Prof. Dr. Sebastian Wachs
Professorship for Educational Science with a focus on digitalization in pedagogical fields of action at the Universität of Münster
consulting hours
Research interests
- Empirical-quantitative and international-comparative youth research
- Social-emotional development in adolescence
- Media socialization with a focus on online risks in adolescence (e.g. cyberbullying, cybergrooming, sexting)
- Online Hate and Hate Speech as pedagogical challenges in adolescence
- Determinants of intervention frequency and success in bullying at school
Current projects
- Involvement in Online Hate among Adolescents from Eight Countries: Correlates and Coping Strategies (INTERACT)
- Hate Speech as a School Problem? A combined student and teacher study on the relevance, frequency and determinants of the phenomenon of Hate Speech in schools and how to deal with it
- Cybergrooming Victimization among Adolescents. A Cross-national Study (CIVICS)
- Transnational Collaboration on Bullying, Migration and Integration at School Level (TRIBES)
- European Cooperation in Science & Technology
Grants and Awards
| Date | Information |
|---|---|
| 01/2018 | Conference travel grant for active participation in the 25th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development. Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. Funded by: DAAD Referat 521 - Internationalization of Research and Early Career Researchers. |
| 05/2017 | Conference travel grant for active participation in the Anti-Bullying World Forum, Stockholm, Sweden. Funded by: Potsdam Graduate School (POGS). |
| 03/2017 | Scholarship for active participation in the South East Asian International Regional Workshop Research at the Center for Educational Innovations and Teaching and Learning Excellence, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai, Thailand. Funded by: International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development (ISSBD). |
| 01/2016 | Conference travel grant for active participation in the conference "Cyberbullying - A challenge for researchers and practitioners," Gothenburg, Sweden. Funded by: DAAD Referat 521 - Internationalization of Research and Early Career Researchers. |
| 04/2014 | Conference travel grant for active participation in The 23rd Division of Forensic Psychology Annual Conference DFP, Caledonian University, Glasgow. Funded by: Central Research Funding Uni Bremen. |
| 03/2014 | Conference travel grant for active participation in the conference "Cyberbullying - A challenge for researchers and practitioners," Gothenburg, Sweden. Funded by: DAAD Referat 521 - Internationalization of Research and Early Career Researchers. |
| 01/2014 | Research funding for the study: Trust (in the Web) 2.0. An empirical analysis of trust in cybergrooming processes. Follow-up application: Data collection in Thailand. Funded by: Central Research Funding Uni Bremen. |
| 10/2012 | Research funding for the study: Trust (in the Web) 2.0. An empirical analysis of trust in cybergrooming processes. Funded by: Central Research Funding Uni Bremen. |
| 10/2012 | Conference travel grant for active participation in the International Conference: Bullying and Cyberbullying. The Interface between Science and Practice, Vienna. Funded by: COST ISO801 Scientific Programme on Cyberbullying. Funded by: European Science Foundation (ESF)/ECOST-STSM-IS0801-161012-022308. |
| 06/2012 | Research presentation at the International Conference on Cyberbullying, Paris, France. Funded by: COST ISO801 Scientific Programme on Cyberbullying. Funded by: European Science Foundation (ESF)/ECOST-STSM-IS0801-280612-017916. |
| 08/2011 | Scholarship for a research visit as a guest researcher at the University of London, Goldsmith College. Research topic: "An international comparison about the relationship between bullying and cyberbullying." Funded by: European Science Foundation (ESF)/ECOST-STSM-IS0801-010811-009134. |
| 05/2011 | Scholarship for participation in the doctoral course of COST Action IS0801 "Cyberbullying: Coping with negative and enhancing positive uses of new technologies, in relationships and educational settings," University of Turku, Finland. Funded by: European Science Foundation (ESF)/ECOST-TRAINING_SCHOOL-IS0801-120511-008064. |
| 05/2011 | Winner of the poster competition at the conference "Adolescents and Social Media" |