Rima-Maria Rahal

Dr. Rima-Maria Rahal is a Senior Researcher at the Department of Strategy and Innovation, Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU), Austria. She holds affiliations with the Institute for Cognition and Behaviour at WU and has held visiting roles at Cornell University (USA), New York University (USA), and others. Her research focuses on socio-cognitive processes in judgment, normative behavior, and intergroup dynamics.

• Current Position: Senior Researcher (2025–present)
• Interim Professor at Heidelberg University (2023–2024)
• Senior Research Fellow at Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods (2020–2025)

Education: PhD in Psychology (Leiden University, 2018), MSc (University of Amsterdam, 2014), BSc (Heidelberg University, 2012).

Research interests blend social psychology, decision-making theory, and intergroup relations. Collaborates with institutions like the Max Planck Society and Tilburg University.

Labs/Teams: Member of the Institute for Cognition and Behaviour team, including Prof. Susann Fiedler, Dr. Julian Quandt, and others.