Research interests

• Conversational knowledge - logography and practical use
• History of psychology - especially social psychology
• Theoretical psychology - forms of thought in psychology

Short vita

Publications (since 1995)

• Laucken, U. (1995). Modes of thinking: Reflecting on psychological concepts. Theory & Psychology, 5, 401-428.
• Laucken, U. (1995). A semantic social psychology (Berichte aus dem Institut zur Erforschung von Mensch-Umwelt-Beziehungen, No. 25). Oldenburg: University.
• Laucken, U. (1995). Social constructivist social psychology. Basics, classification and delimitation, open questions.Action Culture Interpretation, 4, 173-206.
• Laucken, U. (1996).Semantic spaces. Gedanken zum Entwurf eines Gegenstandes (Reports from the Institute for the Study of Human-Environment Relations, No. 26). Oldenburg: University.
• Laucken, U. & Mees, U. (1996). Motivational-psychological behavioural knowledge as a culturally traditional offer of order. In: J. Kuhl & H. Heckhausen (Eds.) Encyclopaedia of Psychology. Motivation and Emotion. Vol. 4: Motivation, Volition and Action (pp. 3-67). Göttingen/Bern/Toronto/Seattle: Hogrefe - Verlag für Psychologie.
• Laucken, Uwe (1996). Situation: Psychology and sociology. In: J. Ritter & K. Gründer (eds.)Historical Dictionary of Philosophy. Vol. 9 (pp. 929-937). Basel: Schwabe.
• Laucken, U. (1996). Social psychology. In: J. Ritter & K. Gründer (Eds.) Historical Dictionary of Philosophy. Vol. 9 (pp. 1236-1245). Basel: Schwabe.
• Laucken, U. (1996). Die Genese des Subjekts aus sozialkonstruktivistischer Sicht (Department of didactic design: Research results and materials). Tübingen: German Institute for Distance Learning Research.
• Laucken, U. (1996). Semantic spaces. The de-cartesising of the mind. Action Culture Interpretation 5, 158-215
• Laucken, U. (1996). The genesis of the subject from a social constructivist perspective. Didactic Design, 1, 13-30.
• Laucken, U. (1996) Objective postulates. Ethics and Social Sciences, 7, 319-322.
• Laucken, U., Schick, A. & Höge, H. (1996). Introduction to the study of psychology (fully revised 7th ed.). Stuttgart: Klett Cotta.
• Laucken, U. (1997). Zur Befreiung des Denkens vom biologischen Reduktionismus (Berichte aus dem Institut zur Erforschung von Mensch-Umwelt-Beziehungen der Universität Oldenburg, No. 28). Oldenburg: University.
• Laucken, U. (1997).On the usefulness of social psychology in a busy time. Impressions and thoughts (Reports from the Institute for Research on Human-Environment Relations at the University of Oldenburg, No. 29). Oldenburg: University.
• Laucken, U. (1997). Functional explanation, discourse and reality. Ethics and Social Sciences 8, 558-560.
• Laucken, U. (1997). On the usefulness of social psychology in a busy time. Impressions and thoughts. Action Culture Interpretation, 6, 145-161.
• Laucken, U. (1998). Social psychology. History, main currents, tendencies. Oldenburg: BIS.
• Laucken, U. (1998). On the liberation of psychological thinking from biological reductionism. Psychologische Beiträge, 40, 139-158.
• Laucken, U., Schick, A. & Höge, H. (1999).Úvod do studia psychologie. Prague: ISV nadladatelství.
• Rohde-Höft, C., Laucken, U., Mees, U. & Schmitt, A. (1999). Kategoriensystem zur inhaltsanalytischen Erfassung von semantischen Einheiten in Liebesbriefen (Reports from the Institute for the Study of Human-Environment Relations, No. 30). Oldenburg: University.
• Laucken, U. (1999). "An exceptionally important publication" - Fritz Heider (1896 - 1988). (Reports from the Institute for the Study of Human-Environment Relations, No. 31). Oldenburg: University.
• Laucken, U. (1999). "The first great specialised psychologist in Germany" - Johann Friedrich Herbart (1776 - 1841). (Reports from the Institute for the Study of Human-Environment Relations, No. 32). Oldenburg: University.
• Laucken, U. (1999). Concepts of action. Ontic and functional differences. In: J. Straub & H. Werbik (Eds.), Begriff und Erklärung des Handelns im interdisziplinären Diskurs. (S. 49-73). Frankfurt a. M./New York: Campus.
• Laucken, U. (1999). Psychologic and the semantics of social intercourse. Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, 40, Suppl.55-58.
• Laucken, U. (1999) The cognitive turn is a semantic one, which cognitivism has unhappily narrowed. Action Culture Interpretation, 8, 109-120.
• Laucken, U. (2000) Johann Friedrich Herbart: Psychology as a science, newly founded on experience, metaphysics and mathematics (1824/25). In: H.E. Lück, R. Miller & G. Sewz-Vosshenrich (Eds.) Classics of Psychology (pp. 25-30). Stuttgart/Berlin/Cologne: Kohlhammer.
• Laucken, U. (2000) Fritz Heider: The psychology of interpersonal relations (1958). In: H.E. Lück, R. Miller & G. Sewz-Vosshenrich (Eds.) Classics of Psychology (pp. 203-208). Stuttgart/Berlin/Cologne: Kohlhammer.
• Laucken, U. (2000). Social constructivism and the semantic science of man. Action Culture Interpretation, 9, 37-65.
• Laucken, U. (2000). On the classification of social constructivism in a comprehensive semantic science of man and on the relationship between individual and social semantics. (Reports from the Institute for the Study of Human-Environment Relations, No. 33). Oldenburg: University.
• Laucken, U. (2001). Scientific forms of thought, social practices and the struggle for resources - demonstrated by the example of psychology(Reports from the Institute for the Study of Human-Environment Relations, No. 36). Oldenburg: University.
• Laucken, U. (2001). Interpersonal trust. Outline and sketch of ideas. Oldenburg: BIS-Verlag.
• Laucken, U. (2001). Social constructivism: categorised within a comprehensive semantic science of man and combining individual and social semantics. (Reports from the Institute for the Study of Human-Environment Relations, No. 37). Oldenburg: University.
• Schmitt, A., Mees, U. & Laucken, U. (2001). Logographic analysis of socially processive texts [106 paragraphs]. Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum Qualitative Social Research (Online-Journal), 2(1). (). (qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/1-01/1-01schmittetal-e.htm)
• Laucken, U. (2001). Illusion - a challenging and powerful concept. Ethics and Social Sciences, 12, 254-248.
• Laucken, U. (2002). Quality criteria as scientific steering instruments. Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung [On-line Journal], 3 (1)(www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/1-02/1-02laucken-d.htm)
• Laucken, U. (2002). On the semantic blindness of a neuroscientifically orientated psychology. Or: What would such a psychology have to tell us about the "dialogue of cultures"? (Reports from the Institute for the Study of Human-Environment Relations, No. 39). Oldenburg: University.
• Laucken, U. (2003). Interpersonal trust and economic relations. In: U. Mees & A. Schmitt (Eds.) Emotion psychology: Theoretical analyses and empirical studies (pp. 101-141). Oldenburg: BIS-Verlag of the University of Oldenburg.
• Laucken, U. (2003) Theoretical psychology. Forms of thought and social practices. Oldenburg: BIS-Verlag der Universität Oldenburg (can be ordered by email: verlag@bis.uni-oldenburg.de, price €12.00).
• Laucken, U. (2003) On the semantic blindness of neuroscientific psychology. Or: What would such a psychology have to tell us about the "dialogue of cultures"? Journal for Psychology, 11, 149-175.
• Laucken, U. (2004) Towards a pragmasemantic cultural psychology. Preface to: B. Zielke, Cognition and social practice (pp. 13-17). Bielefeld: transcript.
• Laucken, U. (2004) The social-semantic view of emotions: A social-practical approach and an example.Action Culture Interpretation, 13, 26-49.
• Laucken, U. (2004) Individual and social structure: A problematic relationship and a way to grasp it. In: Gerd Jüttemann (ed.) Psychology as a human science (pp. 165-180). Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.
• Laucken, U. (2005) "Is there freedom of will?" Possibilities of the psychological objectification of "freedom of will, decision and action" [214 paragraphs]. Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung/Forum Qualitative Research (online journal), 6 (1). (available via: http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs-texte/1-05/05-1-8-d.htm)
• Laucken, Uwe (2005) Explication of the colloquial meaning of the term trust and its practical use as a semantic organising potential. In: Beatrice Dernbach & Michael Meyer (eds.)Trust and credibility (pp. 94-120). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften.