Julia Becker

 A1 | Die Produktion der ›Anderen‹: (De-)Thematisierung migrationsbezogener Differenz (SFB 1604)

 Transferprojekt: Reflexive Migrationsforschung im Museum. Potenziale und Perspektiven virtueller Realitäten (SFB 1604)

Becker, J., Essien, I., Halabi, S., Scholaske, L., & Veit, S. (2025). Acknowledging the elephant in the room: A psychology of racism within the European Context. Zeitschrift für Psychologie, 233, 147-154.  https://doi.org/10.1027/2151-2604/a000598

Besta, T., Thomas, E., Olech, M., Jurek, P., Osborne, D., Palace, M., Akbas, G., Becker, J.C…..van Zomeren, M. (2025). When (and where) do pandemics foster anti-migrant actions? Individual-, contextual-, and societal-level drivers affecting social cohesion during the COVID-19 pandemic. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 108,  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102269

Besta, T., Thomas, E., Celikkol, G., Olech, M., Jurek, P. van Zomeren, M., Pozzi, M., Pistoni, C. Palace, M., Akbas, G., Becker, J.C……..Wlodarczyk, A. (2025). Cultural logics of honor, face, and dignity as moderators oft he relationship between group processes and pro-immigrant collective action. Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cresp.2025.100234

Berns, M., Liekefett, L., Kronenbitter, L.A., Nobis, T., & Becker, J.C. (2025). An experimental test of „racist stacking“ in football. Ethnic and Racial studies.  https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2025.2504626

Becker, J. C., Hartwich, L., & Radke, H. R. M. (2025). The effect of apparent Police power at demonstrations against right-wing populism on Protestors' resistance using a virtual reality experiment. British Journal of Social Psychology, 64, e12809.  https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12809

Keshavarzi, S., Becker, J. C., Ruhani, A., & Ibrahimi, F. (2025). Responses to the Rapid Reactionary Social Change: A Social-Psychological Investigation of Young Afghan Women’s Experiences During the Second-Taliban Era. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 108,  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2025.102250

Thomas, E., Stothard, C., Besta, T., Gulcin, A., Becker, J.C., Becker, M……van Zomeren, M. (2025). Anti-immigration conspiracy beliefs are associated with endorsement of conventional and violent actions opposing immigration and attitudes towards democracy across 21 countries. Nature Communications Psychology, 3, 66.  https://doi.org/10.1038/s44271-025-00246-1

Stefaniak, A., Echterhoff, G., Tausch, N., Herzog, M., Groß, J., Thölmann, C., & Becker, J. (2025). Double standards in the treatment of refugees. Why are people more likely to help Ukrainian compared to Syrian refugees? International Journal of Social Psychology.

Gartner, K., Mösko, M., Becker, J.C., & Hanft-Robert, S. (2024). Barriers to use interpreters in outpatient mental health care: Exploring the attitudes of psychotherapists. Transcultural Psychiatry.  https://doi.org/10.1177/13634615241227337

Becker, J.C., Wright, S.C., & Siem, B. (2022). Can cross-group contact predict advantaged groupmember’s willingness to engage in costly solidarity-based action? Yes, if the contact is politicized. Testing, Psychometrics, Methodology in Applied Psychology, 29, 123-139.

Echterhoff, G., Becker, J. C., Knausenberger, J., & Hellmann, J. H. (2022). Helping in the context of refugee immigration. Current Opinion in Psychology, 44, 106-111.  doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2021.08.035

Becker, J.C., & Wright, S.C. (2021). Can cross-group contact turn advantaged group members into allies? The role of inequality-delegitimizing contact and interpersonal connection. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations.  https://doi.org/10.1177/13684302211015273

Kutlaca, M., Becker, J., & Radke, H (2020). A hero for the outgroup, a black sheep for the ingroup: Societal perceptions of those who confront discrimination. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 88.  doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2019.103832

Radke, H. R. M., Kutlaca, M., Siem, B., Wright, S. C., & Becker, J. C. (2020). Beyond Allyship: Motivations for Advantaged Group Members to Engage in Action for Disadvantaged Groups. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 24(4), 291–315.  https://doi.org/10.1177/1088868320918698

Becker, J.C., Ksenofontov, I., Siem, B., & Love, A. (2019). Antecedents and Consequences of Autonomy- and Dependency-Oriented Help Toward Refugees. European Journal of Social Psychology, 49, 831-838.  https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2554

Becker, J.C., Butz, D.A., Sibley, C.G., Barlow, F.K., Bitacola, L., Christ, O., Khan, S., Leong, C.H., Pehrson, S., Srinivasan, N., Sulz, A., Tausch, N., Urbanska, K., & Wright, S. (2017). What do National Flags Stand For? An Exploration of Associations across 11 Nations. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 48, 335-352.

Becker, J.C., Wright, S.C., Lubensky, M.E., & Zhou, S. (2013). Friend or Ally: Whether cross-group contact undermines collective action depends what advantaged group members say (or don’t say). Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 39, 442-455.

Becker, J.C., & Asbrock, F. (2012). What triggers helping versus harming of ambivalent groups? Effects of the relative salience of warmth versus competence. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 48, 19-27.

Becker, J.C., Enders-Comberg, A., Wagner, U., Christ, O., & Butz, D. A. (2012). Beware of national symbols: How flags can threaten intergroup relations. Social Psychology, 43, 3-6. (IF 1.98)

Wagner, U., Becker, J.C., Christ, O., Pettigrew, T.F., & Schmidt, P. (2012). A longitudinal test of the relation between German nationalism, patriotism and outgroup derogation. European Sociological Review, 28, 319-332.

Becker, J.C., Wagner, U., & Christ, O. (2011). Consequences of the 2008-financial crisis for intergroup relations: The role of perceived threat and causal attributions. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 14, 871-885.