Professorship for Psychologiscal Diagnostics and Personality Psychology (Prof. Back)

Academic Education
10/2015 - 10/2019	M. Sc. Psychology at the University of Mannheim
09/2016 - 01/2017	Semester abroad at the Queen's University Belfast, UK
10/2011 - 09/2015	B. Sc. Psychology at the University of Koblenz-Landau
09/2014 - 01/2015	Semester abroad at the Autonomous University of Madrid, Spanien
Work Experience
since 10/2021	Research assistant at the Department of Psychological Assessment and Personality Psychology, University of Münster
11/2019 - 09/2021	Research assistant at the Department of Communication and Media Psychology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena
01/2018 - 10/2019	Student research assistant at GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Mannheim
08/2018 - 12/2018	Student research assistant at the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research, University of Mannheim
07/2017 - 12/2017	Resarch internships at GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Mannheim
03/2017 - 08/2017	Student research assistant at the Federal Institute for Population Research, Wiesbaden

Right-wing authoritarianism and perceptions that minoritized groups pose a threat: The moderating roles of individual- and country-level religiosity and marginalization. Farkhari, F., Scharbert, J., Kroencke, L., Schwarzer, C., Koch, J. F., Van Zalk, M. H. W., Schlipphak, B., & Back, M. D. (2025) In: British Journal of Social Psychology, 64 Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Social and moral psychology of COVID-19 across 69 countries. Azevedo, F.; Pavlović, T.; Rêgo, G. G. d.; Ay, F. C.; Gjoneska, B.; Etienne, T.; ... Farkhari, F.; … Sampaio, W. M. (2023) In: Scientific data, 10(1) Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Individual‐Level Predictors of Conspiracy Mentality in Germany and Poland Farkhari, Fahima; Schlipphak, Bernd; Back, Mitja (2022) In: Politics and Governance, 10(4) Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
National identity predicts public health support during a global pandemic. Van Bavel, J. J.; Cichocka, A.; Capraro, V.; Sjåstad, H.; Nezlek, J. B.; Pavlović, T.; ... Farkhari, F.; … & Boggio, P. S. (2022) In: Nature Communications, 13 Type of Publication: Research article (journal)
Psychological underpinnings of pandemic denial-patterns of disagreement with scientific experts in the German public during the COVID-19 pandemic. Rothmund, T.; Farkhari, F.; Ziemer, C. T.; & Azevedo, F. (2022) In: Public Understanding of Science, 31(4) Type of Publication: Research article (journal)

Affective and attitudinal trajectories during the U.S. presidential elections 2020 - the role of political ideology Farkhari, Fahima (27/09/2023) 17. Fachgruppentagung der Fachgruppe Differentielle Psychologie und Psychologische Diagnostik der DGPs, Salzburg Type of talk: scientific talk
Right-wing authoritarianism and threat perceptions towards ethnic minorities across countries: The role of religiosity and marginalization Farkhari, Fahima (22/07/2023) 8th Biennial Conference of the Association for Research in Personality, Evanston Type of talk: scientific talk
Right-wing authoritarianism and threat perceptions towards ethnic minorities across countries: The role of religiosity and marginalization Farkhari, Fahima (10/07/2023) Annual Meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology, Montréal Type of talk: scientific talk
Bedrohungswahrnehmungen in Bezug auf Geflüchtete und Muslime: Die prädiktive Rolle der politischen Ideologie, Religiosität und wahrgenommenen… Farkhari, Fahima (14/09/2022) 52. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie, Hildesheim Type of talk: scientific talk
Unterscheiden sich Liberale und Konservative in ihrer Anfälligkeit für politisch konkordante Falschinformationen? Farkhari, Fahima (12/07/2021) Annual Meeting of the International Society of Political Psychology, Onlinevortrag Type of talk: scientific talk