This volume brings together the current state of research on the highly relevant social issue of trust and mistrust. In this context, both research and transfer of knowledge play a vital role in addressing concrete social problems and in responding to broader societal challenges.

The Editor

Dr. Martin K.W. Schweer is Professor at Faculty I, Educational and Social Sciences, at the University of Vechta. He heads the Department Educational Psychology and the associated Centre for Trust Research.

The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence. A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content.

This book is a translation of an original German edition. The translation was done with the help of artificial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). A subsequent human revision was done primarily in terms of content, so that the book will read stylistically differently from a conventional translation.

This volume brings together the current state of research on the highly relevant social issue of trust and mistrust. In this context, both research and transfer of knowledge play a vital role in addressing concrete social problems and in responding to broader societal challenges.