“…The discourses in this special issue foster a vivid counternarrative to the previously dominant discourses and narratives in psychobiography. Previous discourses have often focused on psychoanalytical and WEIRD (Western, educated, industrialized, rich, democratic) individuals, contexts, and perspectives (Mayer et al, 2022 ), which has contributed to a specific bias in psychobiographical research over the past decades (Mayer, 2022 ; Mayer & Kelley, 2022 ).…”