Louis Schiekiera

Louis Schiekiera is a Researcher in the Emmy Noether Junior Research Group Computational Modeling at Humboldt University, affiliated with the Faculty of Life Sciences and Institute of Psychology. He is also a PhD student at the Department of Clinical Psychological Intervention, Freie Universität Berlin, working on his dissertation 'Understanding Publication Bias Using Large Language Models and Behavioral Methods.'

• Education:
  • PhD in Psychology, Freie Universität Berlin (2024–)
  • MSc in Psychology, University of Potsdam (2021–2023)
  • BSc in Psychology, University of Hamburg (2018–2021)
  • BA in Sociology and Technology Studies, TU Berlin (2014–2018)

His research bridges Natural Language Processing, Computational Cognitive Modeling, and Metascience to investigate Publication Bias, Political Bias in Historiography, and Clinical Psychology. He develops computational models (e.g., 'Swinging Lexical Network') to simulate speech production dynamics and applies machine learning to analyze scientific literature trends.

Recent publications span 2021–2025, focusing on NLP in Clinical Research, Publication Bias, and Political Ideology in Academic Decision-Making. His work appears in Collabra: Psychology, F1000Research, and Journal of Psychology, alongside a book chapter on global equity in clinical psychology.

• Scientific Awards:
  • Emmy Noether Junior Research Group

He collaborates with Dr. Fritz Günther (HU Berlin) and Prof. Rasha Abdel Rahman (HU Berlin) on computational modeling, while his PhD work at FU Berlin integrates behavioral science and machine learning. His open-source projects (e.g., NegativeResultDetector on GitHub) highlight his commitment to transparency in research.