Published or in Press

* Co-first authors.

Becker, J., Essien, I., Halabi, S., Scholaske, L., & Veit, S. (2025). Acknowledging the elephant in the room: A psychology of racism within the European context. Zeitschrift für Psychologie, 233(3), 147–154. https://doi.org/10.1027/2151-2604/a000598

Degner, J., Floether, J., & Essien, I., (2025). Pressured to be proud? Investigating the link between perceived norms and intergroup attitudes in members of disadvantaged minority groups. British Journal of Social Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12874

Reimer, N. K., Branković, M., Essien, I., Goh, J. X., Goudeau, S., Lantos, N. A., & Veldman, J. (2025). Double standards in judging collective action. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/xge0001743

Essien, I., & Siem, B. (2025) Space-focused stereotypes and their potential role in group-based disparities in social work services. Social Work & Society.

Essien, I., & Rohmann, A. (2024). Space-focused stereotypes of immigrant neighbourhoods. British Journal of Social Psychology, 63(4). https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12756

Hechler, S., & Essien, I. (2024). Rassismus im Kontext rechtsextremer Ideologie. In T. Rothmund & E. Walther (Eds.), Psychologie der Rechtsradikalisierung: Theorien, Perspektiven, Prävention. Kohlhammer. https://doi.org/10.17433/978-3-17-043998-6

Stelter, M.*, Essien, I.*, Rohmann, A., Degner, J., & Kemme, S. (2023). Shooter biases and stereotypes among police and civilians. Acta Psychologica, 232, Article 103820, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2022.103820

Siem, B., & Essien, I. (2023). „Weiß und gebildet?“ Auf dem Weg zu einer divers(er)en Klimaschutzbewegung. The Inquisitive Mind, 4. https://de.in-mind.org/article/weiss-und-gebildet-auf-dem-weg-zu-einer-diverseren-klimaschutzbewegung

Froehlich, L., Essien, I., & Martiny, S. E. (2022). Stereotype in Kindergärten und Kindertagesstätten: Theoretische Grundlagen, empirische Evidenz und Interventionsansätze für pädagogisches Fachpersonal. In S. Glock (Ed.), Stereotype in der Schule II: Ursachen und Möglichkeiten der Intervention (pp. 137–170). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-37262-0_4

Essien, I., Stelter, M., Rohmann, A., & Degner, J. (2022). Beyond stereotypes: Prejudice as an important missing force explaining group disparities. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 45, e74. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X21000832 Preprint

Stelter, M.*, Essien, I.*, Sander, C., & Degner, J. (2022). Racial bias in police traffic stops: White residents' county-level prejudice and stereotypes are related to disproportionate stopping of Black drivers. Psychological Science, 33(4), 483–496.

Degner, J., Floether, J., Essien, I. (2021). Do members of disadvantaged groups explain group status with group stereotypes? Frontiers in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.750606

Essien, I., Calanchini, J., & Degner, J. (2021). Moderators of intergroup evaluation in disadvantaged groups: A comprehensive test of predictions from system justification theory. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 120(5), 1204–1230. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspi0000302

Kemme, S., Essien, I., & Stelter, M. (2020). Antimuslimische Einstellungen in der Polizei? Der Zusammenhang von Kontakthäufigkeit und -qualität mit Vorurteilen und Stereotypen gegenüber Muslimen. Monatsschrift für Kriminologie und Strafrechtsreform, 103(2), 129–149. https://doi.org/10.1515/mks-2020-2048

Brandt, M. J., Kuppens, T., Spears, R., Andrighetto, L., Autin, F., Babincak, P., Badea, C., Bae, J., Batruch, A., Becker, J. C., Bocian, K., Bodroža, B., Bourguignon, D., Bukowski, M., Butera, F., Butler, S. E., Chryssochoou, X., Conway, P., Crawford, J. T., … Essien, I., … & Zimmerman, J. L. (2020). Subjective status and perceived legitimacy across countries. European Journal of Social Psychology, 50(5), 921–942. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2694

Essien, I., Degner, J., & Otten, S. (2020). Group evaluations as self-group distancing: Ingroup typicality moderates evaluative intergroup bias in stigmatized groups. European Journal of Social Psychology, 50(6), 1108–1124. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2708

Essien, I.*, Stelter, M.*, Kalbe, F., Köhler, A., Mangels, J., & Meliß, S. (2017). The shooter bias: Replicating the classic effect and introducing a novel paradigm. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 70, 41–47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jesp.2016.12.009

Degner, J., Essien, I., & Reichardt, R. (2016): Effects of diversity versus segregation on automatic approach and avoidance behavior towards own and other ethnic groups. European Journal of Social Psychology, 46(6), 783–791. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2234

Under Review or in Preparation

Essien, I., Siem, B., Clasen, J., Groß, E., Häfele, J., Kammigan, I., Kemme, S., Nickel, A., Taefi, A., Zähringer, U., & Stelter, M. (2025). Police officers’ perceptions of urban spaces are related to regional demographics. Manuscript in preparation.

Stelter, M., Essien, I., Christ, O., Calanchini, J. (2025). The geography of the shooter bias: Regional context is linked to racialized threat perception. Manuscript submitted for publication.

Hahn, A., Moran, T., Adeyemi, F, Akinnola, I., Stelter, M., Essien, I., & Smith, C. (2025). Reframing Africa’s image: Positive information outperforms negation in changing explicit negative evaluations. Manuscript submitted for publication.

Essien, I., Siem, B., Zander, L., & Rohmann, A. (2025). The racialized classroom: The influence of classroom composition on teachers' decisions to use disciplinary measures (Preprint). Manuscript submitted for publication.

Stelter, M., Essien, I., von Bargen, M. & Christ, O. (2025). Police officers’ distrust and prejudice towards racialized groups is related to negative construal of intergroup contact and motivation. Manuscript submitted for publication.

Essien, I., Froehlich, L., Rohmann, A., & Siem, B. (2025). Context-based discrimination in school discipline (Preprint). Manuscript in preparation.

Essien, I., Stelter, M., Siem, B., Christ, O., & Calanchini, J. (2025). Social dominance culture. Manuscript in preparation.