Jutta Tobias

Jutta Tobias

  • James Marshall Public Policy Scholar, Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues

Jutta Tobias is a social psychologist whose focuses on linking economic with social development has led to numerous field research projects on intergroup perceptions and post-conflict collaboration in Europe, Africa, and the U.S.  Dr. Tobias serves as the James Marshall Public Policy Scholar at the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, bridging the gap between science, business, and policy, and lobbying in Congress for better outcomes for the less fortunate. 

Recent field work in Africa include a study of intergroup contact and its link to reconciliation attitudes amongst rural Rwandans in commercial contexts, and capacity-building project work focused on telecommunications liberalization in Ethiopia.

WORKING PAPERS

The Role of Entrepreneurship in Conflict Reduction in the Post-Genocide Rwandan Coffee Industry image

The Role of Entrepreneurship in Conflict Reduction in the Post-Genocide Rwandan Coffee Industry

Jutta Tobias, Karol Boudreaux | Jun 2009
Entrepreneurship is widely acknowledged as a catalyst for poverty reduction and economic development. This paper presents evidence from a field survey conducted during the summer of 2008 among a sample of Rwanda’s emerging specialty coffee workers and reports on significant correlations between economic satisfaction and life satisfaction, as well as meaningful work contact with members from the other group with an attitude of reconciliation.