dr. J.H. (Ole) Gmelin

My research is centrally concerned with how social environments (ranging from cultural resources and discourses to everyday social interactions) influence individual development. For example, my PhD research project focuses on how sexual identity construction is influenced by conversation partners, who mediate the influence of cultural conceptions on sexual identity development in the context of everyday interactions. I am also interested in developing methods and theoretical frameworks for understanding how discursive processes can account for the emergence of psychological properties that are commonly understood as latent traits. I have a specific expertise in: dynamic systems theory, thematic analysis, narrative analysis, time series analysis, discourse and conversation analysis, identity construction, queer theory, LGBTQ* psychology, and identity development.

Lecturer at the Department of Theory and History of Psychology (RUG)
Trainer for Inclusive Recruitment at HR experts (RUG)
Co-chair and founder of the expertise centre for the study of LGBTQIA+ issues at the BSS (RUG)
Board member of the International Society for Research on Identity (ISRI). 
Chair of the Qualitative Research Methods Group Groningen
Chair of Diversity and Inclusion at the BSS