Dr. Matthias Burghart
Main Focus
Matthias Burghart’s research focuses on the relationship between personality factors and antisocial behavior. In the European Research Council funded project KNOW-THYSELF, he investigates how self-knowledge interventions can be used to promote genuine prosocial behavior. His work also aims to improve consensus regarding the definition of self-knowledge using meta-analytical techniques.
Curriculum Vitae
Professional Appointments
- 2024–present: Postdoctoral researcher, Independent Research Group “Personality, Identity, and Crime”, Department of Criminology, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law, Freiburg, Germany
Professional Experience
- 2019–2024: Doctoral researcher and lecturer at the Social Brain Lab, University of Konstanz, Germany
- 2023: Visiting PhD at the Affective and Criminal Neuroscience Lab, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
- 2019: Student research assistant at the Department of Forensic Psychiatry, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
- 2017–2018: Student research assistant at the Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, the Netherlands
- 2014–2015: Student research assistant at the Zurich Office of Corrections, Research and Development Unit, Zurich, Switzerland
Education
- 2019–2024: PhD Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Konstanz, Germany (supervisor: Daniela Mier)
- 2017–2019: M.Sc. Forensic Psychology, Maastricht University, the Netherlands
- 2012–2017: B.Sc. Psychology, University of Konstanz, Germany
