M.Sc. Fahima Farkhari

Eva Karch
Doctoral Research Associate
Room: P 6 (Pavilion 1)
Consultation-hour: By arrangement via E-Mail
E-Mail: fahima.farkhari [at] uni-muenster.de
CV: English
 

 

  • Curriculum Vitae

    Professional Positions
     
    Since 10 / 2021
    Research Associate and Doctoral Student
    University of Münster, Department of Psychology
    Section: Psychological Assessment and Personality Psychology
    Thesis Title: Psychological and social consequences of right-wing authoritarianism – Exploring individual- and context-level moderators
    Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Mitja Back, Prof. Dr. Bernd Schlipphak

    Associated Doctoral Member
    University of Münster, Cluster of Excellence Religion and Politics
    Section: Graduate School
    Mentor: Prof. Dr. Christel Gärtner  

    11 / 2019 – 09 / 2021
    Research Associate and Doctoral Student
    Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Department of Communication Science
    Section: Communication and Media Psychology
    Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Tobias Rothmund

    01 / 2018 – 10 / 2019
    Research Assistant
    GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Mannheim
    Section: Survey Design and Methodology
    Supervisors: Dr. Clemens Lechner, Dr. Désirée Nießen

    08 / 2018 – 12 / 2018
    Research Assistant
    Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES)
    Section: The European Political Systems and their Integration
    Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck, Dr. Christiane Grill

    07 / 2017 – 12 / 2017
    Research Intern
    GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Mannheim
    Section: Survey Design and Methodology
    Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Daniel Danner, Dr. Désirée Nießen

    03 / 2017 – 08 / 2017
    Research Assistant
    Federal Institute for Population Research, Wiesbaden
    Section: Migration and Mobility
    Supervisor: PD Dr. Heiko Rüger

    Education
     
    09 / 2015 – 10 / 2019
    M.Sc. Psychology, University of Mannheim
    Master Thesis: A Comparison of Measurement Approaches of Politically Motivated Selective Exposure in Political Everyday Conversations

    09 / 2016 –  01 / 2017
    Semester abroad, Queen's University Belfast

    09 / 2017 – 01 / 2019
    Master Studies Political Science, University of Mannheim

    10 / 2011 – 09 / 2015
    B.Sc. Psychology, University of Koblenz-Landau

    09 / 2014 –  01 / 2015
    Semester abroad, Autonomus University of Madrid

    Publications
     
    Azevedo, F., Pavlović, T., Rêgo, G. G., Ay, F. C.; Gjoneska, B.; Etienne, T.; ... Farkhari, F.; … Sampaio, W. M. (2023). Social and Moral Psychology of COVID-19 Across 69 Countries. Scientific Data, 10, Article 272. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02080-8

    Farkhari, F., Schlipphak, B., & Back, M. D. (2022). Individual-level predictors of conspiracy mentality in Germany and Poland. Politics & Governance, 10(4), 203-215. https://doi.org/10.17645/pag.v10i4.5865

    Pavlović, T.; Azevedo, F.; De, K., Riaño-Moreno; J. C., Maglić, M.; Gkinopoulos, T.; ... Farkhari, F.; ... Keudel, O. (2022). Predicting attitudinal and behavioral responses to COVID-19 pandemic using machine learning. PNAS Nexus, 1(3), Article pgac093. https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgac093

    Rothmund, T., Farkhari, F., Ziemer, C. T., & Azevedo, F. (2022). Psychological underpinnings of pandemic denial-patterns of disagreement with scientific experts in the German public during the COVID-19 pandemic. Public Understanding of Science, 31(4), 437-457. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F09636625211068131

    Van Bavel, J. J.; Cichocka, A.; Capraro, V.; Sjåstad, H.; Nezlek, J. B.; Pavlović, T.; ... Farkhari, F.; … Boggio, P. S. (2022). National identity predicts public health support during a global pandemic. Nature Communications, 13, Article 15. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021- 27668-9

    Ziemer, C., Farkhari, F., & Rothmund, T. (2021). Was zeichnet Pandemieleugner*innen aus? – Eine Analyse politischer Einstellungen, kognitiver Stile und Mediennutzung [What characterizes pandemic deniers? – An Analysis of Political Attitudes, Cognitive Styles, and Media Use]. In Institut für Demokratie und Zivilgesellschaft (Ed.), Wissen schafft Demokratie. Schwerpunkt Demokratiegefährdungen in der Coronakrise (Vol. 2, pp. 28-41). https://www.idz- jena.de/wsddet/wsd9-4

    Funding and Awards

    07/2023
    DAAD conference scholarship for the 8th Biennial Conference of the Association for Research in Personality, Evanston (USA) and the Annual Meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology, Montréal (Canada)

    04/2021
    Nomination for the “Teaching in a Time of Pandemic Award” by the Student Representatives of Communication Science, FSU Jena

    03/2021
    Winner of the Three Minute Thesis Competition, FSU Jena

    01/2013 – 07/2018
    Scholarship of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation

    Teaching & Supervision

    Undergraduate courses in Personality and Ability Assessment (2023; 2022), Goal-Oriented Diagnostic Interviewing (2023; 2022; 2021), Aspects of Integral Counselling (2023; 2022), Causes and Forms of Deviant Behavior (2023), Intergroup Communication (2021; 2022), and Differential Communication Psychology (2021; 2022) at the following institutions: University of Münster, FH Münster University of Applied Sciences, University of Applied Sciences for Police and Public Administration in North Rhine-Westphalia, and Friedrich Schiller University Jena

    Academic Memberships

    German Psychological Association (DGPs; Section Differential Psychology and Psychological Assessment; Section Social Psychology); International Society of Political Psychology (ISPP); Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP)

  • Research Interests

    I examine a diverse range of topics in the field of political psychology, using cross-sectional and intensive longitudinal data as well as country-level indices. My work includes the investigation of political ideology and attitudes, perceptions of minoritized groups, perceived societal marginalization, and conspiracy beliefs. The studies cover national, European as well as global data and allow for cross-country comparisons.

  • Publications

    in press
    2023
    2022
    2021

    in press

    2023

    Azevedo, F., Pavlović, T., Rêgo, G. G. d., Ay, F. C., Gjoneska, B., Etienne, T., ... Farkhari, F., … & Sampaio, W. M. (2023). Social and moral psychology of COVID-19 across 69 countries. Scientific Data, 10(1), 272. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02080-8 pdf

    2022

    Farkhari, F, Schlipphak, B., & Back, M. D. (2022). Individual‐level predictors of conspiracy mentality in Germany and Poland. Politics and Governance, 10(4), 203–215. https://doi.org/10.17645/pag.v10i4.5865 pdf

    Pavlović, T., Azevedo, F., De, K., Riaño-Moreno, J. C., Maglić, M., Gkinopoulos, T., ... Farkhari, F., ... & Keudel, O. (2022). Predicting attitudinal and behavioral responses to COVID-19 pandemic using machine learning. PNAS Nexus, 1(3), Article pgac093. https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgac093 pdf

    Rothmund, T., Farkhari, F., Ziemer, C. T., & Azevedo, F. (2022). Psychological underpinnings of pandemic denial-patterns of disagreement with scientific experts in the German public during the COVID-19 pandemic. Public Understanding of Science, 31(4), 437-457. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F09636625211068131 pdf

    Van Bavel, J. J., Cichocka, A., Capraro, V., Sjåstad, H., Nezlek, J. B., Pavlović, T., ... Farkhari, F., … & Boggio, P. S. (2022). National identity predicts public health support during a global pandemic. Nature Communications, 13, 517. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27668-9 pdf

    2021

    Ziemer, C., Farkhari, F., & Rothmund, T. (2021). Was zeichnet Pandemieleugner*innen aus? – Eine Analyse politischer Einstellungen, kognitiver Stile und Mediennutzung [What characterizes pandemic deniers? – An Analysis of Political Attitudes, Cognitive Styles, and Media Use.]. In Institut für Demokratie und Zivilgesellschaft (Hrsg.), Wissen schafft Demokratie. Schwerpunkt Demokratiegefährdungen in der Coronakrise (Vol. 2, pp. 28-41). https://www.idz-jena.de/wsddet/wsd9-4/

  • Presentations

    Farkhari, F., Schwarzer, C., Scharbert, J., Kroencke, L., Kuper, N., & Back, M. D. (2023, September 27). Affective and attitudinal trajectories during the U.S. presidential elections 2020 - the role of political ideology [Conference presentation]. 17th Meeting of the Section Differential Psychology and Psychological Assessment of the German Psychological Society, Salzburg, Austria.

    Farkhari, F., Scharbert, J., Kroencke, L., Schlipphak, B., & Back, M. D. (2023, July 22). Right-wing authoritarianism and threat perceptions towards ethnic minorities across countries: The role of religiosity and marginalization [Conference presentation]. 8th Biennial Conference of the Association for Research in Personality, Evanston, USA.

    Farkhari, F., Scharbert, J., Kroencke, L., Schlipphak, B., & Back, M. D. (2023, July 10). Right-wing authoritarianism and threat perceptions towards ethnic minorities across countries: The role of religiosity and marginalization [Conference presentation]. Annual Meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology, Montréal, Canada.

    Farkhari, F., Schlipphak, B., & Back, M. D. (2022, September 14). Feeling threatened by refugees and Muslims: The predictive role of political ideology, religiosity, and perceived societal marginalization [Conference presentation]. Annual Congress of the German Psychological Society, Hildesheim, Germany.

    Farkhari, F., Schlipphak, B., & Back, M. D. (2022, February 17). Feeling threatened by immigrants and Muslims: The predictive role of political ideology, religiosity and perceived societal marginalization [Poster presentation]. Annual Convention of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology.

    Farkhari, F., Rothmund, T., Stier, S., & Breuer, J. (2021, September 20). Are individuals on the political right more susceptible to misinformation than individuals on the political left? [Lightning talk]. Social Psychology Day of the specialist group Social Psychology of the German Association of Psychology.

    Farkhari, F., Rothmund, T., Stier, S., & Breuer, J. (2021, July 11-12). Do Liberals and Conservatives Differ in their Susceptibility to Politically Concordant Misinformation? [Conference presentation]. Annual Meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology.

    Farkhari, F., Rothmund, T., Stier, S., & Breuer, J. (2021, February 25-26). Do Liberals and Conservatives Differ in their Susceptibility to Attitude-consistent Political Misinformation? [Conference presentation]. 24 hours of Political Psychology. Scientific Online Meeting of the German Political Psychology Network.

  • Memberships

    German Psychological Association (DGPs; Section Differential Psychology and Psychological Assessment; Section Social Psychology)

    International Society of Political Psychology (ISPP)

    Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP)