Prof. Dr. Rainer K. Silbereisen

Current Status

Research Professor of Developmental Psychology at the University of Jena
Director of the Center for Applied Developmental Science (CADS)		 silbereisen

Education

1972 MSc Univ. of Technology, Berlin (Psychology)
1975 PhD Univ. of Technology, Berlin (Psychology)

Functions

1977-1986 Professor of Educational Psychology, Univ. of Technology, Berlin
1986-1992 Professor of Developmental Psychology, Justus Liebig Univ. of Giessen
1992-1994 Professor of Human Development and Family Studies, Pennsylvania State Univ., USA
1994-2012 Professor & Chair of Developmental Psychology, Friedrich Schiller Univ., Jena
1999-2003 Chairman of the Board of the German Social Science Infrastructure Services (GESIS)
Member of the Board of Governors of the Univ. of Haifa, Israel
2000-2002 President of the German Psychological Society (DGPs)
2002-2006 President of the International Union of Psychological Science (IUPsyS)
2008-2012 Präsident der International Union of Psychological Science (IUPsyS)
since 2013 Editor-in-Chief des International Journal of Psychology

Research Topics

  • Human Lifetime Development, particularly adolescence and adulthood
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  • Dynamic Interactionism (Role of Biological, Psychological and Socio-cultural Determinants)
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  • Comparison of Adolescent and Adult Development Durring Periods of Social and Political Change (changes in mental health and civic engagement)
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  • Immigration, Acculturation, Cross-cultural Comparisons
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  • Intervention to Prevent Adolescent Behavioral Problems /li>

    • Recent Publications (selected)

  • (Co-editor with Ingrid Schoon) Transitions from school to work. Globalisation, individualization, and patterns of diversity, Cambridge University Press, New York: 2009.
  • (Co-editor with Xinyin Chen) Social Change and Human Development. Concepts and Results, Sage, London 2010.
  • (Co-editor with Richard M. Lerner, Anne C. Petersen and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn) The Developmental Science of Adolescence: History through Autobiography, Psychology Press, New York & London 2014
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  • (Co-editor with Peter F. Titzmann und Yossi Shavit) The Challenges of Diaspora Migration. Interdsiciplinary Perspectives on Israel and Germany, Ashgate, Farnham 2014.
  • (Co-editor with Pierre L.-J. Ritchie und Janak Pandey) Psychology Education and Training. A Global Perspective, Psychology Press, Hove 2014.
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    A complete bibliography is available.

    Contact

    Address Center for Applied Developmental Science, Semmelweisstr. 12, 07743 Jena
    E-mail rainer.silbereisen@uni-jena.de
    Webpage www.rainersilbereisen.de