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Prof. Dr. 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 (Bonn)
1979: 1. Staatsexamen für das Lehramt am Gymnasium (High School Teaching Examination; English, Educational Science, Bonn)
1981: Dr. phil. (Bonn)
1987: Habilitation (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
2015: German Psychology Prize
2016: President-Elect der International Society for Research on Aggression (ISRA)
2016: Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science

Positions 
1979-1981 Research Assistant (University of Bonn, Germany)
1982-1984 Lecturer in Social Psychology (University of Landau, Germany)
1984-1986 Feodor-Lynen Fellow (University of Sussex, UK)
1986-1988 Lecturer in Social Psychology (University of 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)
Since 1993  Professor of Social Psychology (University of Potsdam, Germany)