Jens Heumann

LIFE Fellow from 2022 to 2025, University of Zurich

Dr. phil.

Dissertation completed in November 2025

Social Regulation of the Human Stress Response: Adolescent Peer Victimization and Young Adults’ Health

(Advisor: Michael Shanahan)

Selected Publications

Berger, J., Lindenberg, S., Heumann, J., & Bakker, D. (2025). Constructive competition: An experimental study on calibrating competitive intensity and winner selection rules. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 28(7), Article 1483. https://doi.org/10.1177/13684302251325021

Heumann, J., Cole, S. W., Eisner, M., Ribeaud, D., Grünblatt, E., & Shanahan, M. J. (2025). Peer victimization in adolescence alters gene expression and cytokine profiles during transition to adulthood. Brain, Behavior, & Immunity – Health, 48, Article 101025. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbih.2025.101025

Zuber, S., Bechtiger, L., Bodelet, J. S., Golin, M., Heumann, J., Kim, J. H., Klee, M., Mur, J., Noll, J., Voll, S., O’Keefe, P., Steinhoff, A., Zölitz, U., Muniz-Terrera, G., Shanahan, L., Shanahan, M. J., & Hofer, S. M. (2023). An integrative approach for the analysis of risk and health across the life course: challenges, innovations, and opportunities for life course research. Discover Social Science and Health, 3, Article 14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44155-023-00044-2