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This is what I study:
This is what I study:
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?
Publications:
Publications:
Grütter, J., Weber, A., Farah, S., Barth, C., & Srivastava, M. (2026). Teachers as facilitators of positive intergroup dynamics and inclusion. Social Psychology of Education, 29, 64. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11218-026-10225-x
Grütter, J., Barth, C., Weber, A. , Farah, S., & Tschopp, C. (2026). Das Freundschaftsprojekt – Wie können positive soziale Beziehungen und sozial-emotionale Kompetenzen in der Schule gefördert werden? In S. Perren & T. Malti (Eds.), Soziale und emotionale Entwicklung im Kindesalter. Entwicklungsprozesse verstehen, begleiten und stärken (pp. 226 - 244). Kohlhammer.
Grütter, J., Farah, S., Barth, C., & Weber, A. (2025). Fostering cross-ethnic friendship and inclusion in schools: Potential avenues for educational programs. In A. Bergamaschi & C. Pica-Smith (Eds.), Intergroup Contact, Friendships and Prejudice Reduction in Multiethnic Schools and Communities (pp. 148-170). Routledge.
Conference Proceedings:
Conference Proceedings:
Weber A. & Grütter, J. (2026, May 30). Bystander Intervention Intention in Peer Exclusion: Exploring the Benefits and Limitations of Virtual Reality for Prosocial Behavior [Paper Presentation]. 55th Annual Meeting of the Jean Piaget Society, Ottawa, Canada.
Weber A. & Grütter, J. (2026, May 28). Emotional Responses to Peer Exclusion: A Comparison of VR and non-VR Methods [Poster]. 55th Annual Meeting of the Jean Piaget Society, Ottawa, Canada
Weber A. & Grütter, J. (2026, March 18). Children’s Sympathy and Prosocial Behavior in Social Exclusion: (Potential)Benefits of Virtual Reality [Poster]. 13th Conference of the Society for Empirical Educational Research, Munich, Germany.
Weber A. & Grütter, J. (2025, November 28). Virtuelle Realität zur Förderung sozio-emotionaler Fähigkeiten. [Tech demonstration]. 21st Interdisciplinary Conference at the MediaCenter Munich, Germany.
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]. 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.
Academic Curriculum Vitae:
Academic Curriculum Vitae:
June 2024 - present:
Scientific Staff and Doctoral Candidate, AG Grütter at the Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich
May 2023 – May 2024:
Scientific Staff, AG Grütter at the University of Konstanz
May 2020 – December 2022:
Scientific Staff, 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
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