Christopher Cohrs obtained a Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Bielefeld (Germany) in 2004. His research in the field of political social psychology has focused on topics such as national identity, authoritarianism, social dominance, threat and prejudice as well as political attitudes related to war, peace, and human rights—always reflecting the conviction that political social psychology has to contribute to the alleviation of social problems. Currently he is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Social Psychology, Friedrich Schiller University of Jena (Germany), and serves as an Executive Board member of the German Association of Peace Psychology.