Vita
- Research Assistant and Postdoctoral Researcher, Technical University of Munich, School of Social Sciences and Technology, Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) since 01/2025
- PhD in Psychology (Dissertation Title: “The Early Ontogeny of the Moral-Self Concept,” summa cum laude, 01/2020 – 07/2024)
- Scientific Assistant at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Department of Psychology (01/2020 – 10/2024)
- Master’s in Psychology at University of Würzburg (JMU) (09/2016 – 09/2019)
- Research Assistant at the Chair of Medical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Medical Sociology and Rehabilitation Sciences at JMU, Würzburg (07/2014 – 08/2018)
- Bachelor’s in Psychology at JMU, Würzburg (04/2013 – 07/2016)
Research Interests
- Writing competence and use of AI by students
- Educational equity
- Moral development in early and middle childhood
- Self-concept and prosocial behavior
Activities
- PISA 2025 (Foreign Language, Writing)
- EU Project (Educational Equity)
Selected Publications
- Söldner, L., & Paulus, M. (in press). The Moral Self in Formation: Caregiver Emotional Availability and Early Prosocial Behavior Predict Preschoolers' Moral Self-Concept. Developmental Psychology.
- Söldner, L., & Paulus, M. (2024). Preschool children’s moral self-concept relates to their guilt-related behaviour. European Journal of Developmental Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/17405629.2024.2411970➚
- Söldner, L., & Paulus, M. (2024). I help, therefore, I am? – A registered report on longitudinal inter-relations of the three-dimensional moral self-concept and prosocial behaviours in preschool children. British Journal of Developmental Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjdp.12464➚
- Söldner, L., Mammen, M., & Paulus, M. (2024). The Emergence of a Coherent Self-Concept: A Longitudinal Study on the Development of the Moral Self. Developmental Psychology. Advance online publication. https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/dev0001673➚
- Christner, N., Sticker, R. M., Söldner, L., Mammen, M., & Paulus, M. (2020). Prevention for oneself or others? Psychological and social factors that explain social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Health Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105320980793➚