Raum M3/209

Tel: 863-2611

niklas.doebler[at]uni-bamberg.de

Forschungsinteressen

Exopsychologie, Weltraumpsychologie, Transhumanismus, Human Enhancement, Video-/Computerspiele

Abschlüsse

2025 Ph.D. (Psychologie) an der Universität Bamberg

2020 Master of Science (Psychologie) an der Universität Bamberg

2018 Bachelor of Science (Psychologie) an der Universität Bamberg

Veröffentlichungen

• Döbler, N. A., & Carbon, C.-C. (2025). Will they come in peace? On psychological investigations into
  the representation of extraterrestrial life [Poster]. 47th European Conference on Visual Perception, Mainz.
• Döbler, N. A., & Carbon, C.-C. (2025). The case against intelligence—Why SETI is searching for the wrong
  concept [Poster]. 2025 Penn State SETI Symposium, State College, PA.
• Döbler, N. A., Pastukhov, A., & Carbon, C.-C. (2025). Where we have gone before – On the role of perceived
  collective continuity on the support of SETI, and L estimations in the Drake equation [Talk]. 2025 Penn
  State SETI Symposium, State College, PA.
• Pletziger, J., Döbler, N. A., & Carbon, C.-C. (2025). More than War and Peace: Analyzing museum’s visitors’
  messages to extraterrestrials [Talk]. Exploring Otherness on Earth and beyond: Bridging the gap between
  natural sciences, social sciences and humanities, Berlin.
• Döbler, N. A., Pastukhov, A., & Carbon, C.-C. (2025). Exploring the Hypothetical Impact of Genetic Engineering
  on Ethnicity: An Analysis of a Large-Scale Data Set Retrieved From a Museal Setting. Bioethics.
  https://doi.org/10.1111/bioe.70005
• D öbler , N . A ., & C arbon, C .-C . (2025). D o e s cr e ating the p e rfe ct ch ild m e an e n forcing or
  dism antling norm ative g e nde r ste re otyp e s? Ev ide nce from an inte r active v irtu al g e ne tic
  e ng ine e ring e xh ibit. Acta P sychologica , 254 . doi.o rg /10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.104748
  Döbler, N. A. (2024). Postphenomenology & SETI: Revealing technofantasies [Talk]. 2024 Assembly of the
  Order of the Octopus, Green Bank, WV.
• Döbler, N. A., & Carbon, C.-C. (2024). Adapting Ourselves, Instead of the Environment: An Inquiry into
  Human Enhancement for Function and Beyond. Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science, 58(2),
  589–637. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12124-023-09797-6
• Döbler, N. A., & Carbon, C.-C. (2024). Human Enhancement in health and everyday settings: Contemporary and
  future perspectives [Talk]. 16. Jahrestagung der dggö - Ethik und Ökonomie im Gesundheitssystem, Halle
  (Saale).
• Döbler, N. A., & Carbon, C.-C. (2024). Inferring their minds and analysing our beliefs: On the contribution of
  (exo)psychology to the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. International Journal of Astrobiology, 23.
  https://doi.org/10.1017/S1473550424000156
• Döbler, N. A., & Carbon, C.-C. (2024). Searching for false negatives: On the necessity of extraterrestrial
  participation for human recognition and beyond [Talk]. KAVLI-IAU SYMPOSIUM (IAUS 387): (Toward)
  Discovery of Life Beyond Earth and its Impact, Durham, UK.
• Döbler, N. A., & Carbon, C.-C. (2024). Why the mind? Understanding why cognitive enhancement is so tempting
  [Talk]. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Neuroenhancement: Current Developments and Impact on the
  Individual and Society, Bielefeld, Germany.
• Döbler , N . A ., C arbon, C .-C ., & Sch aub , H . (20 24). Human Enhancement Without
  Organizational Knowledge and by Organizational Order. Journal of Cognitive
  Enhancement, 8 (1–2), 1 70 –183 . do i.org / 10.1007/s41465 -023 -00278 -7
• Döbler, N. A., Pastukhov, A., & Carbon, C.-C. (2024). Exploring the impact of genetic engineering on race: An
  analysis of a large scale dataset with high ecological validity [Talk]. 17th World Congress of Bioethics,
  Doha.
• Jost, M., Döbler, N. A., & Claus-Christian Carbon. (2024). Augmented Identity: Unveiling the Influence of
  Cybernetic Enhancements on Personality Perception [Poster]. 46th European Conference on Visual
  Perception. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.25932.83842
• Döbler, N. A. (2024). Everybody’s Foe? On the Ideological Reasons to Reject or Endorse Human Enhancement
  and Transhumanism [Talk]. 17th World Congress of Bioethics, Doha.
• Della Guardia, J., Döbler, N. A., & Carbon, C.-C. (2023). Space Refuge: A case report on Cyberpunk
  Edgerunners [Poster]. Space Science in Context. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.10492.21124
• Döbler, N. A., & Carbon, C.-C. (2023). Affordances in outer space: Forms of life, material engagement, and
  meaning within space exploration and SETI. Acta Astronautica, 210, 350–363.
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2023.05.034
• Döbler , N . A ., & Carbon, C .-C . (2023 ). B o ostin g human capacitie s: Attitudes toward Human
  Enhancement and vaccination in the context of perceived naturalness and invasiveness.
  Discover Psychology , 3 , 24. doi.org /10.1 007/s44202 -023 -00085-3
• Döbler, N. A., Della Guardia, J., & Carbon, C.-C. (2023). Do aliens get depressed? [Poster]. Space Science in
  Context. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.24595.55849
• Döbler, N. A., El Amri, Y., & Carbon, C.-C. (2023). Is there anybody out there? Can individual loneliness, need
  for closure, and religiosity predict the belief in extraterrestrial life and intelligence? Discover Psychology,
  3(1), 21. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44202-023-00076-4
• Döbler, N. A., & Carbon, C.-C. (2023). Advances in exopsychology [Talk]. 2023 Penn State SETI Symposium,
  State College, PA.
• Döbler, N. A., Raab, M., & Carbon, C.-C. (2023). Subjective Theories about ET [Poster]. 2023 Penn State SETI
  Symposium, State College, PA. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8014111
• Döbler, N. A. (2022). Where will they be: Hidden implications of solutions to the Fermi paradox. International
  Journal of Astrobiology, 21(4), 200–204. https://doi.org/10.1017/S147355042200012X
• Döbler, N. A., & Bartnik, C. (2022). Normative Affordances Through and By Technology: Technological
  Mediation and Human Enhancement. International Journal of Interactive Multimedia and Artificial
  Intelligence, 7(6), 14–23. https://doi.org/10.9781/ijimai.2022.09.006
• Döbler, N. A., & Bartnik, C. (2022). Normative Affordances through Technology: A Postphenomenological
  Perspective. In J. F. Paz Santana, D. H. La Iglesia, & A. J. López Rivero (Eds.), New Trends in
  Disruptive Technologies, Tech Ethics and Artificial Intelligence [Online ahead of print] (pp. 145–156).
  Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-87687-6_15
• Döbler, N. A., & Carbon, C.-C. (2022). Exopsychology and the human perspective on the extraterrestrial (mind)
  [Poster]. The First Penn State SETI Symposium. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6669976
• Döbler, N. A., Della Guardia, J., & Carbon, C.-C. (2022). Stumbling affords remembrance: Perceptual and
  behavioral engagement with a Holocaust memorial. Perception, 51(1_suppl), 133–134.
  https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.27212.69764/1
• Haqq-Misra, J., Ashtari, R., Benford, J., Carroll-Nellenback, J., Döbler, N. A., Farah, W., Fauchez, T. J.,
  Gajjar, V., Grinspoon, D., Huggahalli, A., Kopparapu, R. K., Lazio, J., Profitiliotis, G., Sneed, E. L.,
  Varghese, S. S., & Vidal, C. (2022). Opportunities for technosignature science in the planetary science
  and astrobiology decadal survey. arXiv. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2209.11685
• Döbler, N. A., & Carbon, C.-C. (2021). The View From Somewhere: Perspective and Relational Foundation of
  Outer Space Perception. Perception, 50(1_suppl), 180–181.
  https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.17167.51369/1
• Döbler, N. A., & Carbon, C.-C. (2021). Vaccination against SARS-CoV-2: A human enhancement story.
  Translational Medicine Communications, 6. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41231-021-00104-2
• Döbler, N., & Raab, M. (2021). Thinking ET: A Discussion on Exopsychology. Acta Astronautica, 189, 699–711.
  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2021.09.032
• Raab, M. H., Döbler, N. A., & Carbon, C.-C. (2021). A Game of Covid: Strategic thoughts about a ludified
  pandemic. Frontiers in Psychology, 12. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.607309
• Döbler, N. A. (2020). The concept of developmental relativity: Thoughts on the technological synchrony of
  interstellar civilizations. Space Policy, 54, 101391. doi.org/10.1016/j.spacepol.2020.101391