Die psychologische Forschung steht immer noch in kolonialistischer Tradition: Sie überbetont individuelles Fehlverhalten und sieht es nicht in ihrem sozio-ökonomischen Zusammenhang. Dadurch trägt sie zur Verstetigung der Unterentwicklung bei. (DÜI-Spe)

The objective of this doctoral thesis is to put forth the role of psychology in the fluctuations of production, redistribution and inequalities. Our work is centered on two axes : i) the importance of psychology with regards to inequalities in determining individual beliefs about the role of...

Hanging up our coat, tidying our desk, classifying our books, what meanings do these mundane practices convey? Extending Mary Douglas’s work, this article investigates tidiness from the angle of symbolic pollution. Based on photo-elicitation, it shows that, similarly to symbolic pollution...