Martin Voracek

Martin Voracek is a Professor of Psychological Research Methods at the University of Vienna, Faculty of Psychology, where he serves as Deputy Head of the Department of Cognition, Emotion, and Methods in Psychology. He is also Head of School and Speaker for the Vienna Doctoral School CoBeNe, Director of Doctoral Studies for Psychology, Cognition, Behaviour and Neuroscience, and Chair of the University of Vienna Ethics Committee.

Professor Voracek specializes in meta-analysis and systematic reviews, focusing on methodology for research synthesis and integration, including publication bias and evidence distortion in empirical research. His work also encompasses individual differences research, particularly biological bases of personality and behavior, and suicide research. His extensive publication record spans topics including psychological methods, mindfulness studies, digit ratio research (2D:4D), and cross-cultural psychological measurement.

Voracek's research output demonstrates a clear trend toward large-scale, multinational collaborative studies, particularly in developing measurement-invariant psychological instruments across diverse populations. His recent work has focused on validating scales across 65 nations and 40+ languages, examining constructs like life satisfaction, self-compassion, body appreciation, and nature connectedness. His methodological expertise is evident in numerous meta-analyses and systematic reviews across diverse psychological domains.

Among his notable scientific contributions are leadership roles in the Network of Open Science Initiatives at Psychology Departments (NOSI) and serving as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Individual Differences. His work has significantly advanced methodological approaches to psychological research, particularly in meta-analysis and research synthesis.

Professor Voracek supervises numerous theses and leads doctoral education through the Vienna Doctoral School CoBeNe. His teaching portfolio includes courses on research approaches in cognitive psychology, master's thesis seminars, and specialized research seminars focusing on metascience, meta-analysis, scientific discourse analysis, and language neuroscience.