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23.10.2025: Marie Hennecke has been named a Fellow of the Society for Personality and Social Pschology (SPSP)

Prof. Dr. Marie Hennecke, Chair of Personality Psychology, has been named a Fellow of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP).

30.09.2025: Women's* General Assembly

All women* in the Faculty of Psychology are cordially invited to attend the Women's* General Assembly on November 12, 2025, at 2:00 p.m. in IA 02/461.

There will be a report on current gender equality work, and the new decentralized gender equality officer and student representative will be elected.

08.07.2025: Call to all: Assembly for diversity and democracy

Assembly for diversity and democracy
Wednesday, July 9 at 12 noon in front of GA

05.06.2025: Inaugural lecture by Prof Dr Lucia Melloni

The inaugural lecture by Prof. Dr Lucia Melloni took place on 4 June 2025. The topic of her lecture was ‘Advancing science and theory of consciousness through adversarial collaboration’. The Faculty of Psychology was very pleased about the great interest in the event.

25.03.2025: Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Onur Güntürkün celebrates 40th Anniversary

Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Onur Güntürkün celebrated his 40th anniversary of service. On this happy occasion, he received a certificate of honor from the Rectorate, which was presented by Dean Prof. Dr. Maike Luhmann. The Faculty of Psychology would like to congratulate Mr. Güntürkün and thank the multi-award-winning biopsychologist for his tireless commitment!

24.01.2025: Workshop on Equality

The Gender Equality Team cordially invites all faculty members to participate in the development and design of the new gender equality strategy of our faculty in a workshop.
The workshop will take place on Friday, 21.02.2025 from 09.00 -13.00 in IA 02/461.

12.11.2024: Looking Fear in the Eye

Phobias arise through learning processes, so it is also possible to unlearn them. Bochum psychologists are using various interventions to help those affected conquer their fears.

29.08.2024: A Transformative Experience

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz got a real sense of the innovative power of science in the ZESS research building and the Makerspace at Ruhr University Bochum.

Professor Anette Kluge (left) and her team focus on the work and business psychology aspects of the modern working world.

27.09.2023: Preserving the treasure trove of research

At the Collaborative Research Centre “Extinction Learning”, researchers are offered support with storing, sharing, archiving and publishing their data.

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