Dr. Claas Pollmanns

Research Associate | Postdoc

Office address:

Leopoldstraße 13

80802 Munich

Research Interests

Social Cognitive Processes in Intergroup Relations: Prevention and intervention strategies to reduce intergroup conflict, prejudice, and stereotyping
Technology Acceptance from an Intergroup Perspective: Impacts and evaluation of AI-based technologies in socially sensitive domains
Ideologies in Context: Interactions between political ideologies and social norms

2017-2023: Doctorate (Dr. phil) in Psychology, Chemnitz University of Technology
2011 – 2015: M.A. in Sociology, University of Leipzig
2007 – 2011: B.A. in Sociology, Chemnitz University of Technology

Since 08/2025: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Social Psychology with a focus on Legal Psychology, LMU Munich
2017-2025: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Chair of Social Psychology, Chemnitz University of Technology
2021-2023: Research Associate and Project Lead, BMBF Project SteigtUM! — A holistic system of small electric vehicles for private and commercial transport as a solution to urban mobility challenges
2020: Research Stay, Chair of Social Psychology, Ghent University (Prof. Dr. Arne Roets)

Pollmanns, C., & Van Assche, J. (2024). The extended contact asymmetry. Authoritarians benefit more from positive but do not suffer more from negative extended intergroup contact. Group Processes and Intergroup Relations. https://doi.org/10.1177/13684302241249051
Pollmanns, C., & Asbrock, F. (2023). Reclaim the streets: The link between positive and negative direct intergroup contact and movement support against immigration via threat perceptions. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 1– 15. https://doi.org/10.1111/jasp.12967
Pollmanns, C., & Asbrock, F. (2023). If graffiti changed anything, it would be illegal. The influence of political graffiti on the perceptionof neighborhoods and intergroup attitudes. Frontiers in Psycholgy. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1098105
Kuball, T., Pollmanns , C., Asbrock, F., & Jahn, G. (2023). OlderAdults' Stereotypes of and Attitudes Toward Younger Adults and Intergenerational ContactFrequency. Journal of Intergenerational Relationships . https://doi.org/10.1080/15350770.2023.2223196
Pollmanns, C. (2015). Zum Subjekt der Arbeit geformt. Die Universität als Zentralort der Selbst-Vergesellschaftung. Soziologiemagazin, 13, 39-54. https://doi.org/10.3224/soz.v8i2.21553

Pollmanns, C. (2020). Wissenschaft und Praxis: Was kann Wissenschaft leisten? Eine Vorstellung des Fachnetzwerks Flucht und Integration als Beispiel für die Arbeit von Wissenschaftler*innen im Praxisaustausch. In A. Schulz & T. Schwertel (Hrsg.), Der lange Sommer der Flucht - 2015 und die Jahre danach. Diskurse - Reflexionen - Perspektiven. (S. 253 – 260). Leverkusen: Barbara Budrich.
Asbrock, F., Dilba, D., Führer, J. & Pollmanns, C. (2019). Die Situation in Chemnitz – Stimmungen nach dem August 2018. Forschungsbericht. Technische Universität Chemnitz. https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:ch1-qucosa2-355956
Asbrock, F., Kaiser, V., Pollmanns, C. & Corlett, D. (2019). Diskriminierungserfahrungen und ihre Folgen für die Betroffenen. Eine Befragung unter Chemnitzer Studierenden nach den Ausschreitungen in Chemnitz 2018. In H. Friese, M. Nolden & M. Schreiter (Hrsg.), Rassismus im Alltag. Theoretische und empirische Perspektiven nach Chemnitz (S. 179-194). Bielefeld: transcript.

Graffiti: Deviance, Identity, and the Modern City (2022). Center for Criminological Research Saxony e.V., August 1, 2022, Chemnitz, Germany.
Pollmanns, C. (2019). The Fascination of Extremism – An Overview of Underlying Processes. I’m Out. On Leaving Extremism, June 25, 2019, Chemnitz, Germany.
Pollmanns, C. (2019). Fear of Crime in Public Spaces – Explanatory Approaches. Security Conference “Our Chemnitz – For Sure!”, April 25, 2019, Chemnitz, Germany.
Pollmanns, C. (2019). Managing Unconscious Bias – Dealing with Implicit Prejudices. Final Event – School and Integration, January 25, 2019, Berlin, Germany.

2025: Award for “Best Research Environment 2024”, presented by Die Junge Akademie & VolkswagenStiftung
Since 2021: (Founding) member of the Center for Criminological Research Saxony e.V.
Since 2021: Certified systemic consultant for teams and organizations (SG)
2019: Teaching Award for Young Researchers at Chemnitz University of Technology – Awarded for the seminar “Radicalization, Extremism and Terrorism”
2015-2016: Employee and coordinator in emergency shelters and shared accommodations for refugees of the German Red Cross
2011-2019: Editor, publisher and board member of the Soziologiemagazin e.V.