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M.Sc. Franz W. Mönke

Research Associate

Psychology of Entrepreneurship
Business and Organizational Psychology

Department of Psychology

Room 71c
Fliednerstraße 21
48149 Münster

+49 251 83 34103
E-Mail: franz.moenke@uni-muenster.de
 

Research focus

  • Cybervetting: Social media assessments in personnel selection
  • Personnel selection and psychological assessment
  • Political psychology
  • Psychology of entrepreneurship
  • Engineering psychology

Publikationen

Publications list

  • Short CV

    Education

    since 04/2022
    University of Münster: Ph.D. student in Industrial and Organizational Psychology

    10/2019 – 09/2021
    Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin: Master of Science – Psychology – Top 3 Student
    Thesis: "Politics in Cybervetting and Hireability Judgments - Testing a Similarity-Bias and Advancing the Political Affiliation Model in the Multi-Party Society of Germany" (Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Schäpers, Prof. Dr. Ursula Hess)

    10/2016 – 09/2019
    Freie Universität Berlin: Bachelor of Science – Psychology – Top 3%
    Thesis: "Führungskräfte zwischen Wunsch und Wirklichkeit: Der Einfluss von Impliziten Führungstheorien auf Einflusserwartungen im Führungskontext" (Supervisors: Dr. Liebermann, Dr. May, Prof. Dr. Kerschreiter)

    09/2015 – 08/2016
    Deutscher Bundestag / Office of Steffi Lemke MP: Voluntary Service in Politics / Democracy

    08/2009 – 06/2015
    Humboldt-Gymnasium Eichwalde: A-Levels (High School) – Top of the Year

    Professional Experience

    since 11/2021
    University of Münster: Research Associate in Psychology of Entrepreneurship, apl. Prof. Dr. Schäpers

    11/2022 – 09/2025
    University of Münster: Exchange Coordinator and Student Council, Department of Psychology

    09/2016 – 10/2021
    Steffi Lemke MP: Student Assistant

    04/2021 – 10/2021
    nextmove / CYX mobile KG: Assistant in rental service, Berlin branch

    03/2020 – 09/2021
    Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin: Student Assistant in Engineering Psychology, Prof. Dr. Onnasch

    01/2019 – 10/2019
    Freie Universität Berlin: Student Assistant in Personality Psychology and Psychological Assessment, Prof. Dr. Mussel

  • Awards and Grants

    01/2026
    Journal of Business and Psychology: Editor Commendation 2025.
    This initiative recognizes outstanding contributions to JBP, with papers nominated at the editors’ discretion (16 paper in 2025).

    Vesper, D., Mönke, F. W., Regh, T. S. D., Schäpers, P., & König, C. J. (2025). Evaluating potential political bias in recruitment: Effects of extreme vs moderate party affiliation. Journal of Business and Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10869-025-10096-7

    03/2024
    Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development – Mick Marchington Applied Research Grant: £6000

    Social Media Assessments in Selection: Toward a Better Understanding of the (In)Validity of Cybervetting
    PI: Franz W. Mönke; Collaborators: Philipp Schäpers, Filip Lievens, & Jana Holtmann

    03/2024
    Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology – SIOP Student Travel Award: $500

    01/2024 – 02/2024
    Lim Kim San Fellowship in Leadership: Faculty for Organizational Behavior and Human Resources, Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University. Research stay with Prof. Dr. Lievens.

    01/2024
    Journal of Applied Psychology 109(1): Editor’s Choice
    As part of this initiative, the Editor-in-Chief of JAP recognizes outstanding papers (one per issue).

    Mönke, F. W., Lievens, F., Hess, U., & Schäpers, P. (2024). Politics speak louder than skills: Political similarity effects in hireability judgments in multiparty contexts and the role of political interest. Journal of Applied Psychology, 109(1), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1037/apl0001124

    11/2022
    3rd prize in the poster award: Science to Start-up Convention, REACH Euregio Start-Up Center

    06/2022
    Honorable mention: Top-3 graduate from the master's program in Psychology (Class of 2021)
    Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany

    05/2022 – 05/2025
    Various travel grants: University of Münster, such as Santander Mobilitätsfonds, SAIL Mobility Fund, ERASMUS Staff Mobility (DAAD), ~7.300€

    02/2017 – 09/2021
    Scholarship for academic excellence from Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes
    (German Academic Scholarship Foundation)

    06/2015
    Top of the year award at Humboldt-Gymnasium Eichwalde, awarded by Dahme-Spreewald County
    Humboldt price of the Humboldt-Gymnasium Eichwalde's association