Marie Jahoda

Marie Jahoda (1907–2001) was an Austrian-British social psychologist renowned for her pioneering work on the psychological effects of unemployment, particularly in the seminal 1933 study 'Die Arbeitslosen von Marienthal' co-authored with Paul Lazarsfeld and Hans Zeisel. A committed socialist and Jewish intellectual from Vienna, she faced persecution under the Nazis, spending eight months in prison before emigrating to Britain and later the United States, where she advanced social psychology research on prejudice, mental health, and group conflicts. She held professorships at New York University and the University of Sussex, becoming a foundational figure in the field.[1][2][3][4]