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Dr. Peter Paul Zurek serves as a Lecturer (Lehrkraft für besondere Aufgaben) in the Department of Special Education within the Department of Educational Science and Psychology at Free University of Berlin, a position held since October 2019. His academic foundation includes a PhD in Psychology from Freie Universität Berlin and a Diploma in Psychology from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
His educational trajectory features:
- Doctor of Philosophy (Dr. phil.) in Psychology from Freie Universität Berlin (2010-2015), dissertation: "Systemic Perspectives on Empathy: An Empirical Investigation on the Influence of Group Parameters on Empathic Processes in Small Groups"
- Diploma in Psychology (Dipl.-Psych.) from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (2002-2009)
Dr. Zurek's research centers on empathy ontogenesis, theory of mind development, evolutionary perspectives on emotional-social development, dyadic/systemic psychometrics, sociosexual development, and autism-related social perception. His work integrates developmental, social, and educational psychology with emphasis on group-based empathy dynamics and educational applications.
His publication record (2009-2019) reveals consistent exploration of empathy-prosocial behavior relationships, online self-assessment tools for academic orientation, teacher autism knowledge, and artist personality-commercial success links. These works demonstrate methodological diversity across empirical studies, literature reviews, and applied educational research within psychological frameworks.
No scientific awards were documented in the source material.
Regarding academic mentoring and funding, no student advisees or specific grant allocations were referenced in the available information.
Dr. Zurek has collaborated with interdisciplinary research units including the Excellence Cluster "Languages of Emotion" and "Understanding Interaffectivity" research group at Freie Universität Berlin (2010-2012), plus Marketing Department at Technische Universität Berlin (2013-2016), reflecting his cross-disciplinary approach to psychological phenomena.
