Intergroup Relations, Social Change, Prejudice, Ethnic Minorities, LGBTIQ+

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Since February 2021: Senior Researcher and Lecturer, Department of Social Psychology, University of Zurich, Switzerland

2023: Early Career Award, European Association of Social Psychology

2023: SIPS Commendation, Society for Improving Psychological Science

2014-2019: PhD in Social Psychology, University of Zurich, Switzerland

2012-2014: MSc in Psychology (research-oriented), University of Cologne, Germany

2009-2012: BSc in Psychology, FernUniversität in Hagen, Germany

2023: Research Stay at the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

2022: Research Visit at Princeton University, Princeton, U.S.

2021: Research Stay at McGill University, Montreal, Canada

2021: Research Stay at the University College Dublin, Ireland

2019-2020: Research Stay at the University of Washington, U.S.

2018: Research Stay at the Simon Fraser University, Canada

2016: Research Stay at the Catholic University of Santiago, Chile

2013-2014: Research Stay at the Catholic University of Santiago, Chile

2013: Research Stay at the University of Auckland, New Zealand

2012: Research Internship at the University of Los Angeles, U.S.

2011: Exchange Semester at the University of Western Ontario, Canada

Hässler, T., Atwood, S., Gonzalez, A., Anderson, J., & Fogwell, N. (2024). Reimagining LGBTIQ+ research – Acknowledging differences across subpopulations, methods, and countries. Journal of Social Issues. https://doi.org/10.1111/josi.12643

Eisner, L., Fischer, S., Juster, R., & Hässler, T., (2024). Can a referendum get under the skin? The effects of the Swiss marriage equality referendum on self-reported and biological stress among LGBTIQ+ and cis-heterosexual people. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121(31).https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2400582121

Hässler, T., Ullrich, J., Bernadino, M., Shnabel, N., Van Laar, C., Valdenegro, D., .... Mugnol Ugarte, L. (2020). A large-scale test of the link between intergroup contact and support for social change. Nature Human Behaviour, 4, 380-386. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-019-0815-z

Eisner*, L. & Hässler, T.* ( (2024). Swiss LGBTIQ+ Panel - 2023 Summary Report (shared first authorship). (Available in English, German, French, and Italian) https://swiss-lgbtiq-panel.ch/reports/

Hässler, T. (2023). Dr. Tabea Hässler talk about sexual harassment. Sexual harassment awareness day of all Swiss universities. https://universities-against-harassment.ch/ressourcen/expert-tabea-haessler

Hässler, T. (2022). Increasing diversity within and beyond science – A focus on the LGBTIQ+ context. Interview for the (Re)Searching Diversity Podcast. https://www.researchingdiversity.com/episodes/tabea-hassler/

Hässler, T.Eisner, L., Block, K., Carvacho, H., & Coles, N. (2022). The potentials and pitfalls of collaborative multi-national research projects. Presented at SPSP 2022 Annual Convention. https://spsp.org/events/online-learning/the-potentials-and-pitfalls-of-collaborative-multi-national-research-projects

Hässler, T., Atwood, S., Gonzalez, A., Anderson, J., & Fogwell, N. (2024). Reimagining LGBTIQ+ research – Acknowledging differences across subpopulations, methods, and countries. Journal of Social Issues. https://doi.org/10.1111/josi.12643

Eisner, L., Fischer, S., Juster, R., & Hässler, T., (2024). Can a referendum get under the skin? The effects of the Swiss marriage equality referendum on self-reported and biological stress among LGBTIQ+ and cis-heterosexual people. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121(31).https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2400582121

Sweigart, M., Galván-Hernández, D., Hässler, T., Hegarty, P., Kite, M E., Ofosu, E., Ünsal, B. C., & Eisner, L. (2024). Understanding variations in LGBTIQ+ acceptance across space and time: The importance of norm perceptions and political dynamics. Journal of Social Issueshttps://doi.org/10.1111/josi.12638

Heilmann, S., Hässler, T., Theissing, L. & Eisner, L. (2024). Intersectionality within the LGBTIQ+ context – Discrimination, identification, and well-being. Stigma & Health. https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/sah0000591

Kahalon, R., Hässler, T., & Eisner, L. (2024). Self-objectification endorsement among sexual minorities and its association with appearance anxiety, well-being, and substance use. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity. Advance online publication https://doi.org/10.1037/sgd00007

Thöni, C., Eisner, L. & Hässler, T. (2024). Not straight enough, nor queer enough: Identity denial, stigmatization, and negative affect among bisexual and pansexual people. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, 11(2), 237–249. https://doi.org/10.1037/sgd0000606

Árnadóttir, K., Baysu, G., Van Laar, C., Phalet, K., Tropp, L. R., Sebben, S., Ullrich, J. & Hässler, T. (2023). How positive and negative intergroup contact jointly inform minority support for social change: The role of system-fairness belief. British Journal of Social Psychology, 63(2), 811-838.https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12705

Frisch, L., Liekefett, L., Sebben, S., Shnabel, N., Ullrich, J., & Hässler, T. (2023). Support for social change among members of advantaged groups: The role of dual identity representation and accepting intergroup contact. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 49(7), 1000-1013. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672221086380

Hässler, T., Ullrich, J., Sebben, S., Shnabel, N., Bernadino, M., Valdenegro, D., .... Pistella, J. (2022). Needs satisfaction in intergroup contact: A multi-national study of pathways toward social change. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 122(4), 634-658. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspi0000365

Hässler, T., Glazier, J. J., & Olson, K. (2022). Consistency of gender identity and preferences across time: An exploration among cisgender and transgender children. Developmental Psychology, 58(11), 2184–2196. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001419

Eisner, L., Settersten, R., Turner-Zwinkels, F., & Hässler, T. (2021). Perceptions of intolerant norms both facilitate and inhibit collective action among sexual minorities. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 25(7), 1797–1818.https://doi.org/10.1177/13684302211024335

Hässler, T., Uluğ, Ö. M., Kappmeier, M., & Travaglino, G. A. (2021). Intergroup contact and social change: An integrated contact‐collective action model. Journal of Social Issues, 77, 217-241. https://doi.org/10.1111/josi.12412

Hässler, T., Ullrich, J., Bernadino, M., Shnabel, N., Van Laar, C., Valdenegro, D., .... Mugnol Ugarte, L. (2020). A large-scale test of the link between intergroup contact and support for social change. Nature Human Behaviour, 4, 380-386. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-019-0815-z

Hässler, T., Shnabel, N., Ullrich, J., Arditti-Vogel, A., & SimanTow-Nachlieli, I. (2019). Individual differences in system justification predict power and morality-related needs in advantaged and disadvantaged groups in response to group disparity. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 49, 366-384. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2383

Hässler, T., González, R., Lay, S., Lickel, B., Zagefka, H., Tropp, L., Manzi Astudillo, J., & Bernadino, M. (2019). With a little help from our friends: The impact of cross-group friendship on acculturation preferences. European Journal of Social Psychology, 5, 746-766. https://doi.org/10.1177/1368430218773403