Hector Research Institute of Education Sciences and Psychology

Dr. Manuel D.S. Hopp

Dr. Manuel D.S. Hopp is a postdoctoral researcher at the Hector Research Institute of Education Sciences and Psychology. He integrates educational psychology with computational network analysis to examine the structural determinants of talent development. Specifically, he uses Large Language Models (LLMs) and persistent homology to model “content topology” to analyze how text structure drives curiosity. This work provides a framework for understanding complex cognitive representations and improving the motivational quality of learning materials.

 

 

Address

University of Tübingen
Hector Research Institute of Education Sciences and Psychology
Europastraße 6
72072 Tübingen
Raum 408

Contact

07071/29-76563

manuel.hoppspam prevention@uni-tuebingen.de
 

 

Publications

Journal Articles

  • Hopp, M. D. S., Labatut, V., Amalvy, A., Dufour, R., Stone, H., Jach, H., & Murayama, K. (2025). Persistent Homology of Topic Networks for the Prediction of Reader Curiosity. Proceedings of the 63rd Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (Volume 1: Long Papers), 28121–28132. https://doi.org/10.18653/v1/2025.acl-long.1364
  • Harder, B., Naujoks-Schober, N., & Hopp, M. D. S. (2025). Capturing the complex: An intraindividual temporal network analysis of learning resource regulation. Education Sciences, 15(6), 728. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci15060728
  • Li, P., Zhang, Z. S., Hopp, M. D. S., Luo, L., & Wang, C. (2024). Is stereotypical masculinity and femininity in women associated with their creativity? An examination of gender roles and creativity. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts. https://doi.org/10.1037/aca0000714
  • Hopp, M. D. S., Händel, M., Bedenlier, S., Glaeser-Zikuda, M., Kammerl, R., Kopp, B., & Ziegler, A. (2022). The structure of social networks and its link to higher education students’ socio-emotional loneliness during COVID-19. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 733867. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.733867
  • Debatin, T., Hopp, M. D. S., Vialle, W., & Ziegler, A. (2021). The meta-analyses of deliberate practice underestimate the effect size because they neglect the core characteristic of individualization—an analysis and empirical evidence. Current Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-02326-x
  • Stoeger, H., Heilemann, M., Debatin, T., Hopp, M. D. S., Schirner, S., & Ziegler, A. (2021). Nine years of online mentoring for secondary school girls in STEM: an empirical comparison of three mentoring formats. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1483(1), 153–173. https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.14476
  • Hopp, M. D. S., Stoeger, H., & Ziegler, A. (2020). The supporting role of mentees’ peers in online mentoring: A longitudinal social network analysis of peer influence. Frontiers in Psychology, 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01929
  • Ziegler, A., Gryc, K. L., Hopp, M. D. S., & Stoeger, H. (2020). Spaces of possibilities: a theoretical analysis of mentoring from a regulatory perspective. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, nyas.14419. https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.14419
  • Zhang, Z. S., Hopp, M. D. S., Vialle, W., & Ziegler, A. (2020). Social perceptions of a creative person: stereotypes and prejudice of a creative student among German adolescents. Creativity Research Journal, 1–13. 10.1080/10400419.2020.1821565
  • Hopp, M. D. S., Zhang, Z. S., Hinch, L., O’Reilly, C., & Ziegler, A. (2019). Creative, thus connected: The power of sociometric creativity on friendship formation in gifted adolescents—A longitudinal network analysis of gifted students. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2019(168), 47–73. https://doi.org/10.1002/cad.2032
  • Stoeger, H., Hopp, M., & Ziegler, A. (2017). Online mentoring as an extracurricular measure to encourage talented Girls in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics): An empirical study of one-on-one versus group mentoring. Gifted Child Quarterly, doi:10.1177/0016986217702215.
  • Hopp, M., Händel, M., Stoeger, H., Vialle, W., & Ziegler, A. (2016). A cross-national study of implicit theories of a creative person. Education Sciences, 6(4), 38.
  • Debatin, T., Hopp, M., Vialle, W., & Ziegler, A. (2015). Why experts can do what they do: The effects of exogenous resources on the domain impact level of activities (DILA). Psychological Test and Assessment Modeling, 57(1), 94.
  • Stöger, H., Ziegler, A., Greindl, T., Heilemann, M., Hopp, M., Schirner, S., Sturm, K. & Zsak, N. (2015). CyberMINT-Communities – Ein netzwerkbasierter Förderansatz. Regensburg: Druck Team.
  • Stöger, H., Ziegler, A., Buschhaus, F., Greindl, T., Groß, C., Heilemann, M., Hopp, M., Meierhofer, T., Schirner, S., Sturm, K., Teuffenbach, V., Werner, K., Zsak, N. (2014). Von CyberMentor zu CyberMINT- Communities: Acht Jahre erfolgreiche MINT-Mädchenförderung. Regensburg: Druck Team.
  • Aljughaiman, A., Duan, X., Händel, M., Hopp, M., Stoeger, H., & Ziegler, A. (2012). A cross-cultural study of implicit theories of an intelligent person. Turkish Journal of Giftedness and Education, 2(1), 2-17.
  • Rothschild, Z. K., Ziegler, A., Hopp, M., Linner, M., Schöferle, T., Thomas, N., Schielein, T., Vladut, A. & Götzfried, W. (2012). Bildungs- und Lernkapitalarmut von Hauptschülern: Ergebnisse einer explorativen Befragungsstudie mit Lehrkräften. Schulpädagogik-heute, 5, 1-10.

Chapters in Published Books

  • Reutlinger, M., Buschhaus, F., Groß, C., Hopp, M., Werner, K., Ziegler, A. (2014). Begabtenförderung und Lernumwelten: Soziotope als Rahmenbedingungen der MINT-Förderung von Mädchen und Frauen. In M. Stamm (Eds.), Handbuch der Entwicklungspsychologie des Talents (pp. 549-562).

Conferences

  • Hopp, M. D. S., Ten, A., Sakaki, M., & Murayama, K. (2025, September 29–October 1). Curiosity as a catalyst: Simulating the development of domain-specific interest in knowledge networks. [Paper presentation]. 20th Conference of the Special Interest Group on Educational Psychology (PAEPS 2025), University of Jena, Jena, Germany.
  • Hopp, M. D. S., Labatut, V., Amalvy, A., Dufour, R., Stone, H., Jach, H., & Murayama, K. (2025, July 27–August 01). Persistent homology of topic networks for the prediction of reader curiosity. [Poster presentation]. 63rd Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics, Vienna, Austria.
  • Hopp, M. D. S., Ten, A., Sakaki, M., & Murayama, K. (2025, January 27–29). Curiosity as a catalyst: Simulating the development of domain-specific interest in knowledge networks. [Paper presentation]. GEBF 2025, Universität Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany.
  • Hopp, M. D. S., & Neuendorf, C. (2024, March 18–20). Die soziale Integration leistungsstarker Schülerinnen und Schüler: Welchen Einfluss hat die Lehrkraft? [Paper presentation]. GEBF 2024, Universität Potsdam, Germany.
  • Hopp, M. D. S., Zhang, S., Hinch, L., O'Reilly, C., & Ziegler, A. (2024, May 16–19). Creativity and perceptions among peer groups: Linking peer-perceived domain creativity and competence amidst stereotypes: A longitudinal network study of gifted adolescents [Paper presentation]. SOU Creativity Conference, Ashland, OR, United States. www.worldcreativity.org/celebrations/sou-creativity-conference
  • Colm, O., Hopp, M., Zhang, Z., Hinch, L., Oh, H., Ziegler, A. (2018, October). Creative, thus connected: The power of perceived creativity on friendship formation among gifted students – A longitudinal and social network analysis. Presentation at the 2nd European-American Summit on Talent Development, Nuremberg, Germany.
  • Hopp, M., Zhang, Z., Hinch, L., Oh, H., O'Reilly, C., & Ziegler, A. (2018, August). Mapping creativity through social-perception, self-perception and objective creative performance of gifted students: a longitudinal study. Presentation at the 16th International Conference of the European Council for High Ability (ECHA), Dublin, Ireland.
  • Zhang, Z., Hopp, M., Hinch, L., Oh, H., O'Reilly, C., & Ziegler, A. (2018, August). We are gifted, but are we creative? Gifted adolescents’ self-image as a creative person. Presentation at the 16th International Conference of the European Council for High Ability (ECHA), Dublin, Ireland.
  • Hopp, M., Ziegler, A., Stoeger, H. (2017, September). Peer effects in online mentoring – A longitudinal network analysis. Presentation at the Third European Conference on Social Networks (EUSN2017), Mainz, Germany.
  • Hopp, M., Ziegler, A. (2016, December). Jenseits der Dyade: Der Einfluss des Netzwerks auf den Erfolg eines Mentorings. Presentation at the Conference Stand der Netzwerkforschung, Darmstadt, Germany.
  • Hopp, M., Greindl, T., Ziegler, A., Stoeger, H. (2016, July). The Ideal Balance between Private and Specialized Talk: (How) Does the Self-Assessed Amount of STEM-Related Communication Predict Mentoring Success? Poster presented at the 3rd International Network Gender and STEM Conference, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
  • Hopp, M., Heilemann, M., Stoeger, H., Ziegler, A. (2016, March). Unterstützende Netzwerkeffekte in Online-Mentoring Plattformen. Poster presented at the 4. Tagung der Gesellschaft für Empirische Bildungsforschung (GEBF), Berlin, Germany
  • Hopp, M., Heilemann, M., Stoeger, H., Ziegler, A. (2014, July). How interconnectedness supports mentoring – Prerequisites to google successful mentees in online mentoring networks. Presentation at the Second International Network Gender and Stem Conference, Berlin, Germany.
  • Hopp, M., Händel, M., Stoeger, H. & Ziegler, A. (2013, September). A Cross-Cultural Study of Implicit Theories of a Creative Person. Poster presented at the International Conference on Talent Development & Excellence, Antalya, Turkey.

Curriculum Vitae

Since 01/2023
Research Fellow and Lab Coordinator

Hector Research Institute of Education Sciences and Psychology, University of Tuebingen

06/2023
Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology

University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

11/2021 – 12/2022
PhD Student

University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

11/2012 – 10/2021
Research Fellow, Instructional Designer, and Lecturer

University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

10/2006 – 09/2012
1st Staatsexamen: Secondary school teacher (Mathematics & Physics)

University of Ulm