Laura Schäfer

Laura Schäfer Foto: Thomas Rosenthal

E-Mail: laura.schaefer

Academic Career

Since 2021: Research Assistant, Chair of Psychological Methods and Evaluation, FernUniversität in Hagen

April 2024 – May 2024: Visiting PhD Scholar, School of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of St Andrews, Scotland, Great Britain

2019 – 2021: M. Sc. Psychology of Intercultural Relations, ISCTE University Institute of Lisbon, Portugal

2015 – 2018: B. Sc. Social Sciences, Universität Trier, Germany

Research interests

  • Intergroup relations
  • Social norms
  • Tolerance and its boundaries
  • Intergroup reciprocity

Publications

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  • Schäfer, L. F., Tausch, N., Bukowski, M., Jaspers, E., Lubbers, M. J., van Zalk, M., Ciordia, A., Potoczek, A., Estevan-Reina, L., Shani, M., Simons, J.-W., Friehs, M.-T., Gurbisz, D., Middendorf, W., Schäfer, S. J., Ullenboom, J., Graf, S., Hjerm, M., Lavest, C., … Christ, O. (2026). Associations between inclusivity norms and tolerance, contact, and cooperation amid polarization: Evidence from 12 European countries. PNAS Nexus, 5(4), Article pgag087. https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgag087
  • Estevan-Reina, L., Schäfer, L. F., Middendorf, W., Bukowski, M., van Zalk, M., & Christ, O. (2025). Testing the Robustness of the Association Between Personal Respect Norms and Tolerance in Polarized Contexts. Social Inclusion, 13, Article 10035. https://doi.org/10.17645/si.10035
  • Estevan-Reina, L., Bukowski, M., Schäfer, L., Potoczek, A., Gurbisz, D., & Christ, O. (in press). The role of respect norms in promoting tolerance. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations.

Presentations

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05/2025 Schäfer, L. F., Tausch, N. & Christ, O. (2025). Towards the limits of tolerance in polarized societies: A matter of simple reciprocity? Paper presented at the Interdisciplinary Conference on Social Norms, Cohesion, and (De)Polarization, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
06/2024 Schäfer, L. F., Tausch, N., Bukowski, M., Cordia, A., Estevan-Reína, L., Jaspers, E., Lubbers, M., Potoczek, A., Shani, M., Simons, J.-W., van Zalk, M., & Christ, O. (2024). Social norms as a response to societal polarization: results from a Europeanwide population survey. Paper presented at the MIDEM lecture series organized by MIDEM Mercator Forum Migration and Democracy, Dresden, Germany.
09/2023 Schäfer, L. F. & Christ, O. (2023). An approach towards the limits of tolerance: A matter of simple reciprocity? Paper presented at 18th Conference of the Social Psychology Section, Graz, Austria.
06/2023 – 07/2023 Schäfer, L. F., Bukowski, M., Cordia, A., Estevan-Reína, L., Jaspers, E., Lubbers, M., Potoczek, A., Shani, M., Simons, J.-W., van Zalk, M., & Christ, O. (2023). Inclusivity norms: On the power of social norms to improve intergroup relations in polarized contexts. Poster presented at the 19th General Meeting of the European Association of Social Psychology, Krakow, Poland.
09/2022 Schäfer, L. F., Bukowski, M., Cordia, A., Estevan-Reína, L., Jaspers, E., Lubbers, M., Potoczek, A., Shani, M., Simons, J.-W., van Zalk, M., & Christ, O. (2022). Inclusivity norms to counter societal polarisation. Paper presented at German Peace Psychology Forum, Marburg, Germany.
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