Team

Learn more about individuals in the working group, their careers, research interests and projects, publications, and teaching activities.

Teaching

On this page, you will find information about the courses offered in the Psychology program, seminar enrollments, and theses.

Research

Find out about current research projects of the department on these pages.

Publications

Here you can get an overview of the publications of the working group.

Announcements

• June 2026: Participation in the DPK with various contributions
• 6 July 2026: Visit to the ‘backtoliberty’ self-help group
• 3 September 2026: Visit to the ‘Zwangsstörungen’ self-help group in Berlin
• September 2026: Keynote speech by JFL at the annual conference of the German Society for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders (DGZ) in Hamburg
• October 2026: Keynote speech by JFL at the annual psychotherapy congress “Science and Practice” NRW in Bochum

In the media

• 19.04.2026: TAZ “Disgusting Food Museum - E-kel-haft!”
• 28.01.2026: Apothekenumschau:: "Why do so many people find feet disgusting?"
• 18.01.2026: BLICK "Disgust researcher explains the appeal of ‘Jungle Camp’ - Seeing others feel disgust gives us a sense of feeling superior"
• 27.11.2025, 7 p.m.: Scientific Hair Salon on shame and disgust in Potsdam Slides
• 29.11.2025 9 a.m.: Talk will be presented at the DGPPN Congress (JFL)  Slides
• 26.09.2025: Lecture by JFL as part of the Children’s University at the University of Potsdam Slides
• 22.08.2025: SWR3 – “Are you disgusted by feet? There’s a good reason for that”
• 04.08.2025: Das Ding – “Why do we find moldy bread disgusting?”
• 27.06.2025: Badische Neueste Nachrichten – “Destructive ant makes homeowners tremble”
• 23.05.2025: Our research group member Lars Rothkegel featured as an expert on creative blocks, perfectionism, and procrastination in the Folk 4 podcast
• 24.01.2025: Hogrefe Publishing – Interview on the book release Disgust-Related Disorders
• 03.09.2024: GEO Psychology ‘The influence of disgust: how revulsion shapes our lives’
• 28.08.2024: Children ask, scientists answer (page 13)
• 22 August 2024: Our employee Lars Rothkegel as an expert on RTL Punkt 12 on the subject of arachnophobia
• 5 March 2024: ZDF TerraXPlore: Disgust
• 24 January 2024: SWR2 Wissen episode on disgust
• 15.12.2023: OCDLand Podcast episode: Contamination and Disgust in Compulsions (#27)
• 28.11.2023: MAZ Advent calendar ‘A kind of psycho-social network’, Interview
• 22.11.2023: RBB: Our colleague Marie Pelzer is on strike for better working conditions at the university
• 15 November 2023: Waschhaus Potsdam - JFL's appearance in the Science Slam
• 20 October 2023: Shame and Disgust in the Tagesspiegel / PNN
• 1 October 2023: On Disgust and Shame, in the UP magazine