Prof. Dr. Birgit ­ Spinath

Current Professional Activities (selected)

• Member of the German Science and Humanities Council (2/2023- )
• Head of Committee on Tertiary Education of the German Science and Humanities Council (2/2024- )

Professional Activities at Heidelberg University (selected)

• Head of Psychology Department (4/2020 - 3/2022)
  
• Member of the Heidelberg School of Education Council (3/2016 - 12/2021)
• Dean of the Fakultät für Verhaltens- und Empirische Kulturwissenschaften (10/2015 - 9/2017)
• Member of the University Senate (9/2014 - 9/2017)
• Member of the heiEDUCATION Steering Committee for excellence in teacher education (1/2014 - 3/2016)
• 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 - 9/2020)
• 1. Vice President of the DGPs (9/2016 - 9/2020)
• Chair of the Committee for Psychology in Higher Education within the DGPs (9/2016 - 12/2022)
• 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)

Further Professional Activities (selected)

• Member of the German Science and Humanities Council (2/2023- )
• Chair of the Committee for Evaluations of the Leibniz Association (2/2023 - 1/2025)
• Member of the Senate of the Leibniz Association (2/2023- )
• Member of the Committee for Evaluations of the Leibniz Association (9/2017)

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 - 7/2023)
• 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 - 4/2021)

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, European Journal of Special Needs 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, Psychological 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

Curriculum Vitae

Full CV

• 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

Publications

• All Publications
  
• Uni Heidelberg Library

 Central Publications

Sander, Z. M., Bosch, E. & Spinath, B. (2024). Motivational development and learning success in regular semesters and distance semesters under 
     pandemic conditions in an educational psychology lecture course. Journal of Experimental Education, 1–24.

Spinath, B. (2021). Zur Lage der Psychologie. Psychologische Rundschau, 72, 1-18.

Kriegbaum, K., Steinmayr, R. & Spinath, B. (2019). Longitudinal reciprocal effects between teachers’ judgments of students’ aptitude, students’
     motivation, and grades in math. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 59, 101807.

Spinath, B., Antoni, C., Bühner, M., Elsner, B., Erdfelder, E., Fydrich, T., Gollwitzer, M., Heinrichs, M., König, C. & Vaterrodt, B. (2018). Empfehlungen der
     DGPs-Kommission „Studium und Lehre“ zur Qualitätssicherung in Studium und Lehre. Psychologische Rundschau, 69, 183-192.

Weidinger, A.F., Steinmayr, R. & Spinath, B. (2018). Changes in the relation between competence beliefs and achievement in math across elementary
     school years. Child Development, 89, e138-e156.

Spinath, B., Spinath, F. M., Harlaar, N. & Plomin, R. (2006). Predicting elementary school children’s achievement from intelligence, self-perceived ability,
     and intrinsic values. Intelligence, 34, 363-374.

Spinath, B. (2005). Akkuratheit der Einschätzung von Schülermerkmalen durch Lehrer/innen und das Konstrukt der diagnostischen Kompetenz.
     Zeitschrift für Pädagogische Psychologie, 19, 85-95.

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