Berni Leidner Obituary, EASP mourns Berni Leidner death

Berni Leidner Obituary, Death – The 19th of November 2022 was the day that Bernhard (Berni) Leidner went away. He was a member of our group: A social psychologist who has spent the better part of his 39 years conducting study on the relationships between different groups. Berni acquired his Bachelor of Science degree from the Free University of Berlin in 2006, and in the same year he began working in Emanuele Castano’s lab at the New School for Social Research, where he eventually earned his Doctor of Philosophy degree in 2010. His whole academic career was spent at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where, earlier this year, he was elevated to the position of Full Professor.

The Association for Psychological Science recognized him as a rising star in 2013, and in the years that followed, he did indeed rise, conducting important research on social identification processes, morality, and the role of collective trauma and narratives in the perpetuation of violent intergroup conflict. His many awards and recognitions include the following: Berni was not only a passionate teacher but also a person who sincerely cared about his pupils. In addition to the scientific achievements that will live on, Berni leaves behind a legacy that will inspire future generations.

Berni had little patience for pity or pretense despite being confined to a wheelchair for the entirety of his life, which was certainly far shorter than it should have been. He was only able to move his head and his forearms. He would have loved for the rest of us to admit that he had been really unlucky; he joked about his circumstance on a consistent basis, and he appreciated it when you did so as well. He overcome challenges that we would have a hard time imagining, and perhaps most impressively, he did it while maintaining his wit and sense of humor. We want to remember him as a genuine buddy who had a large heart and a laugh that got everyone else laughing too because that is who he was.

Berni Leidner Obituary, Death – The 19th of November 2022 was the day that Bernhard (Berni) Leidner went away. He was a member of our group: A social psychologist who has spent the better part of his 39 years conducting study on the relationships between different groups. Berni acquired his Bachelor of Science degree from…