Interview with Dr. Ulrich Klocke (June 1, 2026, Menschlich Podcast)
Episode 6 | Published on August 26, 2026
In this episode, we speak with social psychologist Dr. Ulrich Klocke about stereotypes, prejudice and discrimination, and about effective ways to reduce them. We discuss how these phenomena work and what consequences they have. Dr. Klocke also gives a detailed account of his research on anti-LGBTQ+ discrimination, particularly in schools.
“Humans are cognitive misers. That means we only have a limited capacity to process our environment. Naturally, the same goes for how we process other people.”
“School is definitely an environment where there’s a lot you can get wrong, but also a lot you can get right when it comes to reducing queerphobia.”
“You can, for example, set up encounter projects, meaning queer people are invited into schools to talk about their life stories and students can ask them questions. […] There’s also a large study showing that this can still have effects even three months later.”
This episode’s guest is Dr. Ulrich Klocke.
Dr. Ulrich Klocke is a Senior Researcher at the Chair of Social and Organizational Psychology at Humboldt University of Berlin, where his research focuses on stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination, particularly in relation to sexual and gender diversity.
Here you can find more information about our guest:
The conversation in this episode is led by the podcast hosts Maria Saryusz-Wolska and Neele Paschke. This episode is in German.
We would like to thank our guest Dr. Ulrich Klocke very much.
Guest
Interview with Dr. Ulrich Klocke (June 1, 2026, Menschlich Podcast)
Sources
1. Works by Dr. Ulrich Klocke
https://www.psychologie.hu-berlin.de/de/mitarbeiter/57490/publications
2. Overview of measures against queerphobia in Germany and of research on their effects
https://www.psychologie.hu-berlin.de/de/prof/prof/org/forschung/queer