeld

Ph.D. Student / Research Associate

E-Mail
mariya.krutkova@uni-bielefeld.de
Room
X-E1-278

Career

2022-present Research associate at the Child and Youth Psychiatry and Psychotherapy Clinic Bethel (Bielefeld)

2021- present

Ph.D. student under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Tobias Hecker at the Department of Psychology and Sports Science, Bielefeld University (Germany)

2020-2021

Data Analyst for Child Abuse Investigations at Epiq Global (USA)

2018 – 2019

Research Program Coordinator at the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Adolescent Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine (USA)

2016 – 2017

T.J. Watson Fellow at the Watson Foundation (USA)

2012 – 2016

International Studies and Psychology student at Haverford College (USA)

Winter 2014

Teaching assistant at the Department of Psychology, Bryn Mawr College (USA)

Awards and Honours

2020 –2021

Clementine Cope Fellowship (scholarship to pursue graduate education; Haverford College, USA)

2016 – 2017

Watson Fellowship (grant for independent, purposeful study on a topic of choice in international context; Watson Foundation, USA)

Summer 2016

Hurford Center for the Arts and Humanities Research Grant (Haverford College, USA)

Summer 2014

Center for Peace and Global Citizenship Award (grant to pursue summer internship with an NGO; Haverford College, USA)

July 2012

German Foreign Office and Pedagogical Exchange Service Award (Auswärtiges Amt & Pädagogischer Austauschdienst, AATG/PAD cultural immersion study trip, Germany)

  • The effects of childhood trauma on psychosocial functioning and risk behaviors in adolescence and young adulthood
  • Neurobiological mechanisms linking adverse childhood experiences and psychopathology
  • The impact of institutional environment on psychosocial development of children without parental care
  • Interventions aimed at preventing maltreatment and improving quality of care in childcare institutions
  • Interventions fostering resilience and successful transition to adulthood in youth leaving institutional care

Philipp Jann, M.Sc.

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@Universität Bielefeld

Ph.D. Student

E-Mail
philipp.jann@uni-bielefeld.de
Hours
by appointment

Career

2021-today

Ph.D. candidate at the Department of Psychology (Workinggroup Clinical Psychology & Developmental Psychopathology)
2021-today M.A.S. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy at the University of Bern (Switzerland)
2021-today Training as a psychological psychotherapist (adults) with focus on behavioural therapy at the DGVT-Academy, Bielefeld
2022-23 Emergency Psychologist (BDP, Germany)
2019-2021 M.Sc. Psychology at the Bielefeld University (Germany) and University of Lisbon (Portugal)
2016-2019 B.Sc. Psychology at the Eberhard Karls University in Tübingen (Germany) and Bielefeld University (Germany)
  • Emergency psychology
  • Psychology of death and suicide
  • Psychological crisis, (acute) trauma and trauma-related disorders
  • Persistent complex bereavement and prolonged grief disorders
  • Forensic psychology
  • Jann, P., Neldner, S., Neuner, F., & Mohammed, R. (2024). Complicated grief and posttraumatic stress after loss and separation under terror conditions. Journal of Traumatic Stress, 37(1), 154–165. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.22990

Margaret Ekatushabe, M.E.

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Ph.D. student

E-Mail
Margaret.ekatushabe@uni-bielefeld.de
Room
X-E1-263

Career

October 2022 - today Ph.D. candidate, Bielefeld University - Institute for Interdisciplinary Conflict and Violence Research & Department of Psychology, Bielefeld University
2019 – 2022 Master of Education in Biology Education, University of Rwanda – Rukara Campus
2018 – 2020 Master of Education in Educational Psychology, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Uganda
2013 – 2016 Bachelor of Science with Education, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Uganda

Awards and honours

April 2022 – today DAAD PhD Scholarship at Bielefeld University, Germany
May 2022 Studienstiftung PhD funding at Bielefeld University, Germany (waived)
June 2022 Commonwealth Scholarship at Liverpool John Moores University, UK (waived)
2019 – 2021 Master´s Fellowship Program at University of Rwanda by the Inter-University of Science and Technology

Feasible and effective interventions aimed at improving the school and classroom environment for effective teaching and learning in developing countries

Sarah Wüllner

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Sarah Wüllner, M.Sc.

Phone
3166
Room
X-E1-267
Hours
by appointment

Career

2024 - today Training as a child and adolescent psychotherapist with focus on behavioral therapy
2024 - today Research associate at the Institute of Interdisciplinary Conflict and Violence Research, Bielefeld University, Germany and Department of Psychology, Bielefeld University, Germany
2020 - today Ph.D. candidate at the Institute of Interdisciplinary Conflict and Violence Research, Bielefeld University, Germany and Department of Psychology, Bielefeld University, Germany
2020 - 2024 Research associate at the University Clinic of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Protestant Hospital Bethel, Bielefeld University, Medical School EWL, Bielefeld, Germany
2019 Training in adventure education at the Interakteam GmbH, Detmold, Germany
2017 - 2020 Master of Science in Psychology at the Bielefeld University, Germany
2014 - 2017 Bachelor of Sciences in Psychology at the Bielefeld University, Germany
  • App-based psychotherapy for adolescents
  • Violence and neglect of children and adolescents – causes, consequences and prevention
  • Prevention of sexual violence against children and adolescents
  • The relation between boundary violations and mental health in childhood, adolescence and early adulthood
  • Mental health in vulnerable groups

Lucas Wißmann

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Research Associate

E-Mail
lucas.wissmann@uni-bielefeld.de

Career

2024 - today Research Associate, Institute for Interdisciplinary Conflict and Violence Research & Department of Psychology, Bielefeld University (Germany)
2021 - 2024 Master of Science in Psychology at Heidelberg University (Germany) and UC Chile (Chile)
2017 - 2021 Bachelor of Science in Psychology at Trier University (Germany) and University of Salamanca (Spain)

Awards and Honors

  • 2019-2024 Scholar of the Cusanuswerk
  • The relation between maltreatment and mental health in childhood and adolescence
  • Maltreatment and mental health in vulnerable groups
  • Prevention of violence against children

Verena Zimmermann

Room
X-E1-267
Hours
by appointment
E-Mail
verena.zimmermann@uni-bielefeld.de

Career

2024 -present 

Ph.D. candidate and research associate, Institute for Interdisciplinary Conflict and Violence Research & Department of Psychology, Bielefeld University, Germany

2019 -present

Training to become a Psychological Psychotherapist (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy), Centre for Psychological Psychotherapy, Heidelberg University, Germany

2018 -  2024

Research associate, Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Heidelberg University, Germany

2016 - 2018 

M.Sc. in Psychology, University of Regensburg, Germany

2013 -  2016

B.Sc. in Psychology, University of Regensburg, Germany
  • Mental health in families with refugee backgrounds
  • Barriers to accessing mental health care

Bahadir Uyanik

Hours
by appointment
E-Mail
bahadir.uyanik@uni-bielefeld.de

Career

2023 - 2024 

Psychological counseling for traumatized children and adolescents

2020 - today

Training as child and adolescent psychotherapist with a focus on psychodynamic therapy and trauma therapy

2019 - 2020

Training to become a Child Protection Specialist (completed)

2015 - 2023

Social-pedagogical activities; work with refugee children and adolescents; social work at school; social and educational family counseling and assistance; sexual education workshops in schools

2015

Diploma in Educational Sciences at Bielefeld University, Germany
  • Mental health of families with migration background
  • Transcultural psychotherapy
  • Training of teachers in working with psychologically distressed students
  • The effect of music on gender construction within youth subculture 

Phaidon Vassiliou, M.A.

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@Universität Bielefeld

Ph.D. Student

E-Mail
phaidon.vassiliou@pcr.uu.se

Career

2023 - present 

Ph.D. Student, Dept. of Peace & Conflict Research, Uppsala University

2020 - 2023

Research Assistant, Dept. of Peace & Conflict Research, Uppsala University 

2021  M.A. Cultural Anthropology, Uppsala University (Sweden) 

2019 - 2020

Intern. Dept. of Peace & Conflict Research, Uppsala University 

2016 Psychology, University of Buenos Aires (Argentina) 
  • social psychology of intergroup conflict and cooperation 
  • focus on how war exposure and mental health shape people's social, moral and economic preferences

Scientific assistant

E-Mail
lena.kolwey@uni-bielefeld.de
Room
X-E1-258

Career

2023 - today

Scientific assistant at the department of clinical developmental psychopathology, Bielefeld University (Germany); affiliated with the research project supported by the Emmy Noether Programme:  “Effects of violence and maltreatment on the development and well-being of children: Experimental approaches to studying the causal effects of maltreatment reduction”

2020-today

Studying the B.Sc. Psychology at Bielefeld University (Germany)

Awards and Honours

2022 ERASMUS+ scholarship to study abroad at the University of Limerick, Ireland
  • Causes of maltreatment and violence of children and adolescents and their effect on mental health

Scientific assistant

E-Mail
neele.winkler@uni-bielefeld.de
Room
X-E1-258

Career

2023 - today

Scientic assistant at the department of clinical developmental psychopathology, Bielefeld University (Germany); affiliated with the reasearch project „CANVAS (children, attitudes, norms, violence, and society): do social meanings of violence affect developement of adverse outcomes?“

2020-today

Studying the B.Sc. Psychology at Bielefeld University (Germany)

Awards and Honours

2022 - 2023 ERASMUS + scholarship to study abroad at the University of Vienna, Austria
  • Causes and consequences of psychological trauma-related disorders (especially in refugees)

  • Causes of maltreatment and violence of children and adolescents and their effect on mental health

  • Mental health in vulnerable groups

Kübra Çiçek

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Scientific assistant

E-Mail
kuebra.cicek@uni-bielefeld.de
Room
X-E1-258

Career

2023 - today Scientific assistant at the Department of "Clinical Psychology and Violence Research", Bielefeld University (Germany)
2022 - today M.Sc., Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Bielefeld University (Germany)
2022 - 2023 Scientific assistant at the International Office, Bielefeld University (Germany)
2017 - 2022 B.Sc., Psychology, Bielefeld University (Germany)
2019 Scientific assistant at the Department of "Differential Psychology, Personality Psychology and Psychological Assessment", Bielefeld University (Germany)
  • Mental health in conflict and crisis regions
  • Psychological trauma and trauma-related disorders
  • Causes and consequences of violence, abuse and neglect in children and adolescents

Naomi Slotta

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Scientific assistant

E-Mail
naomi.slotta@uni-bielefeld.de
Room
X-E1-258

Career

2021- today Studying the B.Sc. Psychology at Bielefeld University (Germany)
  • Causes of maltreatment and violence of children and adolescents and their effect on mental health

  • Causes, consequences and prevention of psychological trauma-related disorders

Melanie Siekmann

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Scientific assistant

E-Mail
melanie.siekmann@uni-bielefeld.de
Room
X-E1-258

Career

2021- today Studying the B.Sc. Psychology at Bielefeld University (Germany)
  • Causes of maltreatment and violence of children and adolescents and their effect on mental health

  • Causes, consequences and prevention of psychological trauma-related disorders

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