Florian Knasmüller finished his bachelor’s degree in psychology with a thesis on the psychosocial predictors of the belief in conspiracy theories. He is currently studying for a master’s degree at Sigmund Freud Private University with an emphasis on critical social psychology. His main interests are critical theory and psychoanalytical social psychology.

Nora Ruck is Assistant Professor of Psychology at the Sigmund Freud Private University Vienna, where she co-coordinates the master program “Social Psychology and Psychosocial Practice”. She has lived, studied, and conducted research in Austria, the Netherlands, Germany, the U.S., and Canada. Both her research and teaching focus on the relations between psychology and social inequalities and social movements, relating both to the ways in which social movements have altered our understanding of human experience and agency, and to the mechanisms through which psychology itself has contributed to social inequalities and oppression.

Max Beck is currently a master student of social psychology at the Sigmund Freud Private University Vienna. Before, he studied psychology at the University of Tübingen (Germany). His bachelor thesis employed the perspective of German Critical Psychology on the implementation of the psychiatry survivor-controlled approach in the work of the anti-psychiatric project Weglaufhaus “Villa Stöckle” in Berlin, where he had earlier worked as an intern.

Katharina Piening is a master student of social psychology and psychosocial practice at the Sigmund Freud University of Vienna. She wrote her bachelor thesis about policy mediation in a modern networked media society and explored how it affects actions and contents in public. Her current studies focus specifically on the dynamics and interactions between individual and society – in the center of her actual work are critical social theories in combination with a practical view on the psychological effects upon individuals of specific social structures and conditions. Her research interests include gender, media, and shared living environments in the course of globalisation and digital networking.