Pia Lamberty

German social psychologist (born 1984)

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Pia Lamberty
Born	(1984-02-11) February 11, 1984 (age 40) Groß-Gerau, Germany
Occupation	Social psychologist

Pia Lamberty (born 11 February 1984) is a German social psychologist who researches conspiracy ideologies. She is a co-founder and co-CEO of the Center for Monitoring, Analysis and Strategy (CeMAS).

Early life and career

Lamberty was born in Groß-Gerau on 11 February^[1] 1984. She completed a bachelor's degree in literature and philosophy at RWTH Aachen University,^[2] and later completed a master's degree in comparative literature and cultural poetics at the University of Münster.^[3]

From June 2015 to January 2016, Lamberty worked as a research assistant for the University of Cologne's Social Cognition Center.^[3] She worked on the project "Seventy Years Later: Historical Representations of the Holocaust and their effects on German-Israeli Relations".^[3]^[4] Since November 2016, she has been working as a PhD student at the University of Mainz.^[3] Lamberty is a member of Comparative Analysis of Conspiracy Theories in Europe, an international specialist network.^[5]

In May 2020, Lamberty co-authored the book Fake Facts - Wie Verschwörungstheorien unser Denken bestimmen (Fake Facts - How Conspiracy Theories Influence Our Thinking) with civil rights activist Katharina Nocun.^[4]^[6] The book explores the reasons why people may be drawn to conspiracy theories.^[6]

In March 2021, Lamberty co-founded the Center for Monitoring, Analysis and Strategy (CeMAS), an extremism monitoring agency and think tank.^[7] She is also its co-CEO.^[8]

Personal life

Lamberty has described receiving threats from conspiracy theorists as a result of her work in researching conspiracy ideologies, particularly due to the COVID-19 protests in Germany.^[9]

References

^ Pia Lamberty [@pia_lamberty] (11 February 2021). "Best Birthday Present: Beating the Coronavirus" (Tweet). Retrieved 17 December 2022 – via Twitter.
^ Lamberty, Pia (7 December 2009). "Lesen Sie zeit.de mit Werbung oder im PUR-Abo. Sie haben die Wahl" [Image cultivation or the dream of being a student for a week]. Die Zeit. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Pia Lamberty, M.Sc" (in German). University of Mainz. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Pia Lamberty". CeMAS. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
^ "Pia Lamberty". Comparative analysis of conspiracy theories in Europe. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
^ ^a ^b Vergin, Julia (23 December 2021). "How to deal with COVID conspiracies at Christmas". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
^ Kutsche, Katharina (30 March 2021). "CeMAS: mit digitalen Mitteln gegen Radikalisierung im Netz" [CeMAS: with digital means against radicalization on the net]. Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 11 November 2022.
^ Morris, Loveday; Oremus, Will (8 December 2022). "Russian disinformation is demonizing Ukrainian refugees". The Washington Post. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
^ Bovermann, Philipp (11 May 2021). "Unerträglich nah: Über den Hass der Verschwörungstheoretiker" [Unbearably close: About the hatred of conspiracy theorists]. Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 15 December 2022.