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Research

Psychological research at the University of Cologne has an empirical focus and covers various areas of psychology.

The Department of Psychology is committed to transparency and intersubjective verifiability as well as a scientific attitude based on ethical principles as the basis for scientific work at the Department of Psychology of the University of Cologne and is guided by the general recommendations of the professional ethical guidelines of the DGPs (see Open Science).

The Department has developed three main research foci. Detailed descriptions of individual research topics can be found on the pages of the respective professorships.

Main research topics of the department

Focal research areas of the professorships