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ao. Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Katrin Schäfer
News: Attention, the department has moved to Djerassiplatz 1, 1030 Vienna!
Consultation hours: please register via email
Winter term 2025
300334 SE Seminar für Masterstudierende - mit Schwerpunkt Verhaltensbiologie des Menschen
Summer term 2025
300361 SE+UE Praktikum: Verhaltensbiologie des Menschen
Winter term 2024
300334 SE Seminar für Masterstudierende - mit Schwerpunkt Verhaltensbiologie des Menschen
Swami, V., Tran, U. S., Voracek, M., Aavik, T., Ranjbar, H. A., Adebayo, S. O., Afhami, R., Ahmed, O., Aimé, A., Akel, M., Al Halbusi, H., Alexias, G., Ali, K. F., Alp-Dal, N., Alsalhani, A. B., Álvarez-Solas, S., Amaral, A. C. S., Andrianto, S., Aspden, T., ... Stieger, S. (2025). Self-Compassion Around the World: Measurement Invariance of the Short Form of the Self-Compassion Scale (SCS-SF) Across 65 Nations, 40 Languages, Gender Identities, and Age Groups. Mindfulness, 16(6), 1569-1596. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-025-02560-5
Windhager, S., Schaefer, K., & Fink, B. (2025). From Calibrated Morphs to Facial Stimuli: The Beauty of a Statistically Informed Picture. American Journal of Human Biology, 37(5), Article e70048. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.70048
Swami, V., Stieger, S., Voracek, M., Aavik, T., Ranjbar, H. A., Adebayo, S. O., Afhami, R., Ahmed, O., Aimé, A., Akel, M., Halbusi, H. A., Alexias, G., Ali, K. F., Alp-Dal, N., Alsalhani, A. B., Álvarez-Solas, S., Amaral, A. C. S., Andrianto, S., Aspden, T., ... Tran, U. S. (2025). Life satisfaction around the world: Measurement invariance of the Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS) across 65 nations, 40 languages, gender identities, and age groups. PLoS ONE, 20(1 January), Article e0313107. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0313107
Swami, V., White, M. P., Voracek, M., Tran, U. S., Aavik, T., Ranjbar, H. A., Adebayo, S. O., Afhami, R., Ahmed, O., Aimé, A., Akel, M., Al Halbusi, H., Alexias, G., Ali, K. F., Alp-Dal, N., Alsalhani, A. B., Álvarez-Solas, S., Soares Amaral, A. C., Andrianto, S., ... Stieger, S. (2024). Exposure and connectedness to natural environments: An examination of the measurement invariance of the Nature Exposure Scale (NES) and Connectedness to Nature Scale (CNS) across 65 nations, 40 languages, gender identities, and age groups. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 99, Article 102432. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2024.102432
Schäfer, K., Seidl-Berger, A., & Windhager, S. (2024). Early developmental masculinization among boys: More prenatal testosterone action (assessed via 2D:4D) renders their faces perceived as masculine but not pretty or cute. Early Human Development, 195, 106071. Article 106071. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2024.106071
Schäfer, K., Seiser, V. M., Prucha, S., Kerschbaumer, V., Fink, B., & Windhager, S. (2024). Male facial cues to physical strength in Europe: Medium-strength preference and higher aggressiveness attribution to the weakest. American Journal of Human Biology, 36(6), Article e24040. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.24040
Schröder, M., Windhager, S., Schäfer, K., Müller, G., & Ahnelt, H. (2024). Developmental Adaptability of Bony Armor in the Threespine Stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus: Insights from Symmetry Analyses.
Schäfer, K., Butovskaya, M. L., Mabulla, A. Z. P., Fink, B., & Windhager, S. (2024). Male facial cues to high stature among Europeans and Maasai augment perceptions of aggressiveness. In HBES 2024 – The 35th Annual Human Behavior and Evolution Society Conference https://www.hbes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/HBES-2024-conference-booklet_v5.pdf
Windhager, S., Fink, B., Butovskaya, M. L., Mabulla, A. Z. P., & Schäfer, K. (2024). Male facial cues to low muscular strength elevate attributed aggressiveness within and beyond Europeans. In HBES 2024 – The 35th Annual Human Behavior and Evolution Society Conference https://www.hbes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/HBES-2024-conference-booklet_v5.pdf
Swami, V., Tran, U. S., Stieger, S., Aavik, T., Ranjbar, H. A., Adebayo, S. O., Afhami, R., Ahmed, O., Aimé, A., Akel, M., Halbusi, H. A., Alexias, G., Ali, K. F., Alp-Dal, N., Alsalhani, A. B., Álvares-Solas, S., Amaral, A. C. S., Andrianto, S., Aspden, T., ... Voracek, M. (2023). Body appreciation around the world: Measurement invariance of the Body Appreciation Scale-2 (BAS-2) across 65 nations, 40 languages, gender identities, and age. Body Image, 46, 449-466. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2023.07.010
Windhager, S., Ottendorfer, T., Mabulla, A., Butovskaya, M., Fink, B., & Schaefer, K. (2023). Perception of strength, attractiveness and aggressiveness of Maasai male faces calibrated to handgrip strength: Evidence from a European sample. American Journal of Human Biology, 35(6), Article e23869. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.23869
Schröder, M., Windhager, S., Schaefer, K., & Ahnelt, H. (2023). Adaptability of Bony Armor Elements of the Threespine Stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus (Teleostei: Gasterosteidae): Ecological and Evolutionary Insights from Symmetry Analyses. Symmetry, 15(4), Article 811. https://doi.org/10.3390/sym15040811
Mitteroecker, P., & Schäfer, K. (2022). Thirty years of geometric morphometrics: Achievements, challenges, and the ongoing quest for biological meaningfulness. American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 178(S74), 181-210. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.24531
Butovskaya, M. L., Mezentseva, A., Mabulla, A., Shackelford, T. K., Schaefer, K., Fink, B., & Windhager, S. (2022). Facial cues to physical strength increase attractiveness but decrease aggressiveness assessments in male Maasai of Northern Tanzania. Evolution and Human Behavior, 43(2), 115–121. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2021.11.006
Sharif, M. B., Mohaseb, A. F., Zimmermann, M. I., Trixl, S., Saliari, K., Kunsth, G. K., Cucchi, T., Czeika, S., Mashkour, M., Orlando, L., Schäfer, K., Peters, J., & Mohandesan, E. (2022). Ancient DNA refines taxonomic classification of Roman equids north of the Alps, elaborated with osteomorphology and geometric morphometrics. Journal of Archaeological Science, 143, Article 105624. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2022.105624
Windhager, S., Graduates of the Bachelorseminar for students of the teacher program Biology Consortium, & Schäfer, K. (2022). Beautiful is good? Geometric morphometrics depicts children’s facial appearance in relation to expected grades by prospective and current teachers. In Book of Abstracts – PTNCE Conference GDANSK 2022
Windhager, S., Kirchengast, S., Graduates of the Project Practicum Behavioral Biology and Human Life History Consortium, & Schäfer, K. (2022). COVID-19 and mask-wearing: Direct behavioral observations confirm evolutionary predictions. In EHBEA 2022 – European Human Behavior & Evolution Association
Windhager, S., Sarfo, J. O., Ansah, E. W., Consortium of Human Behavior Working Group Graduates, & Schäfer, K. (2022). Gender differences in Covid-19 fears: Austrian evidence. In Human Behavior & Evolution Society: 33rd Annual Meeting
Bäck, N., Schäfer, K., & Windhager, S. (2021). Handgrip strength and 2D : 4D in women: homogeneous samples challenge the (apparent) gender paradox. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 288(1964), Article 20212328. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.2328
Bravo Morante, G., Bookstein, F., Fischer, B., Schäfer, K., Aguilera, I. A., & Botella López, M. (2021). Correlation of the human pubic symphysis surface with age-at-death: a novel quantitative method based on a bandpass filter. International Journal of Legal Medicine, 135(5), 1935-1944. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00414-021-02555-6
Department of Evolutionary Anthropology
Djerassiplatz 1 (UBB)
1030 Wien
Room: 5.001
T: +43-1-4277-54747