Research Fellows
Zeynep B. Yenen
E-Mail: zeynep.yenen(at)ipu-berlin.de
My research focuses on autobiographical memory and life story narratives, particularly how individuals reason about and make sense of the past—not only their own but also the past of others, including close others such as friends and fictional characters encountered through works of fiction. I am interested in whether people construct narratives and engage in biographical reasoning in similar or different veins when reflecting on themselves versus others. Additionally, I explore how people reconstruct narratives about others’ pasts over time, how this process is influenced by retellings from the others involved, and whether frequent engagement with narratives in daily life relates to narrative characteristics.
As a developmental psychologist, I focus on how these narrative skills develop during adolescence—a critical period for identity formation and the development of the ability to narrate past experiences in the form of coherent life stories.
Currently, I am a PhD student at IPU, working under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Tilmann Habermas. My research project, titled “(Auto)Biographical Reasoning in Life Story Narratives of Selves, Close Others, and Fictional Characters and Reconstruction of Life Stories,” is funded by the DAAD Doctoral Programs Grant. This project is conducted in collaboration with Assoc. Prof. Başak Şahin Acar from METU, Turkey.
Another area of my research interest is early socio-cognitive development and parenting. Previously, I contributed to two Turkish state-funded projects. The first, conducted at Ankara University, focused on effective parenting within the framework of the domains of socialization approach. The second, carried out at METU, examined the relationship between mother-father-child triads’ play and memory conversations.
Lara Ebner
E-Mail: lara.ebner(at)ipu-berlin.de
Als Research Fellow an der IPU unterstütze ich Frau Prof. Dr. Leonie Kampe bei einem Forschungsprojekt zur Untersuchung des Zusammenhangs von Bindungsrepräsentationen und Abwehr.
Doreen Zeymer-von Metnitz
E-Mail: doreen.zeymer(at)ipu-berlin.de
Dr. Amira Barrech
E-Mail: amira.barrech(at)ipu-berlin.de
Daniel Zecharia
E-Mail: daniel.zecharia(at)ipu-berlin.de