Welcome...

 ...to the working unit Statistics and Psychological Methods at the University of Münster (AE Nestler). The members of our lab are interested in the advancement of statistical methods for the analysis of complex psychological data. Latest research projects cover topics such as combining the social relations model with structural equation models, advancing models to examine intra-individual variability or combining standard statistical approaches such as multilevel or structural equation models with machine learning methods (e.g., trees, boosting, ...). We are also authors or contributors to different R packages. In teaching, we provide a comprehensive B.Sc.- and M.Sc.-program in psychological methods, including lectures and courses on basic and advanced statistics.

If you are interested in writing a thesis in our lab, you can find further information here. We offer supervision of both bachelor and master theses covering both substantive and methodological research questions.

Latest News

2026-01-22

New paper in press by U. Kunzmann, S. Nestler, ..., & E. S. Blanke in Mindfulness: Mindfulness and emotion regulation. 

2026-01-12

New paper in press by S. Nestler in Structural Equation Modeling: A Multidisciplinary Journal: Estimating multilevel structural equation models with random slopes with Laplace and Variational approximations.

2025-10-31

We conducted another exciting retreat in Tecklenburg. For a picture see the News page.

2025-10-05

New paper in press by U. Kunzmann, S. Nestler and others in Emotion: Speaking about flexibility: Age differences in the variability and situational sensitivity of emotion regulation strategies.

2025-09-30

Katrin was awarded the Gustav-A.-Lienert dissertation prize by the Section "Evaluation and Methods" of the German Psychological Society. Congratulations Katrin!!!