Dr. Janin Rössel

Function

  • Research Associate, Program Area "Documentation Center of the German Language", Department of Central Research

Task area

  • Project "Language Research and Citizen Science"

Personal data

  • Since 09/2022 Research Associate, Leibniz Institute for the German Language (IDS), Mannheim, Germany / Since 08/2023 Program Area “Documentation Center of the German Language,” Project: “Language Research and Citizen Science” / 09/2022–09/2023 Program Area “Language in the Public Sphere,” Project: “Language(s) in Germany”
  • 2022 - 2023 Chair for Cross-Cultural Social and Personality Psychology and Chair of Micro-Sociology and Social Psychology, University of Mannheim
  • 2011 - 2022 Chair of Social Psychology, University of Mannheim
  • 2017 Doctorate, doctoral thesis: “How does it matter how you pronounce it? Shedding new light on nonnative accent perception and evaluations of nonnative accented speakers” (awarded the Lorenz-von-Stein Prize in 2018)
  • 2013 Visiting researcher at the Department of Developmental and Socialization Psychology (DPSS), University of Padua, Italy
  • 2011 - 2016 Ph.D. program at the Center for Doctoral Studies in Social and Behavioral Sciences (CDSS) of the Graduate School of Economic & Social Sciences (GESS), University of Mannheim, Germany
  • 2006 - 2011 Student assistant, Chair of Social Psychology, University of Mannheim, Germany
  • 2005 - 2011 Studies in Psychology, University of Mannheim, Germany / 2008 Studies at Portland State University, Oregon, USA

Research interests

  • Citizen science, science communication
  • Social perception, social cognition
  • Language attitudes

Working Groups and Memberships

  • Leibniz Working Group on Citizen Science / Citizen Science in Schools Working Group (mit:forschen!) / European Citizen Science Association (ECSA) Working Group on Impact Assessment / Working Group on risk assessment of psychological stress (IDS) / Forschung erleben (“Experiencing Research”), a science communication portal: www.forschung-erleben.de / European Citizen Science Association (ECSA) / International Association of Language and Social Psychology (IALSP) ...
  • Lead of the Working Group Language Research and Citizen Science in collaboration with mit:forschen!

Publications

Current selection:

Roessel, Janin / Möhrs, Christine (2026):
„Partizipation schafft Teilhabe“. Erfahrungswerte eines Citizen-Science-Projekts zu sprachlicher Vielfalt mit jungen Zielgruppen. In: Potsdam: Leibniz-Zentrum für Zeithistorische Forschung. 8 S.
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Roessel, Janin / Möhrs, Christine / Farag, Rahaf (2025):
Allein auf weiter Flur? – Keinesfalls! Citizen Science trifft Sprachforschung. In: mit:forschen! Gemeinsam Wissen schaffen. Berlin: Wissenschaft im Dialog. 9 S.
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Merkel, Elisa / Roessel, Janin (2025):
Getting gender in or out of mind – Minding gender in language. In: Bettinsoli, Maria Laura / Suitner, Caterina (Hg.): Wandering in Social Cognition: a Journey into Shared Realities and Intergroup Dynamics. Padova: Padova University Press. S. 393-417.
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Adler, Astrid / Roessel, Janin (2025):
Wie nehmen Menschen in Deutschland Veränderungen im Sprachgebrauch wahr und was haben sie selbst verändert?
Sprache in Zahlen: Folge 16. In: Sprachreport 2/2025. Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache. S. 32-36.
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Chan Hin, Heike / Dornberg, Celina / Dotzert, Valentina / Farag, Rahaf / Möhrs, Christine / Rössel, Janin / Schoppa-Briele, Elena / Vogel, Johanna (2024):
Linguistic Landscaping – Gemeinsam Sprachlandschaften erforschen: Handreichung für Lehrkräfte: Projekt “Sprachforschung und Citizen Science” / “Die Sprach-Checker”. In: Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache. S. 60.
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Talks

Current selection:

Rössel, Janin / Möhrs, Christine / Farag, Rahaf:
Citizen Science – Hintergründe, Herausforderungen und Möglichkeiten. Gesprächsrunde.
14.10.2026, IDS Mannheim, Vortragssaal
Farag, Rahaf / Roessel, Janin:
Engaging Youth through Linguistic Landscaping: Insights from Educational Settings. Colloquium: Lingscape’s 10th Anniversary.
25.9.2026, Universität Luxemburg, Maison des Sciences humaines auf dem Campus Belval
Roessel, Janin / Farag, Rahaf / Vogel, Johanna:
Wie wirkt Sprache? Sprach­forschung zum Mitmachen. Interaktives Wissenschaftsprogramm, Uni-Fest.
12.9.2026, Universität Mannheim
Roessel, Janin:
From dissemination to participation: Understanding transfer activities in academia. EASP (European Association of Social Psychology) General Meeting.
4.7.2026, Straßburg, Frankreich
Farag, Rahaf / Roessel, Janin:
Sprachforschung meets Citizen Science mit dem Leibniz Institut für Deutsche Sprache (IDS). Kick-Off-Veranstaltung "Wissen wächst im Wir – Partizipative Forschung an der Universität Mannheim".
21.4.2026, Universität Mannheim