Pia Lamberty

Pia Lamberty
Born	(1984-02-11) February 11, 1984 (age 40) Groß-Gerau, Germany
Occupation	Social psychologist

Pia Lamberty (born 11 February 1984) is a German social psychologist who researches conspiracy ideologies. She is a co-founder and co-CEO of the Center for Monitoring, Analysis and Strategy (CeMAS).

Early life and career

Lamberty was born in Groß-Gerau on 11 February[1] 1984. She completed a bachelor's degree in literature and philosophy at RWTH Aachen University,[2] and later completed a master's degree in comparative literature and cultural poetics at the University of Münster.[3]

From June 2015 to January 2016, Lamberty worked as a research assistant for the University of Cologne's Social Cognition Center.[3] She worked on the project "Seventy Years Later: Historical Representations of the Holocaust and their effects on German-Israeli Relations".[3][4] Since November 2016, she has been working as a PhD student at the University of Mainz.[3] Lamberty is a member of Comparative Analysis of Conspiracy Theories in Europe, an international specialist network.[5]

In May 2020, Lamberty co-authored the book Fake Facts - Wie Verschwörungstheorien unser Denken bestimmen (Fake Facts - How Conspiracy Theories Influence Our Thinking) with civil rights activist Katharina Nocun.[4][6] The book explores the reasons why people may be drawn to conspiracy theories.[6]

In March 2021, Lamberty co-founded the Center for Monitoring, Analysis and Strategy (CeMAS), an extremism monitoring agency and think tank.[7] She is also its co-CEO.[8]

Personal life

Lamberty has described receiving threats from conspiracy theorists as a result of her work in researching conspiracy ideologies, particularly due to the COVID-19 protests in Germany.[9]

References

1. Pia Lamberty [@pia_lamberty] (11 February 2021). "Best Birthday Present: Beating the Coronavirus" (Tweet). Retrieved 17 December 2022 – via Twitter.
2. Lamberty, Pia (7 December 2009). "Lesen Sie zeit.de mit Werbung oder im PUR-Abo. Sie haben die Wahl" [Image cultivation or the dream of being a student for a week]. Die Zeit. Archived from the original on 15 December 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
3. "Pia Lamberty, M.Sc" (in German). University of Mainz. Archived from the original on 31 May 2024. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
4. "Pia Lamberty". CeMAS. Archived from the original on 15 December 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
5. "Pia Lamberty". Comparative analysis of conspiracy theories in Europe. Archived from the original on 15 December 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
6. Vergin, Julia (23 December 2021). "How to deal with COVID conspiracies at Christmas". Deutsche Welle. Archived from the original on 31 May 2024. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
7. Kutsche, Katharina (30 March 2021). "CeMAS: mit digitalen Mitteln gegen Radikalisierung im Netz" [CeMAS: with digital means against radicalization on the net]. Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). Archived from the original on 11 November 2022. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
8. Morris, Loveday; Oremus, Will (8 December 2022). "Russian disinformation is demonizing Ukrainian refugees". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 16 December 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
9. Bovermann, Philipp (11 May 2021). "Unerträglich nah: Über den Hass der Verschwörungstheoretiker" [Unbearably close: About the hatred of conspiracy theorists]. Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). Archived from the original on 15 December 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2022.