Rainer K. Silbereisen#
Membership Number: | 1114 |
Membership type: | ORDINARY |
Section: | THE HUMAN MIND AND ITS COMPLEXITY |
Elected: | 1991 |
Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
Homepage(s): | http://www.rainersilbereisen.de |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2013 Research Professor of Developmental Psychology, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena
- 2002 Director, Center for Applied Developmental Science, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Germany
- 1995 - 2012 Adjunct Professor of Human Development, Pennsylvania State University, USA
- 1994 - 2012 Full Professor and Chair of Developmental Psychology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Germany
- 1992 - 1994 Full Professor of Human Development and Family Studies, Pennsylvania State University, USA
- 1986 - 1992 Full Professor of Developmental Psychology, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany
- 1977 - 1986 Professor of Educational Psychology, University of Technology Berlin, Germany
- 1975 - 1977 Postdoctoral Fellow, University of the Saarland Saarbruecken, Germany
- 1975 Ph.D. (Dr. phil.) Psychology, University of Technology Berlin, Germany
Fields of Scholarship
- Role of social change for human adaptation and development
- Biological, psychological, and socio-cultural determinants of human development across the life span, including adjustment and maladjustment
- Application of psychological research for social policies and programming
- Cross-cultural comparisons, migration and acculturation
- Entrepreneurship
Honours and Awards
- Member European Academy of Science (Academia Europaea), London
- Member Erfurt Academy of Sciences (Akademie gemeinnuetziger Wissenschaften zu Erfurt)
- Fellow Award American Psychological Association (APA, Division 7, Developmental Psychology)
- Fellow Association for Psychological Science (APS)
- Franz-Emanuel-Weinert Award of the German Psychological Society (DGPs), for excellent research of societal relevance
- International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development (ISSBD) 2012 Distinguished Scientific Award for the Applications of Behavioral Development Theory and Research
- 2014 European Association for Research on Adolescence (EARA) Lifetime Award