Laura Buchinger

Laura Buchinger is a Researcher in the Department of Psychology within the Faculty of Life Sciences at Humboldt University of Berlin, holding a PhD in Psychology (summa cum laude) from Freie Universität Berlin. Her expertise spans developmental and educational psychology with interdisciplinary applications in mental health research and longitudinal survey methodology.

Her academic credentials include:

• PhD in Psychology (Dr. phil., summa cum laude), Freie Universität Berlin, 2023
• Master of Science in Clinical Psychology and Health Psychology, Freie Universität Berlin, 2016
• Bachelor of Science in Psychology, Chemnitz University of Technology, 2013

Dr. Buchinger's research investigates psychosocial risk factors and mental health outcomes, particularly examining the legacy of the GDR era through the BMBF-funded "GDR-Past and Mental Health" project. Her methodological strengths in applied statistics and corporate health management are evidenced by contributions to the Socio Economic Panel (SOEP) and prior consultancy work. Current work focuses on developmental trajectories within educational contexts using large-scale longitudinal data.

She maintains active affiliations with Humboldt University's Developmental and Educational Psychology research group, the International Max Planck Research School on the Life Course, and the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin). Her external teaching roles at Sigmund Freud Privatuniversität demonstrate commitment to quantitative methods instruction.

No doctoral advisees or competitive grant funding are documented in available records. Professional trajectory shows continuous research engagement since 2011 across institutions including Charité Berlin, University of British Columbia, and Max Planck Institute for Human Development.