"Prison up close" at the University of Siegen

What actually happens behind bars?On May 21, specialists from Attendorn Prison gave students from the University of Siegen exciting insights into everyday prison life. Included: a prisoner transporter to touch, protective clothing to try on - and lots of real stories from the day-to-day work of psychology, social services and addiction counseling.

An important goal: to arouse interest in careers in the prison system - with meaning, security and prospects.

👉 To be continued in 2026!

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DFG extends Siegen Research Training Group

Research success for the University of Siegen and co-applicant Prof. Dr. Andreas Kastenmüller - the German Research Foundation is funding the Research Training Group "Consequences of Social Assistance" until 2029.

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Interview in the Siegener Zeitung - Everyone needs breaks

Prof. Dr. Andreas Kastenmüller from the University of Siegen on free time and what is good for us

Prof. Dr. Andreas Kastenmüller in an interview with Radio Siegen

Listen to the recording of the interview on the topic of self-talk from 19.04.2023 here:

Simone Angress-Pletsch, Senior Expert for Leadership Skills and Strategy Placement at the Federal Employment Agency, external doctoral candidate at the chair of Prof. Dr. Andreas Kastenmüller

"The Federal Employment Agency is the largest service provider on the labor market. Its approximately 115,000 employees bring people and work together. As one of the federal government's largest employers, it fulfills a social mission. In order to continue to fulfill this mission in the future, it is relying on a new management model to help shape structural change and transformation in the labor market with foresight."

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the article "Bringing movement into the organization" by Christiane Schönefeld, Simone Angress-Pletsch and Hans-Joachim Gergs.

Attendorn Prison is a new cooperation partner of the Chair of Social and Economic Psychology

Attendorn Prison is an open and closed prison. The first open prison in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia has been in Attendorn since 1968. In 2011, after almost 3 years of construction, the closed prison was opened next to the open prison.

Prof. Dr. Andreas Kastenmüller in an interview with the Siegener Zeitung on Anti-Diet Day on May 6

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Prof. Dr. Andreas Kastenmüller in an interview with the Westfalenpost newspaper

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What influence do Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Snapchat, Skype, Telegram, Twitter or TikTok have on our mental health?

88 percent of young people in Germany use social media. This was discovered by the Federal Statistical Office. Communication via social media is different from maintaining analog contact. Anne Möbert 's topic at the Children's University Siegen was therefore highly topical: social media and mental health.

Cooperation with the University City of Siegen

The Chair of Social and Business Psychology (Prof. Dr. Andreas Kastenmüller) will be working with the city of Siegen in future to support organizational and personnel development processes in the city administration. To this end, a cooperation agreement has been reached and a separate steering group has been established. In addition to a regular exchange and scientific support, it is also planned to award final and qualification theses for students in this area.

Dissertation on strategies in times of skills shortages: Interview with Dr. Laura Dechert on the topic of her dissertation "Strategies in times of skills shortages: employer attractiveness, job satisfaction and employee retention in the context of employer branding, fit and mindset". Published in the current IHK Siegen business report.

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Prof. Dr. Andreas Kastenmüller in an interview with the Siegener Zeitung

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Prof. Dr. Andreas Kastenmüller in an interview with the Westfalen Post

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Congratulations on your successful doctorate!
With the successful oral defense of her dissertation on "Strategies in times of skills shortages: employer attractiveness, job satisfaction and employee retention in the context of employer branding, fit and mindset" on October 27, 2020, Laura Dechert was awarded her doctorate.

The team of the Chair of Social and Economic Psychology around Prof. Dr. Andreas Kastenmüller wishes Dr. Laura Dechert all the best and much success for all future challenges!

Congratulations on your successful doctorate!
After the publication of his doctoral thesis with the title: Hedonic and Social Goals in Emotion Regulation, Rafael Wilms from Prof. Dr. Andreas Kastenmüller's research group took the final step towards obtaining his doctoral degree with the successful oral defense of his dissertation on August 11, 2020.

We wish Dr. Rafael Wilms all the best and every success for all future challenges!

Start of the DFG Research Training Group Consequences of Social Assistance
(co-applicant Prof. Dr. Andreas Kastenmüller)

The scientific contributions of M.Sc. Laura Dechert (on the use of various employer branding strategies in the recruitment of employees for companies) and M.Sc. Nicole Herfurtner (on the recruitment of female employees for male-dominated trades) to the 2018 annual conference of the renowned Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP) were accepted, so that both will actively participate in the conference in Atlanta, U.S.A. in March 2018.

The Faculty Council appointed Prof. Dr. Andreas Kastenmüller as Chair of the Appointment Committee for the W2 Professorship of Psychological Methodology and General Psychology.