Lecturer in Psychology of Communication and New Media, University of Würzburg. Interested in digital media, misinformation, motivated reasoning, autobiographical memory, metascience & more. Desperately trying to learn Hungarian.https://bsky.app/profile/fabianhutmacher.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/fabianhutmacher.bsky.social/post/3mtwg3rmtq22hPsychology needs better theories. Sure. But how do we build such theories? And what actually makes a good theory? Together with Alexander Wendt, I have edited a collected volume, "Theory and Model Building in Psychology," which tries to answer some of these questions. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-01453-5_2125 Aug 2026 18:10 +0000at://did:plc:labqrhblcopt4ft4h7ozrjrp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtwg3rmtq22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/fabianhutmacher.bsky.social/post/3msshwiqdy22pDo you think about doing a PhD? Are you interested in understanding how individuals use digital technologies to cope with the prospect of their own mortality? Then let’s get morbid together. https://www.mcm.uni-wuerzburg.de/fileadmin/06110000/2026/Ausschreibung_DIAL.pdf11 Aug 2026 11:07 +0000at://did:plc:labqrhblcopt4ft4h7ozrjrp/app.bsky.feed.post/3msshwiqdy22phttps://bsky.app/profile/fabianhutmacher.bsky.social/post/3msicg52pnc2cAre you interested in motivated reasoning? Do you want to try some unconventional submission formats? Then this might be for you … Together with @marlephie.bsky.social, Aileen Oeberst, & @kwinter.bsky.social, I will be editing a special issue of @socpsyjournal.bsky.social. tinyurl.com/yc2jyadx https://tinyurl.com/yc2jyadx07 Aug 2026 10:01 +0000at://did:plc:labqrhblcopt4ft4h7ozrjrp/app.bsky.feed.post/3msicg52pnc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/fabianhutmacher.bsky.social/post/3msfo27wpfc2kI‘m glad you‘re enjoying the read! [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Aug 2026 08:52 +0000at://did:plc:labqrhblcopt4ft4h7ozrjrp/app.bsky.feed.post/3msfo27wpfc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/fabianhutmacher.bsky.social/post/3mr66dqnegc2iMedia shape our memories - but how? Our editorial launches the special collection Memory and Media in the Twenty-First Century, exploring how literature, film, social media, digital archives, and other media influence personal and collective memory. Read it here: https://doi.org/10.1007/s43638-026-00116-521 Jul 2026 15:57 +0000at://did:plc:labqrhblcopt4ft4h7ozrjrp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr66dqnegc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/fabianhutmacher.bsky.social/post/3mpm53iacqc2eGlad you enjoyed it! [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Jul 2026 18:21 +0000at://did:plc:labqrhblcopt4ft4h7ozrjrp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpm53iacqc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/fabianhutmacher.bsky.social/post/3mo47b76mnc2sSo excited that this joint project got funded - already looking forward to getting started! 🎉 [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Jun 2026 16:52 +0000at://did:plc:labqrhblcopt4ft4h7ozrjrp/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo47b76mnc2s