Educational Psychology

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Educational Psychology
Department of Psychology - Heidelberg University
Hauptstraße 47-51
69117 Heidelberg, Germany

Education and Academic Career

• 1995: Psychology Diploma, University of Bielefeld, Germany
• 1999: Dr. in Psychology, University of Bielefeld, Germany
• 1995-2002: Scientific staff positions with research and teaching obligations, Universities of Bielefeld, Hildesheim and Dortmund, Germany
• 2002-2004: Juniorprofessor for Institutional Research, University of Dortmund, Germany
• since 2004: Educational Psychology Professor, Heidelberg University, Germany

Research Interests

• Learning and teaching in schools and higher education
• Motivational prerequisites of learning and achievement
• Self-regulation in educational contexts
• Teacher education
• Psychology learning and teaching
• Institutional research in higher education

Professional Activities at Heidelberg University (selected)

• Member of the Heidelberg School of Education Council (3/2016 - )
• Dean of the Fakultät für Verhaltens- und Empirische Kulturwissenschaften (10/2015 - 9/2017)
• Member of the University Senate (10/2015 - 9/2017)
• Elected Member of the University Senate (9/2014 - 9/2015)
• Member of the heiEducation Steering Committee for excellence in teacher education (1/2014 - 3/2016)
• Member of the Frontier Research Grant Committee (10/2012 -)
• Dean of Students of the Fakultät für Verhaltens- und Empirische Kulturwissenschaften (9/2009 - 9/2015)
• Member of the Committee for Quality Development in Learning and Teaching (3/2009 -)

Professional Activities for the German Psychologicial Society (DGPs) (selected)

• President of the DGPs (9/2018 -)
• 1. Vice President of the DGPs (9/2016 - 9/2020)
• Chair of the Committee for Psychology in Higher Education within the DGPs (9/2016-)
• Head of the Committee for Psychology in Teacher Education within the DGPs (6/2010-12/2014)
• Head of the Educational Psychology Section within the DGPs (9/2009 - 9/2011)
  

Editorships for Journals

• Associate Editor of European Journal of Psychology of Education (1/2015 - 12/2016)
• Editor of Psychology Learning and Teaching (1/2013 -)
• Associate Editor of Psychologische Rundschau (1/2013 - 12/2016)
• Associate Editor at Journal of Educational Psychology (7/2012  - 12/2016)
• Advisory Editor at Oxford Bibliographies Education (6/2012-5/2013)
• Associate Editor at Psychology Learning and Teaching (10/2010-12/2012)

Editorial Board Memberships for Journals

• Journal of Educational Psychology (1/2017-)
• European Journal of Personality (1/2013 - 12/2016)
• Learning and Individual Differences (10/2012-)
• Psychologie in Erziehung und Unterricht (1/2011-)
• Journal for Educational Research Online (10/2008-)
• Zeitschrift für Pädagogische Psychologie (5/2004-)

Ad-hoc Reviews for Journals

• Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, British Journal of Educational Psychology, British Journal of Psychology, Canadian Journal of Higher Education, Child Development, Collegium Antropologicum, Developmental Psychology, Diagnostica, Educational Research, Empirische Pädagogik, European Journal of Personality, European Journal of Psychology of Education, High Ability Studies, Instructional Science, International Journal of Psychology, Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, Journal of Educational Psychology, Journal for Educational Research Online, Journal of Individual Differences, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Learning and Individual Differences, Learning and Instruction, Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, Motivation Science, Personality and Individual Differences, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Psychologie in Erziehung und Unterricht, Psychologische Rundschau, Report Psychologie, Sage Open, Scandinavian Journal of Psychology, Self and Identity, Social Psychology of Education, The Spanish Journal of Psychology, Umweltpsychologie, Zeitschrift für Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie, Zeitschrift für Entwicklungspsychologie und Pädagogische Psychologie, Zeitschrift für Pädagogische Psychologie, Zeitschrift für Psychologie, Zeitschrift für Sozialpsychologie

Publications and Conference Contributions

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