Dr. Silvana Weber

Silvana Weber has been a research assistant, trainer, and consultant at the LMU Center for Leadership and People Management since November 2023. She studied Psychology (B.Sc. and M.Sc.) at the Georg-August University of Göttingen and UC Berkeley. After research stays at UNSW Sydney and the University of Linz, she completed her dissertation in 2016 at the University of Koblenz-Landau, titled "The Interplay of Cultural Identity and Stereotype Threat: An Integrative Research Approach." In addition to her work at the CLPM, she is working on her habilitation on the topic of "Social Identity and Media" at the University of Würzburg, where she has been teaching and conducting research since 2017. She also works as a freelance systemic consultant and trainer.

Research Areas

• Social identity
• Gender and diversity
• Stereotypes
• Social comparisons
• Health and well-being
• New media

Practical Experience

• Systemic counseling (in training at GST Munich) for individuals, couples, and organizations
• Talks and workshops (e.g., on gender stereotypes in the media, self-presentation on social media, science communication)
• Lecturing (University of Würzburg & University of Erlangen-Nuremberg)
• Science communication and transfer (e.g., Co-editor of the In-Mind Magazine, "What Does Envy Do to Us?" on Terra Xplore)