Chair for Methods and Psychological Assessment

Dr. Moritz Michels

Brief academic bio

  • March 2023: Doctoral Dissertation (University of Wuppertal). Titel of dissertation thesis: "Die dunkle Triade der Persönlichkeit: Konzept, Fähigkeiten und erfolgreiches Verhalten"
  • February 2017: Master of Science in Psychology (University of Wuppertal)

 

  • July 2020  - today: Psychological Service in the German armed forces (Bundeswehr) / PsychDstBw
  • April 2017  - March 2020: Research Scientist (University of Wuppertal)

  • Michels, M. (in press). General intelligence and the dark triad: A meta-analysis. Journal of Individual Differences.
  • Michels, M. & Roth, M. (in press). Searching for successful psychopathy: A typological approach. Current Psychology.
  • Michels, M. & Schulze, R. (2021). Emotional intelligence and the dark triad: A meta-analysis. Personality and Individual Differences, 180, 110961.
    doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2021.110961
  • Michels, M., Glöckner, A., & Giersch, D. (2021). Personality psychology in times of crisis: Profile-specific recommendations on how to deal with COVID-19. Personality and Individual Differences, 110676.
  • Michels, M., Molz, G., & genannt Bermpohl, F. M. (2020). The ability to lie and its relations to the dark triad and general intelligence. Personality and Individual Differences, 166, 110195.
  • Michels, M. (2019). Adaptivität der dunklen Triade im Arbeits- und Organisationskontext: Ein systematischer Review [The dark triad’s adaptiveness in the occupational context: A systematic review]. Wirtschaftspsychologie, 3, 100-108.
  • Michels, M. & Wieser, M. (2018). From Hohenschönhausen to Guantanamo Bay: Psychology's role in the secret services of the GDR and the United States. Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, 54, 43–61.
    doi: 10.1002/jhbs.21885
  • Michels, M. (2017). Der Einsatz von Kampfdrohnen: Psychologische Auswirkungen [The deployment of unmanned combat aerial vehicles: Psychological implications] (IFAR² Fact Sheet No. 9). Retrieved from Institut für Friedensforschung und Sicherheitspolitik an der Universität Hamburg.
    https://ifsh.de/file-IFAR/pdf_deutsch/IFAR2-FactSheet9.pdf

  • Michels, M., Molz, G. & Maas genannt Bermpohl, F. (2019, September). The ability to lie and its relations to the dark triad and general intelligence. Poster präsentiert auf der 15. Tagung der Fachgruppe Differentielle Psychologie, Persönlichkeitspsychologie und Psychologische Diagnostik (DPPD), Dresden, Deutschland.
  • Michels, M. & Schulze, R. (2018, September). Allgemeine Intelligenz und die dunkle Triade: Eine Metaanalyse [General Intelligence and the Dark Triad: A meta-analysis]. Paper presented at the 51st Conference of the German Psychological Society (DGPs), Frankfurt, Germany.
  • Michels, M. & Schulze, R. (2017, September). Emotionale Intelligenz und die dunkle Triade: Eine Metaanalyse [Emotional Intelligence and the Dark Triad: A meta-analysis]. Paper presented at the 14th Conference of the Fachgruppe Differentielle Psychologie, Persönlichkeitspsychologie und Psychologische Diagnostik (DPPD), Munich, Germany.
  • Michels, M. (2016, June). The ‘Operative Psychology’ of the Ministry of State Security of the German Democratic Republic: History, functions, effects and scientific foundation. Paper presented at the 2nd Joint Conference ESHHS (European Society for the History of the Human Sciences) & CHEIRON (International Society for the History of Behavioural and Social Sciences), Barcelona, Spain.

  • Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs)
  • European Society for the History of the Human Sciences (ESHHS)
  • International Society for the History of Behavioural and Social Sciences (CHEIRON)

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