Recent Publications

 

• • Hirvonen, P., Bamberg, M., Van Langenhove, L., & Christensen, B.A. (2025). A discussion of positioning theory: An interview with Michael Bamberg and Luk Van Langenhove. CULTURE & PSYCHOLOGY, 31, 3, 1090-1106. (+AI summary)
  • Bamberg, M. (2024). Positioning, narrative practices, and positioning theory. In M.B. McVee, L. Van Langenhove, C.H. Brock & B.A. Christensen (Eds.) The Routledge international handbook of positioning theory (pp. 4257). Routledge
  • Bamberg, M. (2022). Positioning the subject. In S. Bosančić, F. Brodersen, L. Pfahl, L. Schürmann, T. Spies & B. Traue (Eds.): Following the subject. Grundlagen und Zugänge empirischer Subjektivierungsforschung. Wiesbaden, Germany: Springer VS
  • Bamberg, M. (2021). Master and counter narratives. Same facts – different stories. Research Outreach – Connecting science with society, 122, 126-29
  • Bamberg, M., & Dege, M. (2021). Decentering histories of identity. In M. Bamberg, C. Demuth & M. Watzlawik (Eds.), The Cambridge handbook of identity (pp. 25-56). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
  • Bamberg, M., Demuth, M., & Watzlawick, M. (2021)(Eds.). The Cambridge handbook of identity. Cambridge University Press.
  • Watzlawick, M., Demuth, C., & Bamberg, M. (2021). Identity: With or without you: Perspectives and choices guiding this handbook. In M. Bamberg, C. Demuth & M. Watzlawik (Eds.), The Cambridge handbook of identity (pp. 1-21). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. 
  • Bamberg, M. (2021). Uncertainty – What Pfizer, Billy Graham, Trump, and psychology have in common… In. M. Dege & I. Strasser (Eds.), Global Pandemics and Epistemic Crises in Psychology: A Socio-Philosophical Approach (pp. 59-71). Milton Park, UK: Routledge..
  • Bamberg, M. (2021). Narrative in qualitative psychology. In P. Camic, (Ed.), Qualitative research in psychology. Second Edition: Expanding perspectives in methodology and design (pp. 51-66). Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.
  • Bamberg, M., & Wipff, Z. (2021). Re-considering counter narratives.  In: K. Lueg, & M. Wolf Lundholt (Eds.). The Routledge handbook of counter narratives (pp. 71-84). Milton Park, Abington, UK: Routledge.
  • Bamberg, M., & Wipff, Z. (2020). Counter narratives of crime and punishment. In: M. Althoff, B. Dollinger & H. Schmidt (Eds.), Conflicting narratives of crime and punishment (pp. 23-41). Palgrave MacMillan. Link to video: L.A. LAW
  • Bamberg, M. (2020)  Narrative analysis: An integrative approach – – Small stories and narrative practices.: In: M. Järvinen & N. Mik-Meyer (Eds.), Qualitative analysis – Eight traditions (pp. 243-264). London, Delhi, New York: Sage Publications.
  • Bamberg, M. (2020). Discours, small stories et identités d’adolescents. In S. Patron (Ed.), Small stories: Un nauveau paradigme pour les recherches sur les récit (pp. 287-293). Paris: Herman.
  • Bamberg, M. (2020). Big stories ou small stories: Les raisons de s’y intéresser. In: Small stories: Un nauveau paradigme pour les recherches sur les récit (pp. 295-307). Paris: Herman.
  • Reporting Standards for Qualitative Research  In: The Seventh Edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (pp. 93-101) ISBN: 9781 – 4338 – 3216 – 1 (November 2019)
  • Levitt, H., Bamberg, M., Creswell, J.W., Frost, D.M., Josselson, R., & Suarez-Orozco, C. (2018). Journal article reporting standards for qualitative primary, qualitative meta-analytic, and mixed methods research in psychology: The APA Publications and Communications Board task force report. American Psychologist, 73, (1), 26-46.
  • Bamberg, M. (2018). Storytelling. In M. Bornstein (Ed.), The SAGE encyclopedia of lifespan human development (pp. 2155-2157). London, Delhi, New York: Sage Publications.
  • Bamberg, M. (March 5, 2018) Panel 4 – National Academy of Sciences – Vimeo – Panel 4: What is the relation of narrative to power? How does narrative work as a tool for mobilization and intervention? How do different societies’ narratives vary and sometimes clash?
  • Bamberg, M. (March 5, 2018) Panel 1 – National Academy of Sciences – Vimeo – Panel 1: Introduction to Narrative Research in the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Bamberg, M. (2016). Language, interaction, and culture. In H. Miller (Ed.), The SAGE encyclopedia of theory in Psychology (pp. 497-500). London, Delhi, New York: Sage Publications.
  • Bamberg, M. (2016).Narrative. In: K.B. Jensen & T.T. Craig (Eds.), The International encyclopedia of communication theory and philosophy (pp. 1287-1295).Oxford, UK, Malden, MA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (DOI: 10.1002/9781118766804.wbiect175)
  • Bamberg, M. (2016). Narrative Inquiry. In: K.B. Jensen & T.T. Craig (Eds.), The International encyclopedia of communication theory and philosophy (pp. 1295-1303).Oxford, UK, Malden, MA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (DOI: 10.1002/9781118766804.wbiect239)
  • Bamberg, M., & Budwig, N. (2016). Therapeutic misconceptions. When the voices of caring and research are misconstrued as the voice of curing.  In M. Watzlawik, A. Kriebel & J. Valsiner (Eds.) Particulars and universals in clinical and developmental psychology.Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishers (Originally published in Ethics and Behavior, 2, 165-184).
  • Bamberg, M., & Demuth, C. (2016). Narrative inquiry: An interview with Michael Bamberg. Europe’s Journal of Psychology 12:1, 14-28. doi:10.5964/ejop.v12i1.1128 – – http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4873065/
  • Bamberg, M. (2016). Positioning between structure and performance. In B. Curtis & C. Curtis (Eds.) Generating data. London & New Delhi: Sage Publications (Originally published in Journal of Narrative and Life History, 7, 335-342).
  • Bamberg, M. (2016). Blank check for biography. Openness and ingenuity in the management of the ‘Who-Am-I-Question’. In B. Curtis & C. Curtis (Eds.) Generating data. London & New Delhi: Sage Publications (Originally published in In D. Schiffrin, A. DeFina, & A. Nylund (Eds.). Telling stories: Language, narrative, and social life (pp. 109-121). Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press).
  • Thirteen short lectures on the topic of INNOVATIVE LEARNING (on YouTube)(recorded 2015 -published 2016)
    

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    2010-2015

• • Bamberg, M. (2015). Who Am I?  Narration and its contribution to self and identity. In: Gough, B. (Ed.)(2014). Qualitative research in psychology. Volume III: Methodologies 1 – From experiential to constructionist approaches (pp. 233-256). Los Angeles, London, New Delhi: Sage Publications. – (with a 20-minutes commentary available on YouTube) (reprinted from Bamberg, 2011a, Who am I? Narration and its contribution to self and identity. Theory & Psychology, 21(1), 3-24. (commented by Eli Schachter and Mark Freeman)(+ my response = Bamberg 2011b)
  • Bamberg, M. (2014). Narrative practices versus capital-D discoursers: Ways of investigating Family. Journal of Family Theory & Review, 6, 132-136.
  • Lätsch, D., & Bamberg, M. (2013). Ansätze zu einer psychologischen Erzählanalyse. Psychoanalyse. Texte zur Sozialforschung, 3/4, 223-240.
  • Bamberg, M. (2012) Why narrative? Narrative Inquiry, 22(1), 202-210.
  • Bamberg, M. (2012). Narrative analysis. In H. Cooper, P. M. Camic, D. L. Long, A. T. Panter, D. Rindskopf, & K. Sher (Eds.), APA handbook of research methods in psychology (Vol. 2; pp. 85–102). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/13620-006
  • Bamberg, M.(2011). Freedom, narrative, and happiness. Journal of Family Theory and Review, 3, 320-325.
  • Bamberg, M. (2011). Narrative discourse. In C.A. Chapelle (General Ed.), The encyclopedia of applied linguistics. Oxford, UK: Wiley-Blackwell.
  • Bamberg, M (2011). Narrative practice and identity navigation. In J.A. Holstein & J.F. Gubrium (Eds.), Varieties of narrative analysis (pp. 99-124). London: Sage Publications.
  • Bamberg, M., De Fina, A.,  & Schiffrin, D. (2011) Discourse and identity construction. In S. Schwartz, K. Luyckx & V. Vignoles (Eds.), Handbook of identity theory and research (pp. 177-199). Berlin/New York: Springer Verlag.
  • Bamberg, M. (2011a). Who am I? Narration and its contribution to self and identity. Theory & Psychology, 21(1), 3-24. (commented by Eli Schachter and Mark Freeman)(+ my response = Bamberg 2011b)
  • Bamberg, M. (2011b). Who am I? Big or small — shallow or deep? Theory & Psychology, 21(1), 122-129.
  • Bamberg, M. (2010). Blank check for biography? Openness and ingenuity in the management of the ‘Who-Am-I-Question’. In D. Schiffrin, A. DeFina, & A. Nylund (Eds.). Telling stories: Language, narrative, and social life (pp. 109-121). Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press.
    

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    2005-2009

  • Bamberg, M. (2009). Identity and narration. In P. Huehn, J. Pier, W. Schmid & J Schoenert (Eds.), Handbook of narratology. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter.
  • Bamberg, M., & Georgakopoulou, A. (2008). Small Stories as a New Perspective in Narrative and Identity Analysis. Text & Talk, 28(3), 377-396.
  • Bamberg, M. (2008). Twice-told tales: Small Story analysis and the process of identity formation. In T. Sugiman, K.J. Gergen, W. Wagner & Y. Yamada (Eds.), Meaning in action (pp. 183-204). New York: Springer.
  • Bamberg, M. (2008). Selves and identities in the making: The study of microgenetic processes in interactive practices. In U Müller, J Carpendale, N. Budwig & B Sokol (Eds.), Social life and social knowledge (pp. 205-224). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
  • Bamberg, M. (2007). Narrative Analysis and Identity Research: A Case for ‘Small Stories’ (unpublished manuscript).
  • Korobov, N. & Bamberg, M.(2007).  “Strip poker! They don’t show nothing!” Positioning identities in adolescent male talk about a television game show. In M. Bamberg, A DeFina & D. Schiffrin (Eds.), Selves and identities in narrative and discourse (pp.253-271). Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
  • Bamberg, M. (2007). Introductory remarks. In M Bamberg (Ed.), Narrative—State of the art (pp. 1-5). Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
  • Bamberg, M. (2007). Stories: big or small—Why do we care?. In M Bamberg (Ed.), Narrative—State of the art (pp. 165-174). Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
  • Bamberg, M (2007). Narrative – State of the Art. Amsterdam: John Benjamins (reviewed in Language, Discourse Studies, Language in Society, Journal of Sociolinguistics, Metapsychology) (contributions by Georgakopoulou, Freeman, and Bamberg)
  • Bamberg, M., & Zielke, B, (2007). From dialogical practices to polyphonic thought? Developmental inquiry and where to look for it. International Journal for Dialogical Science, 2, 223-242.
  • Bamberg, M. (2006) Special Issue of Narrative Inquiry vol. 16(1) — (introductory  remarks + 3 articles on small versus big debate: by Alexandra Georgakopoulou, Mark Freeman, Michael Bamberg)  <<list of titles + contributors>>
  • Bamberg, M. (2006).  Sequencing Events in Time or Sequencing  Events in Story-Telling? From Cognition to Discourse – With Frogs Paving the Way. In J. Guo, S. Ervin-Tripp & Nancy Budwig (Eds.), Festschrift for Dan Slobin (pp. 127-136).  Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
  • Bamberg, M. (2006). Biographic-narrative research, quo vadis? A critical review of ‘big stories’ from the perspective of ‘small stories’. In K. Milnes, C. Horrocks, N. Kelly, B. Roberts, and D. Robinson, (Eds.), Narrative, memory and knowledge: Representations, aesthetics and contexts. Huddersfield: University of Huddersfield Press.
  • Poster presentations at APS + APS with Samantha Trickey, Jamie Hickey, and Larissa Christensen: APS in May; APA in August
  • Bamberg, M. (2005). Review of Frosh/Phoenix/Pattman (Young Masculinities) and Way/Chu (Adolescent Boys). Journal of Adolescent Research, 20(5), 604-608.
  • Bamberg, M. (2005). Encyclopedia entries on ‘Agency’,’  Master Narratives’, and ‘Positioning’. In D. Herman, M. Jahn, & M.-L. Ryan (Eds.), The Routledge encyclopedia of narrative theory.  New York: Routledge.
  • Bamberg, M.  (2005). Motivating psychology students to engage in inquiry. Review of  Neil J. Salkind “An Introduction to Theories of Development”.  PsychCRITIQUES – Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books
  • Moissinac, L., & Bamberg, M. (2005). “It’s weird, I was so mad”: Developing Discursive Identity Defenses in Conversational “Small” Stories of Adolescent Boys. Texas Speech Communication Journal, 29(2), 142-156.
    

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    2000-2004

  • Bamberg, M. (2004). Narrative discourse and identities. In J. C. Meister, T. Kindt, W. Schernus, & M. Stein (Eds.), Narratology beyond literary criticism (pp. 213-237) Berlin & New York: Walter de Gruyter.
  • Bamberg, M. (2004). Considering counter narratives. In: M. Bamberg & M. Andrews (Eds.), Considering counter narratives: Narrating, resisting,      making sense (pp. 351-371). Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
  • Korobov, N., & Bamberg, M. (2004). Positioning a ‘mature’ self in interactive practices:  How adolescent males negotiate ‘physical attraction’ in group talk. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 22, 471-492.
  • Korobov, N., & Bamberg, M. (2004). Development  as micro-genetic positioning. British Journal of  Developmental Psychology, 22, 521-530.
  • Bamberg, M. (2004). “We are young, responsible, and male”:  Form and function of  ‘slut-bashing’ in  the identity constructions in 15-year-old males.  Human Development, 47, 331-353. (Responses by Avril Thorne and Rogers Hall)
  • Bamberg,  M. (2004). Talk, small  stories, and adolescent identities. Human Development, 47, 366-369.
  • Bamberg, M. (2003). Review of Crispin Sartwell’s “End of Story”.  Narrative Inquiry, 13(2), 473-481.
  • Bamberg, M  & Barcinski, M. (in collaboration with C, Morey, J. Farwell & S.  Powell) “Developing a (male) sense of (heterosexual) self: Positioning strategies in 10-, 12-, and 14-year olds on the topic of girls and sexuality”. Symposium at the 33rd Annual Meeting of the Jean Piaget Society, Chicago, June 5th, 2003
  • Bamberg, M. (2003). “Positioning with Davie Hogan – Stories, Tellings, and Identities. In C. Daiute & C. Lightfoot (Eds.), Narrative analysis: Studying the development of individuals in society. London: Sage.
  • Bamberg, M. (2003). Foreword to ‘Qualitative Research in Psychology’; edited by P. Camic, J, Rhodes & L. Yardley. Washington, DC: American Psychology Association.
  • Bamberg, M. ( 2003) “Construindo a masculinidade na adolescência: a formação de posicionamentos e o processo de construção da identidade aos 15 anos”. In Moita Lopes, L.  P. & Bastos, L. C. ( Eds.) Identidades. Recortes Inter- e   Multidisciplinares.  Campinas: Mercado de Letras.
  • Bamberg, M. & Moissinac, L. (2003). Discourse development. In A. Graesser & M.A.  Gernsbacher (Eds.), Handbook for discourse processes (pp. 395-437). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
  • Bamberg,  M.  (2002). Literacy and development  as discourse, cognition or as both? Journal of Child Language, 29, 449-453.
  • Bamberg, M. (2001). Why young American English-speaking children confuse anger and sadness: A study of grammar in practice. In: K. Nelson, A. Aksu-Koc, & C. Johnson (Eds.), Children’s language, Vol. 10: Language in use,  narratives and interaction (pp. 55-72). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
  • Bamberg, M. (2000). Critical personalism, language, and development. Theory & Psychology, 10, 749-767.
  • Bamberg, M. (2000). Language and communication – What develops? Determining  the role of language practices for a theory of development. In N. Budwig, I. Uzgiris,  & J. Wertsch (Eds.), Communication: Arena of development (pp. 55-77). Norwood, NJ:  Ablex.
    

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    1990-1999

  • Bamberg, M. (1999). Talk and what talk is about: The development of form and content in discourse practices. Human Development, 42, 247-252.
  • Bamberg, M. (1999). Identität in Erzählung und im Erzählen. Versuch einer Bestimmung der Besonderheit des narrativen Diskurses für die sprachliche Verfassung von Identität. Journal für Psychologie, 7, 43-55
  • Bamberg, M. (1999). Is there anything behind discourse? Narrative and the local  accomplishment of identities. In W. Maiers, B. Bayer, B. Duarte Esgalhado, R. Jorna & E. Schraube (Eds.) Challenges to theoretical psychology. Selected/edited proceedings of the seventh biennial conference of the International Society for Theoretical Psychology, Berlin, 1997 (pp. 220-227). North York: Captus University Publications.
  • Budwig, N., Valsiner, J., & Bamberg, M. (1998). Situating Rogoff: The  interdisciplinary study of human development. Clark Working Papers on Developmental Psychology, 1, 2-15.
  • Bamberg, M. (1998). Narrative, play, and development. Human Development, 41, 196-199.
  • Bamberg, M. (1997). Language, concepts and  emotions. The role of language in the construction of emotions.  Language Sciences, 19, 309-340.
  • Bamberg, M. (1997). Positioning between structure and performance. Journal of Narrative and Life  History, 7, 335-342.
  • Bamberg, M. (1997). Culture, words and understanding. Culture and Psychology, 3(2), 183-194.
  • Bamberg, M.(1997). Emotion talk(s). The role of perspective in the construction of emotions. In S. Niemeier & R. Dirven (Eds.), The language of emotions (pp. 209-225). Amsterdam: John Benjamin.
  • Bamberg, M. (1997). Introduction  to the volume. In M. Bamberg (Ed.), Narrative development – Six approaches (pp. i-xiv). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum
  • Bamberg, M. (1997). A constructivist approach to narrative development. In M. Bamberg (Ed.), Narrative development – Six approaches (pp. 89-132). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
  • Talbot, J.,  Bibace, R., Bokhur, B., & Bamberg, M. (1996). Affirmation and resistance of dominant discourses:  The rhetorical construction of pregnancy. Journal of Narrative and Life History, 6, 225-251
  • Bamberg, M., Ammirati, D.L., & Shea, S. (1995). How children learn to talk about things with no name: ‘Double Emotions’. In P.W. Davis (Ed.), Alternative linguistics: Descriptive and theoretical modes (pp. 1-43.). Amsterdam: John Benjamins.
  • Bamberg, M. (1994). Actions, events, scenes, plots and the drama. Language and the constitution of part-whole relationships. Language Sciences, 16(1), 39-79.
  • Bamberg, M., & Marchman, V. (1991). Binding and unfolding: Towards the linguistic construction of narrative discourse. Discourse Processes, 14(3), 277-305.

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Recent Books + Book Projects

• • Bamberg, M. (Ed.) (2007). Narrative—State of the art. Amsterdam: Benjamins.
  • Bamberg, M., de Fina, A., & Schiffrin, D. (Eds.) (2007). Selves and  identities in narrative and discourse. Amsterdam: Benjamins.
  • De Fina, A., Schiffrin, D., & Bamberg, M. (Eds.) (2006). Discourse and identity. Cambridge University Press.
  • Bamberg, M. & Andrews, M. (Eds.) (2004) Considering counter narratives. Amsterdam: Benjamins.
  • Bamberg, M. (Ed.) (2000). Narrative identity. Special issue of Narrative Inquiry, 10.
  • Bamberg, M. (Ed.) (1997). Narrative development – Six approaches. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum [Including a general Introduction to the Volume and six individual introductions  for each of the chapters]. (Reviewed in Journal of Child Language, 2000, 27, 453-459).
  • Bamberg, M.(Ed.) (1997). Oral versions of personal  experience: Three decades of narrative analysis. Special  Volume of the Journal of Narrative and Life History, 7: 1 – 4. (Also published as book)
  • Berman, R. & Slobin, D.I. (Eds.) (In collaboration with Ayhan Aksu, Michael Bamberg, Virginia Marchman, Tanya Renner, Eugenia Sebastiano, and      Christiane von Stutterheim) (1994). Different ways of relating events in narrative: A crosslinguistic study. Hillsdale, NJ.: Erlbaum Associates.
  • Bamberg, M. (1987). The acquisition of narratives: Learning to use language; Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. (Reviewed  in: Language,   1991, 67, 150-155; Journal of Child Language,1992, 19, 481-487 1992, Lingua,1989, 38, 402; L’Homme, 1990, 116; Bulletin de la Societe de Linguistique1989).