I received funding from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) to study the nature of implicit bias. The main limitation I see in the current research is that implicitly biased behavior – the things we do, say, think, and feel – are mainly analyzed in terms of how they have been caused. The widely shared assumption is that these expressions are caused by implicit attitudes. These attitudes not only explain how we can express ourselves in a biased (sexist, racist, homophobic, ableist) way implicitly: unintentionally, unconsciously, and, seemingly, without being able to control ourselves, but also characterize the behavior as such. This, in my view, does not explain how such expressions can be implicit in themselves, and because of that overlooks the different ways in which implicit bias can occur. My aim is to fill this gap. 

My first paper in which I argue that implicitly biased behavior should be understood as unintentional action is currently under review.

I am organizing a workshop on the nature of implicit bias on October 11th and 12th, 2023 in Munich. More information will follow soon!