Doctora en Métodos de la Investigación Social del London Economics and Political Science, Reino Unido. Sus líneas de interés están enfocadas en temas de psicología social y política, ideologías políticas, actitudes hacia la justicia social, la legitimidad de autoridades, el castigo de delincuentes y la violencia intergrupal. Actualmente es académica de la Escuela de Sociología UDP, además de participar en el Centro de Estudios de Conflicto y Cohesión Social (COES).

Publicaciones

• Gerber, M. M., & Jackson, J. (en prensa). Justifying Violence: Legitimacy, Ideology and Public Support for Police Use of Force. Psychology, crime and law. doi:10.1080/1068316X.2016.1220556
• González, R., Gerber, M. M., & Carvacho, H. (2016). Social Identities and Conflict in Chile: The Role of Historical and Political Processes. In S. McKeown, R. Haji, & N. Ferguson (Eds.), Understanding Peace and Conflict Through Social Identity Theory (pp. 277–294). Springer International Publishing.
• Gerber, M. M., Carvacho, H., & González, R. (2016). Development and validation of a scale of support for violence in the context of intergroup conflict (SVIC): The case of violence perpetrated by Mapuche people and the police in Chile. International Journal of Intercultural Relations, 51, 61–68. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijintrel.2016.01.004
• Gerber, M. M., & Jackson, J. (2016). Authority and Punishment: On the Ideological Basis of Punitive Attitudes towards Criminals. Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, 23(1), 113–134. http://doi.org/10.1080/13218719.2015.1034060
• Gaskell, G., Hohl, K., & Gerber, M. M. (2016). Do closed survey questions overestimate public perceptions of food risks? Journal of Risk Research. Publicación avanzada en línea. http://doi.org/10.1080/13669877.2016.1147492
• González R., Carvacho, H. & Gerber, M.M. (2015) Relaciones Intergrupales. En: J.M. Sabucedo & J.F. Morales (eds.) Psicología Social. Madrid: Editorial Médica Panamericana.
• Gerber, M. M., & Jackson, J. (2013). Retribution as Revenge and Retribution as Just Deserts. Social Justice Research, 26(1), 61-80.

• Gaskell, G., Gottweis, H., Starkbaum, J., Gerber, M. M., et al (2013). Publics and biobanks: Pan-European diversity and the challenge of responsible innovation. European Journal of Human Genetics, 21(1), 14–20.
• Roberts, J., Hough, M., Jackson, J., & Gerber, M. M. (2012). Public Opinion towards the Lay Magistracy and the Sentencing Council Guidelines: The Effects of Information on Attitudes. British Journal of Criminology, 52(6), 1072-1091.
• Helsper, E., & Gerber, M. M. (2012). The Plausibility of Cross-National Comparisons of Internet Use Types. The Information Society, 28(2), 83–98.
• Gerber, M. M., Hirtenlehner, H., & Jackson, J. (2010). Insecurities about crime in Germany, Austria and Switzerland: A review of research findings. European Journal of Criminology, 7(2), 141–157.
• Jackson, J., Gerber, M.M. & Cote-Lussier, C. (2010). Ideological Roots of Fear of Crime and Punitive Sentiment in Greece and the UK: A Commentary on Cheliotis & Xenakis. In: Cheliotis, L. and Xenakis, S., (Eds.) Crime and punishment in contemporary Greece: international comparative perspectives. Peter Lang AG, Oxford.
• Dutton, W. H., Helsper, E. J. and Gerber, M. M. (2009) Oxford Internet Survey 2009 Report: The Internet in Britain. Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford.