Philipp Jugert

Philipp Jugert is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Duisburg-Essen, a position Jugert has held since 2018. Jugert received a Diplom in Psychology from Ernst-Moritz-Arndt Universität Greifswald in 2004, an MSc in Psychology from the University of Auckland in 2006, and a PhD in Psychology from Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena in 2009, followed by postdoctoral work at the same institution from 2009 to 2011 and a tenure as Assistant Professor at Universität Leipzig from 2011 to 2018. Jugert's research focuses on acculturation, cultural adaptation, and identity development across the lifespan, with particular emphasis on adolescent European identity formation, ethnic-racial discrimination in educational contexts, immigrant youth adjustment, and the dynamics of acculturative change. Jugert's work employs longitudinal and developmental methodologies to examine how contextual factors such as school experiences, teacher-student relationships, peer interactions, and family socialization influence the psychological and academic outcomes of immigrant, refugee, and ethnic minority youth in diverse European settings.