Anna Sieben

Prof. Dr. Anna Sieben

Head of the division

Pedestrian Dynamics - Social Psychology

Kontaktperson

+49 2461/61-96554

E-Mail

https://www.fz-juelich.de/ias/ias-7

Adresse

Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH
Wilhelm-Johnen-Straße
52428 Jülich

Institute for Advanced Simulation (IAS)

Zivile Sicherheitsforschung (IAS-7)

Gebäude 09.7 / Raum 217

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Research Profile

Topics

  • Dynamic changes of social norms and behavioral repertoires in crowds
  • Perception of crowded situations
  • Modelling motivation in pedestrian dynamics
  • Human experiences and behavior in life-threatening crowd situations
  • Communication and coordination between crowd members; propagation of information and emotions
  • Parenting, cultural transformations of parents' knowledge
  • History of psychology

    • Methods

  • Experiments with large groups and crowds
  • Qualitative interviews
  • Field observations
  • Qualitative and quantitative behavioral observation methods
  • Computer modelling (in cooperation with computer scientists)

    • Projects (funded by third-party grants)

  • "CrowdING. Integrating the physics and social-psychology of crowd movement", ERC Synergy Grant, April 2026 - March 2032
  • "CrowdGaze. A Dual Approach to Studying Gaze Interactions in Stationary and Moving Crowds Using Eye Tracking in Real and Virtual Environments", DFG, April 2026 - March 2029
  • "Fatherhood and Parenting Involvement among Unemployed Men: Comparing Turkish Fathers in Germany and Turkey", DAAD, January 2023 - December 2024
  • "Kulturelle Transformationen und populärwissenschaftliche Adaptationen psychologischen Wissens durch Eltern in der Türkei. Eine qualitative Studie", DFG, October 2019 - March 2023
  • "CroMa. Crowd-Management in Verkehrsinfrastrukturen", BMBF, August 2018 - December 2022
  • "Kulturelle Räume psychologischen Wissens. Eltern-Kind-Beziehungen aus der Perspektive deutscher und türkischer Eltern", Stiftung Mercator, April 2017 - July 2018

    • Previous positions

  • 2022-2024: Associate Professor of Cultural and Social Psychology, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
  • 2022: Habilitation, Ruhr-University Bochum
  • 2019-2022: IAS-7, Forschungszentrum Jülich
  • 2013: PhD, Ruhr-University Bochum
  • 2008-2022: Ruhr-University Bochum
  • 2007-2008: Master in Gender & Culture, Goldsmiths College, London
  • 2002-2007: Diploma in Psychology, University of Freiburg & Cologne


    • Publication highlights

  • Yıldırır Gürcüoğlu, A., & Sieben, A. (2026). Getting Married, Remaining Married. Hybrid Cultural Frameworks between Independence and Interdependence in Contemporary Turkey. Marriage & Family Review, 1–29. https://doi.org/10.1080/01494929.2026.2672035
  • Sümer, N., Beşpınar, F.U., Sieben, A., Beşpınar, Z., Gürdal, L., Uşaklılar, Ö., Kapısız, Z. and Üsten, E. (2026), Effects of Paternal Unemployment on Family Dynamics and Well-Being: A Systematic Review. J Fam Theory Rev. https://doi.org/10.1111/jftr.70069
  • Sieben, A., & Postmes, T. (2025). Behavioural repertoires in moving crowds: an observational approach. Royal Society Open Science, 12(2), 241561.
  • Lügering, H., & Sieben, A. (2024). A Rumor has Spread like Wildfire? - Empirical Investigation of Information Propagation in Waiting Crowds. Collective Dynamics, 9, 1–28. https://doi.org/10.17815/CD.2024.146
  • Beermann, M. & Sieben, A. (2023). The Connection between Stress, Density, and Speed in Crowds. Scientific Reports, 13. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-39006-8
  • Üsten E. & Sieben, A. (2023). Don’t stop me now: Psychological effects of interrupting a moving pedestrian crowd and a video game. Plos One, 18(7): e0287583. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0287583
  • Konya, K. & Sieben, A. (2023). Waiting and walking with strangers: a socio-psychological pedestrian experiment on joint action in anonymous situations. Royal Society Open Science. doi.org/10.1098/rsos.221601.
  • Sieben, A. & Seyfried, A. (2023). Inside a life-threatening crowd: Analysis of the Love Parade disaster from the perspective of eyewitnesses. Safety Science, 166, doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2023.106229.
  • Lügering, H., Tepeli, D., Sieben, A. (2023). It’s (not) just a matter of terminology: Everyday understanding of “mass panic” and alternative terms. Safety Science, 163, doi.org/10.1016/j.ssci.2023.106123.

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    Letzte Änderung: 27.05.2026