Profile Marlene Altenmüller

Jun.-Prof. Dr. Marlene Altenmüller

Junior Professor Science Acceptance

+49 (0) 651 201-1714

 

  • Research Associate at the Chair for Social Psychology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU Munich) 2018-2024
  • Dr. phil, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU Munich) 2022
  • Bachelor and Master of Science in Psychology and Bachelor of Arts in Art History (with minor in Geography), University of Marburg 2012 - 2018

 

Research interests

Trust in science, science reception, and science communication, Meta-science with focus on social processes within science, Psychology of art reception and museum experience, Social justice, perceptions of justice, and justice sensitivity
 

Publications (selection)

  • Altenmüller, M.S., & Poppe, L.A. (2024). Who is at risk of bias? Examining dispositional differences in motivated science reception. Public Understanding of Science. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/09636625241262611

  • König, L.M., Altenmüller, M.S., Fick, J., Crusius, J., Genschow, O., & Sauerland, M. (2024). How to communicate science to the public? Recommendations for effective written communication derived from a systematic review. Zeitschrift für Psychologie. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1027/2151-2604/a000572

  • Altenmüller, M.S., Wingen, T., & Schulte, A. (2024). Explaining polarized trust in scientists: A political stereotype-approach. Science Communication, 46(1), 92-115. https://doi.org/10.1177/10755470231221770

  • Zein, R.A., Altenmüller, M.S., & Gollwitzer, M. (2024). Longtime nemeses or cordial allies? How individuals mentally relate science and religion. Psychological Review. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/rev0000492

  • Ludwig, T., Altenmüller, M.S., Schramm, L.F.F., & Twardawski, M. (2023). Evading open science. The black box of student data collection. Social Psychological Bulletin, 18, 1-30. https://doi.org/10.32872/spb.9411

  • Altenmüller, M.S., Kampschulte, L., Verbeek, L., & Gollwitzer, M. (2023). Science communication gets personal: Ambivalent effects of self-disclosure in science communication on trust in science. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 29(4), 793-812. https://doi.org/10.1037/xap0000489

  • Altenmüller, M.S., & Gollwitzer, M. (2023). Power of pictures? Questioning the emotionalization and behavioral activation potential of aesthetics in war photography. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/aca0000607

  • Altenmüller, M.S., & Gollwitzer, M. (2022). Prosociality in Science. Current Opinion in Psychology, 43, 284-288. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2021.08.011

  • Altenmüller, M.S., Lange, L.L., & Gollwitzer, M. (2021). When research is me-search: How researchers' motivation to pursue a topic affects laypeople's trust in science. PLOS ONE 16(7), e0253911. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0253911

  • Altenmüller, M.S., Nuding, S., & Gollwitzer, M. (2021). No harm in being self-corrective: Self-criticism and reform intentions increase researchers’ epistemic trustworthiness and credibility in the eyes of the public. Public Understanding of Science, 30(8), 962-976. https://doi.org/10.1177/09636625211022181

 

Third-party funds (selection)

  • “TiCS: Trust in Citizen Science” (Verbundprojekt mit LMU München, TU Braunschweig und Museum für Naturkunde Berlin; Förderrichtline „Themenfeld Wissenschaftskommunikation“); Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF); 2023-2026

  • “Art-BEAT: Art as Bridge to Engagement with the Adversities of our Time?” (mit M. Gollwitzer; Programm “Art Seeking Understanding”); Templeton Religion Trust; 2022-2023