معرفی
Rainer K. Silbereisen is a Research Professor of Developmental Psychology at Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Director of the Center for Applied Developmental Science, and Adjunct Professor of Human Development at Pennsylvania State University. He has held faculty positions at Technical University Berlin, Justus Liebig University Giessen, and Penn State, alongside leadership roles at the Gesis social science infrastructure company and the University of Haifa Board of Governors.
- Research Focus: Human development across lifespan, dynamic interactionism, social change impacts, acculturation of immigrants, entrepreneurship, and biobehavioral aspects of adolescence.
- Applications: Prevention of maladjustment, promotion of positive development, and social policy relevance.
- International Collaborations: Comparative studies in Germany, Poland, Israel, and post-Soviet states.
Funding Sources: German National Science Foundation, W.T. Grant Foundation, Jacobs Foundation, and the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research.
Scientific Recognition:
- Member of Academia Europaea and Erfurt Academy of Sciences
- Fellow of American Psychological Association and Association for Psychological Science
- 2012 ISSBD Distinguished Scientific Award
- 2014 EARA Lifetime Award
Academic Leadership: Past-President of ISSBD, German Psychological Society, and IUPsyS. Editor of European Psychologist and American Psychologist Associate Editor. Directed large-scale networks on immigration and social change.
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