Dr Sebastian Wachs

Biography

Dr Sebastian Wachs is an honorary research fellow at DCU Anti-Bullying Centre. Dr Wachs is a Deputy Professor for Media Education at the Department of Educational Studies at the University of Potsdam.

He studied Educational Science at the University of Bremen where he also earned his doctorate in Media Education. Sebastian has led several international projects on emotional and social development of adolescents, adjustment, well-being, risky behaviour, and aggression (e.g., bullying in schools and cyberspace, hate speech, cybergrooming), with particular attention to development in context (e.g., family, school, and culture). His research has been published in various high impact journals (e.g., Computers in Human Behavior, Computers & Education, Journal of Adolescence, Journal of Interpersonal Violence).

wachs@uni-potsdam.de

Research Areas

Bullying, cyberbullying, hate speech, cybergrooming

Publications

Online correlates of cyberhate involvement among young people from ten European countries: An application of the Routine Activity and Problem Behaviour Theory

2021

Sebastian Wachs, Angela Mazzone, Tijana Milosevic, Michelle F.Wright, Catherine Blaya, Manuel Gámez-Guadix, JamesO'Higgins Norman

Computers in Human Behavior

Published

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How Are Consensual, Non-Consensual, and Pressured Sexting Linked to Depression and Self-Harm? The Moderating Effects of Demographic Variables

2021

Dr. Sebastian Wachs

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Published

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The rising threat of cyberhate for young people around the globe

2020

Dr. Sebastian Wachs

In book: Child and Adolescent Exposure to Online Risks. An Ecological Perspective to Consequences, Contexts, and Interventions (pp.149-175)Publisher: Academic Press

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