Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Faculty of Life Sciences - Department of Psychology

M.Sc. Luise Hamdani

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Name
M.Sc. Luise Hamdani
Status
Research Assistant
Email
luise.hamdani.1 (at) hu-berlin.de
Institution
Faculty of Life Sciences →
Department of Psychology →
Personality Psychology
Visiting address
Wolfgang Köhler-Haus, Institutsgebäude, Rudower Chaussee 18 , Room 4'110
Phone number
+49 30 2093-98914
Mailing address
Unter den Linden 6, 10099 Berlin

About 

 

Luise Hamdani is pursuing her doctorate under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Jule Specht on the topic of personality and civic engagement. Her work focuses on the connections between the Big Five personality traits and various forms of engagement, e.g., volunteer work, honorary positions, or political activism.

To date, she has taught seminars on the following topics in the bachelor's and master's programs at HU: Psychological Perspectives on Civic Engagement / Political Psychology / Psychology of Intercultural Contexts.

 

Research Interests

 

  • Civic engagement
  • Civic skills
  • Voluntary services
  • Personality
  • Big Five

 

Academic Career

 

2023-today

Doctoral candidate at the Chair of Personality Psychology at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

2020-2022

M.Sc. Psychology at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

2016-2019 

B.Sc. Psychology at Universität zu Köln

 

Scientific Career 

 

11/25 - 05/26

Research Associate at the Chair of Personality Psychology at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

02/24 – 07/25 

Research Associate at the Chair of Personality Psychology at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

04/23 – 02/24

Various teaching assignments at the Chair of Personality Psychology at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

10/22 – 03/23

Research Associate at the Chair of Personality Psychology at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

04/19- 09/19 

Student Assistant at the Cologne Alzheimer Prevention Center (KAP) of the University Hospital Cologne

11/18 – 02/19

Student Assistant, Instructor of the Biological Psychology tutorial at Universität zu Köln

 

Scholarships and Awards 

 

2024 - today 

Elsa-Neumann-Stipendium des Landes Berlin

 

Publications

 

Hamdani, L., Demel, R., Hutter, S., & Specht, J. (2026). Who Gets Involved in a Crisis? The Role of the Big Five Personality Traits and Empathy in Benevolent and Activist Engagement. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 19485506251413297. https://doi.org/10.1177/19485506251413297
 
Hamdani, L., Höltmann, G., Hutter, S., & Specht, J. (2024). The Big Five Personality Traits and Social Support During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Supporters, the Supported, and the Overlooked. Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology, 34(6). https://doi.org/10.1002/casp.2894

 

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