How can new technology (e.g. Virtual Reality) be used to facilitate social and moral development of children and youth?
How do children and youth think about civic engagement?
How do children and youth think about and act upon perceived inequality in their proximal (e.g. school) and distal (e.g society) environment?
Grütter, J., Farah, S., Barth, C., & Weber, A. (2025). Fostering cross-ethnic friendship and inclusion in schools: Potential avenues for educational programs. In Intergroup Contact, Friendships and Prejudice Reduction in Multiethnic Schools and Communities (pp. 148-170). Routledge.
Weber, A. & Grütter, J. (2025, May 29 -31). Virtual reality for assessing and promoting children’s bystander behavior: the role of self and social presence for emotions in peer exclusion [Poster Presentation]. 54th annual meeting of the Jean Piaget Society, Belgrade, Serbia.
Weber, A., Rai, N., Bhatta, P. & Grütter, J. (2024, June 16 – 20). Civic beliefs and participation in an evolving democracy: a longitudinal study on Nepalese adolescents. In S. Gönültaş (Chair), Youths’ Power in Societies: Exploring Factors Related to Youth’s Civic Engagement in Political and Social Contexts [Symposium]. 27th Biennial Meeting of the ISSBD, Lisbon, Portugal.
June 2024 - present:
Research Assistant and Doctoral Candidate, AG Grütter at the Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich
May 2023 – May 2024:
Research Assistant, AG Grütter at the University of Konstanz
May 2020 – December 2022:
Research Assistant, Institute for Applied Social Sciences (IFAS) at the THWS Würzburg-Schweinfurt
October 2016 – January 2020:
M.Sc. Psychology in Work, Education and Society at the Friedrich-Schiller Universität Jena
October 2012 – September 2016:
B.Sc. Psychology at the Ulm University