Marcus Mund

Dr. Marcus Mund is a Professor at the Department of Psychology, Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt. His research focuses on psychological diagnostics, with particular emphasis on loneliness, personality-relationship transactions, and within-person variation analysis. He leads the Division of Psychological Diagnostics and has contributed extensively to understanding the dynamics of loneliness across life spans.

• Current faculty member
• Head of Division (Psychological Diagnostics)
• Active in research methodology and open science practices

Research interests span loneliness measurement, personality development, social network analysis, and dyadic relationship dynamics. His work integrates longitudinal studies, multilevel modeling, and psychometric evaluation, particularly examining how personality traits interact with relationship quality and well-being over time.

Recent publications highlight methodological advancements in loneliness assessment, cross-cultural neighborhood cohesion studies, and computational tools for dyadic analysis using R programming. These works emphasize the importance of within-person variation and temporal dynamics in social psychology.

He utilizes advanced statistical methods like Actor-Partner Interdependence Models (APIM) and Item Response Theory (IRT) to analyze complex behavioral patterns. His studies cover topics such as solo-living adults' well-being, stress during pandemics, and the validity of loneliness measurement scales.