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Prof. Barbara Krahé

Academic Biography


Undergraduate studies in Psychology, English, and Educational Science
1973-1978: University of Bonn, Germany
1975-1976: University of Sussex, UK

Degrees
1978: Diploma in Psychology (University of Bonn)
1979: 1. Staatsexamen für das Lehramt am Gymnasium (High School Teaching Examination; English, Educational Science, University of Bonn)
1981: Dr. phil. (University of Bonn)
1987: Habilitation (University Koblenz-Landau)

Awards 
1984: Feodor-Lynen Fellowship (Alexander von Humboldt Foundation)
1989: Heisenberg Fellowship (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft)
2000: Fellow of the British Psychological Society
2008: Member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BBAW)
2015: German Psychology Prize
2016: Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science (APS)
2018-2020: President of the International Society for Research on Aggression (ISRA)
2020-2022: Past-President of the International Society for Research on Aggression

Positions 
1979-1981 Research Assistant (University of Bonn, Germany)
1982-1984 Lecturer in Social Psychology (University Koblenz-Landau, Germany)
1984-1986 Feodor-Lynen Fellow (University of Sussex, UK)
1986-1988 Lecturer in Social Psychology (University Koblenz-Landau, Germany)
1988-1989 Professor of Social Psychology (University of Mainz, Germany)
1989-1993 Heisenberg Fellow (University of Sussex, UK, and Free University of Berlin, Germany)
1993-2021  Professor of Social Psychology (University of Potsdam, Germany)
Since April 2021: Emerita Professor of Social Psychology (University of Potsdam, Germany)