Curriculum vitae
- Education
- Academic Positions
- Administrative Position
- Professional Activities
- Awards and Distinctions
- Editorial Boards
- Manuscript / Grant Reviewing
- Recent Research Grants
- Teaching Experience
Education
| Habilitation, Psychology, University of Munich | 1986 |
| Dr. phil. (Ph.D.), Psychology, University of Munich (summa cum laude) | 1982 |
| Dipl.-Psych. (M.Sc.), Psychology, Education, and Philosophy; Technical University of Braunschweig and University of Tübingen |
1977 |
Academic Positions
| Professorial Fellow, Institute for Positive Psychology and Education, Australian Catholic University, Sydney, Australia |
2017 - present |
| Professor and Research Chair (W3), Personality and Educational Psychology, University of Munich |
2012 - present |
| Honorary Professorship, Institute for Positive Psychology and Education, Australian Catholic University, Sydney, Australia |
2015 - 2016 |
| Chair for Personality and Educational Psychology (C4), University of Munich | 2001 - 2012 |
| Chair for Psychology (C4), University of Regensburg | 1994 - 2001 |
| Associate Professor (C3, Fiebiger Award), Developmental Psychology, University of Regensburg |
1991 - 1994 |
| Associate Professor (Lehrstuhlvertretung), Educational Psychology, University of Frankfurt a. M |
1989 - 1991 |
| Associate Professor (Lehrstuhlvertretung), Differential Psychology, University of Heidelberg |
1988 - 1989 |
| Assistant Professor, Psychology, University of Munich | 1982 - 1988 |
| Graduate Assistant, Psychology, Universities of Bochum and Munich | 1977 - 1982 |
Administrative Position
| Chair, Advisory Board of the University of Munich | 2010 - present |
| Member, Advisory Board of the University of Munich | 2009 - present |
| Vice-President for Research, University of Munich | 2007 - 2009 |
| Board Member, Center for Teacher Education and Educational Research (Lehrerbildungszentrum), University of Munich |
2005 - 2007 |
| Member of the Presidential Committees on University Reform, Study Reform, and Salary Regulation, University of Munich |
2003 - 2006 |
| Associate Director, Department of Psychology, University of Munich | 2002 - 2007 |
| Member of the Senate, University of Munich | 2002 - 2007 |
| Director, Institute of Educational Psychology, University of Munich | 2001 - 2002 |
| Dean, Faculty of Psychology and Education, University of Regensburg | 2000 - 2001 |
| Founding Director, Center for Higher Education Research and Development, University of Regensburg |
2000 - 2001 |
| Associate Dean, Faculty of Psychology and Education, University of Regensburg | 1994 – 1996 1998 - 2000 |
| Director, Institute of Psychology, University of Regensburg | 1992 - 1994 |
| Member, Board of Assistant Professors, University of Munich | 1986 – 1988 |
Professional Activities
| Member, Sylvia Scribner Award Committee, American Educational Research Association, Division C |
2018 - 2019 |
| Member, Senior Advisory Board, OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2021 Questionnaire Framework |
2018 - 2020 |
| Member, ERC Starting Grant Panel SH 3 (“The Social World, Diversity, Population”); European Research Council |
2016 - 2017 |
| Fellow, Association for Psychological Science (APS) | 2015 - present |
| Member, Richard E. Snow Award for Early Contributions Committee, American Psychological Association, Division 15 |
2015 - 2018 |
| Visiting Professor, University of Manitoba and McGill University, Canada | 2015 - 2016 |
| Member, Advisory Board of Norwegian Research Council grant “Responsive Teaching in Mathematics”, PI Kari Smith, University of Bergen, Norway |
2014 - present |
| Member, Center for Advanced Studies, University of Munich | 2013 - present |
| Member, Expert Group “Classification of Research Disciplines”, German Council of Science and Humanities (Wissenschaftsrat) |
2013 - present |
| Member, International Affairs Committee of Division 15, American Psychological Association (APA) |
2013 - 2016 |
| Fellow, American Educational Research Association (AERA) | 2012 - present |
| Member, Advisory Board of NSF grant "Personalized Learning: Strategies to Respond to Distress and Promote Success," PI Ivon Arroyo, University of Massuchetts at Amherst, MA |
2011 - present |
| Member, Advisory Board of Swiss National Science Foundation grant “Parental Support and Affective-motivational Development During the Transition to Secondary School”; Co-PIs Alex Buff, Kurt Reusser; University of Zürich, Switzerland |
2011 - present |
| Consultant, NSF grant "Beyond Boredom: Modeling and Promoting Engagement During Complex Learning"; PI Sidney d’Mello, University of Notre Dame, IN; Co-PI Arthur Graesser, University of Memphis, TN |
2011 - present |
| Member, Advisory Board of NSF REESE grant on Learning with MetaTutor; 2011 - present PI Roger Azevedo, North Carolina State University, NC |
2011 - present |
| Chair, Bühler Award committee, German Psychological Society (DGPs) | 2009 - 2012 |
| Fellow, International Academy of Education (IAE) | 2008 - present |
| Member, Expert Group Research Infrastructure in the Humanities and Social Sciences, German Council of Science and Humanities (Wissenschaftsrat) |
2008 - 2011 |
| Member, Review Board Psychology of the German Research Foundation (Fachkommission Psychologie, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) |
2006 - 2008 |
| Member, National Consortium, OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2006 |
2004 - 2008 |
| Guest Professor, University of Zürich, Switzerland | 2005 |
| Member, Advisory Board, Agency for Quality Management (Qualitätsagentur des Bayerischen Staatsinstituts für Schulqualität und Bildungsforschung) |
2003 - 2008 |
| Member, Advisory Board, Deutsch-Englisch-Schülerleistungen-International (DESI) |
2002 - 2006 |
| Member, National Consortium, OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2003 |
2002 - 2006 |
| Member, OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), International Questionnaire Expert Group (QEG) |
2002 – 2006 |
| Visiting Professor, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada | 2002, 2004 |
| Member, Committee for Educational Reform of the Gymnasium, Bavaria (Bildungskommission Gymnasium) |
2002 - 2004 |
| Member, Committee for Teacher Education Reform, German Psychological Society (DGPs) |
2001 - 2007 |
| Distinguished International Affiliate, Center for the Interdisciplinary Research of Emotions, University of Haifa, Israel |
1999 - present |
| Member, Committee for Teacher Education Reform, Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs of the “Länder” in the Federal Republic of Germany (Kultusministerkonferenz) |
1998 - 2000 |
| President, Stress and Anxiety Research Society | 1996 - 1998 |
| Treasurer, Stress and Anxiety Research Society | 1988 - 1994 |
Awards and Distinctions
| Lifetime Achievement Award, German Psychological Society (“Ehrung für das Wissenschaftliche Lebenwerk“, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie) |
2018 |
| Sylvia Scribner Award, American Educational Research Association, Division C | 2017 |
| EARLI Oeuvre Award, European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction |
2017 |
| Outstanding International Collaboration Award, SIG Technology, Instruction, Cognition, and Learning, American Educational Research Association |
2017 |
| Outstanding Reviewer Award, American Educational Research Association | 2017 |
| Professorial Fellowship, Australian Catholic University | 2016 |
| John G. Diefenbaker Award, Canada Council for the Arts | 2015 |
| Honorary Professorship, Institute for Positive Psychology and Education, Australian Catholic University, Sydney, Australia |
2015 |
| Fellow Status, Association for Psychological Science (APS) | 2015 |
| Member Status, Center for Advanced Studies, University of Munich | 2013 |
| Research Chair, University of Munich | 2012 |
| Award for Outstanding Contributions to Educational Research, American Educational Research Association (AERA) |
2012 |
| Fellow Status, American Educational Research Association (AERA) | 2012 |
| Fellow Status, International Academy of Education (IAE) | 2008 |
| TransCoop Award, Goals and Emotions in Achievement Settings (with A. J. Elliot) | 2007 |
| Stress and Emotion Research Award, SIG Stress and Coping in Education, American Educational Research Association (AERA) |
2000 |
| TransCoop Award, Academic Risk Factors in College Students (with R. P. Perry) | 1997 |
| Fiebiger Award in Developmental Psychology, State Government of Bavaria | 1991 |
Professional Organizations
- American Educational Research Association (AERA)
- American Psychological Association (APA), Division 15
- Association for Psychological Science (APS)
- Cognitive Science Society
- German Psychological Society (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie, DGPs)
- European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI)
- European Association for Personality Psychology (EAPP)
- International Academy of Education (IAE)
- International Association for Applied Psychology (IAAP)
- Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP)
- Stress and Anxiety Research Society (STAR)
Editorial Boards
| Co-Editor, Anxiety, Stress and Coping: An International Journal (Senior Editor 1996-2001) |
1996 - 2006 |
| Co-Editor, Zeitschrift für Entwicklungspsychologie und Pädagogische Psychologie (German Journal of Developmental and Educational Psychology; Senior Editor 1997-1999) |
1995 - 2001 |
| Advisory Board, APA Educational Psychology Handbook (3rd edition, 2016) | 2010 - 2016 |
| Editorial Board, AERA Open | 2014 - present |
| Editorial Board, Anxiety, Stress and Coping: An International Journal | 2006 - present |
| Editorial Board, Contemporary Educational Psychology | 2010 - present |
| Editorial Board, Educational Psychologist | 2012 - present |
| Editorial Board, Educational Research Review | 2005 - 2021 |
| Editorial Board, Educational Researcher | 2003 - 2007 |
| Editorial Board, European Journal of Psychology of Education | 2015 - present |
| Editorial Board, Journal of Educational Psychology | 2010 - present |
| Editorial Board, Learning and Individual Differences | 2017 - 2019 |
| Editorial Board, Learning and Instruction | 2007 - 2009 |
| Editorial Board, Metacognition and Learning | 2011 - present |
| Editorial Board, Pädagogische Psychologie und Entwicklungspsychologie | 1996 - 2001 |
| Editorial Board, Psychologie in Erziehung und Unterricht | 1994 - 2006 |
| Editorial Board, Zeitschrift für Psychologie | 2001 - 2004 |
| Editorial Board, Zeitschrift für Pädagogische Psychologie | 1988 - 1994 |
Manuscript and Grant Reviewing
Advances in Test Anxiety Research • AERA Open • American Educational Research Journal • Anxiety, Stress and Coping • Applied Cognitive Psychology • Behavioral Sciences • British Journal of Educational Psychology • Child Development • Cognition and Emotion • Computers and Education • Computers in Human Behavior • Contemporary Educational Psychology • Cultural Studies of Science Education • Developmental Psychology • Educational Assessment • Educational Psychologist • Educational Researcher • Educational Psychology Review • Educational Research Review • Emotion • Emotion Review • Empirical Research in Vocational Education and Training • Empirische Pädagogik • European Journal of Psychology of Education • Frontiers in Psychology: Emotion Science • Frontline Learning Research • International Journal of Behavioral Development • International Journal of STEM Education • Instructional Science • International Journal of Educational Research • International Journal of Psychology • Journal für Mathematik-Didaktik • Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition • Journal of Early Adolescence • Journal of Adolescence • Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology • Journal of Cognitive Psychology • Journal of Educational Psychology • Journal of Educational Research and Evaluation • Journal of Experimental Child Psychology • Journal of Experimental Social Psychology • Journal of Further and Higher Education • Journal of the Learning Sciences • Journal of Personality and Social Psychology • Journal of Positive Psychology • Journal of Testing • Journal für Mathematikdidaktik • Learning and Individual Differences • Learning and Instruction • Learning Environments Research • Metacognition and Learning • Memory • Mind, Brain and Education • Motivation and Emotion • Motivation Science • Pädagogische Psychologie und Entwicklungspsychologie • Perspectives on Psychological Science • PloS One • Psychologie in Erziehung und Unterricht • Psychological Science • Psychology and Aging • Review of Education • Review of Educational Research • Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research • Scandinavian Journal of Psychology • Social and Personality Psychology Compass • Spanish Journal of Psychology • Studies in Higher Education • Unterrichtswissenschaft • Thinking Skills and Creativity • Transactions on Learning Technologies • Zeitschrift für Entwicklungspsychologie und Pädagogische Psychologie • Zeitschrift für Pädagogische Psychologie
Austrian Science Fund (Fonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung) • European Research Council (ERC) • German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG) • Israel Science Foundation (ISF) • Ministery of Education, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany • Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) • National Science Foundation (NSF, USA) • Swiss National Science Foundation (Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Forschung) • Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) • Stelle für Forschung und Entwicklung, Bern, Switzerland • Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes, Bonn, Germany • Volkswagen Foundation (Volkswagen-Stiftung, Germany)
Recent Research Grants
Effects of School-Average Achievement on Individual Self-Concept and Achievement (R. Pekrun). Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst [German Academic Exchange Service], 2018-2019. Euro 12,770.
Assessing and Enhancing Emotional Competence for Well-Being (ECoWeB) in the Young (E. Watkins, T. Ehring, G. Schulte-Körne, R. Pekrun, K. Scherer, et al.). European Commission, Horizon 2020 (Project 754657), 2017-2021. Euro 3,999,980.
Motivation-Enhancing Treatments and Mind Mapping: An Attribution-Based Intervention to Facilitate College Students' Engagement and Persistence in Online Learning Environments (R. P. Perry, J. G. Chipperfield, J. M. Hamm, & R. Pekrun). Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC; Insight Grant Reference 435-2017-0804), 2017-2022. CAD 152,000.
Scientific Reasoning and Argumentation (Doctoral Training Program in the Learning Sciences, 2nd funding period; Co-PIs: J. Bauer, B. Dorner, F. Fischer, M. Fischer, H. Hussmann, I. Kollar, B. Neuhaus, S. Pankofer, R. Pekrun, M. Prenzel, K. Reiss, T. Seidel, B. Sodian, S. Ufer). Bavarian State Ministry of Sciences, Research and the Arts, 2018-2022. Euro 2,576,550.
ECR CORE Collaborative: Getting Real about Engineering: An Exploration of the Emotional Lives and Motivations of Students in the Engineering Classroom (Co-PIs: I. Villanueva, J. Husman; Key Personnel: R. Pekrun), National Science Foundation (NSF), award no. (FAIN): 1661117, 2017-2020. USD 500,010.
Fostering Epistemic Belief Change: The Role of Epistemic Emotions and Self-Regulated Learning (PI: K. Muis, McGill University: Collaborators: R. Pekrun, G. Sinatra, P. Winne). Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC; reference 435-2014-0155), 2014-2018.
Emotional Contagion Between Teachers and Students [ Emotionale Ansteckung zwischen Lehrkräften und Schülern] (Co-PIs: A, C. Frenzel, R. Pekrun, C. Reck). German Research Foundation [Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG; reference FR 2642/8], 2015-2018.
Early Child Development and Education: The Interplay of Cognition and Emotion (Co-PIs: B. Sodian, R. Pekrun). Excellence Initiative / German Research Foundation [Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG], 2013-2014.
Scientific Reasoning and Argumentation (Doctoral Training Program in the Learning Sciences; Co-PIs: F. Fischer, M. Fischer, H. Hussmann, B. Neuhaus, R. Pekrun, B. Sodian, J.-W. Strijbos, S. Ufer). Bavarian State Ministry of Sciences, Research and the Arts, 2013-2017.
Psychosocial Predictors of Health and Survival in Late Life. Co-Pis: J. G. Chipperfield, R. P. Perry, T. L. Stewart, N. C. Hall, M. M. Lobchuk, R. Pekrun, & P. St. John. Canadian Institutes of Health Research Operating Grant (Regional Partnership Program), 2013-2016.
Learning Environments Across Disciplines (LEADS): Supporting Technology Rich Learning Across Disciplines (PI: Susanne Lajoie, McGill University; Theme leaders: R. Azevedo, J. Leighton, R. Pekrun). Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC; 2012-2019; reference 895-2011-1006).
Epistemic Beliefs and Emotions: Examining their Roles in Self-regulated Learning and Epistemic Change (PI: K. Muis, McGill University: Collaborators: R. Azevedo, R. Pekrun, G. Sinatra). Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC; reference 410-2011-0182), 2011-2013.
Achievement Emotions: New Directions (PI: R. Pekrun; Co-PI: A. J. Elliot). Excellence Initiative / German Research Foundation [Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG], 2008-2011.
Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Motivation and Emotion (Co-PIs: L. Daniels, R. Pekrun). University of Alberta – Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Partnership Fund, 2009-2010.
Project Developmental and Educational Neurosciences (Co-PIs: B. Sodian, R. Pekrun). Excellence Initiative / German Research Foundation [Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG], 2007-2011.
Goals and Emotions in Achievement Settings (PI: R. Pekrun; Co-PIs: A. J. Elliot, M. A. Maier). TransCoop Program, German American Academic Council, 2007 - 2010.
PALMA, Project for the Analysis of Learning and Achievement in Mathematics [Projekt zur Analyse der Leistungsentwicklung in Mathematik] (PI: R. Pekrun; Co-PIs: R. vom Hofe, W. Blum). German Research Foundation [Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG], 2000-2008.
DISUM, Didaktische Interventionsformen für einen selbständigkeitsorientierten aufgabengesteuerten Unterricht am Beispiel Mathematik [Classroom instruction fostering students’ self-regulated learning in mathematics] (PI: W. Blum; Co-PIs: H. Messner, R. Pekrun). German Research Foundation [Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG], 2005-2008.
BrainMath: Changes in Brain O xygenation in Children Solving Mathematical Problems as Measured by Near-infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) (PI: K. Reiss; Co-PIs: A. Fallgatter, R. Pekrun). Federal Ministery of Education and Research (BMBF), 2007-2008.
KOMMA, Kompendium Mathematik: Implementierung und Evaluation eines computergestützten Instruments zum Mathematikunterricht in den Klassen 8 und 9 [Implementation and evaluation of a computer-supported mathematics instruction in grades 8 and 9] (PI: K. Reiss; Co-PI: R. Pekrun). Federal Ministery for Science and Education [BMBF], 2005-2009.
OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2006 , German Consortium (PI: M. Prenzel; Co-PIs: J. Baumert, W. Blum, E. Klieme, D. Leutner, M. Neubrand, R. Pekrun, J. Rost), 2004-2008.
LEGS, Leistungs- und Emotionsentwicklung in der Grundschule [Development of academic achievement and emotions in elementary school; PI: R. Pekrun]. Zentrum für Begabungsforschung [Center for Giftedness Research], 2002-present.
OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2003 , German consortium (PI: M. Prenzel; Co-PIs: J. Baumert, W. Blum, R. Lehmann, D. Leutner, M. Neubrand, R. Pekrun, J. Rost, U. Schiefele), 2001-2005.
Academic Risk Factors in College Students: A Cross-Cultural Perspective . TransCoop Program, German American Academic Council (PI: R. Pekrun; Co-PI: R. P. Perry), 1997-2000.
Teaching Experience, Promotion of Junior Researchers
Undergraduate Courses in Psychology, Education, and Teacher Training Programs
- Human Development
- Motivation and Emotion
- Personality and Social Psychology
- Statistics
- Test Theories
Graduate Courses in Psychology, Education, and Teacher Training Programs
- Learning and Instruction
- Achievement Motivation and Emotion
- Families and Human Development
- Primary and Secondary Educational Systems
- Research Methods in Education and Educational Psychology
- Educational and Psychological Testing
- Quality Management in Education; International Assessment of Student Achievement
Further Education of Teachers
- Programs in Counselling and Consulting
(“Beratungslehrer”; University of Munich and Teacher Academy Dillingen)
Training and Promotion of Junior Researchers
- Workshops, courses, and summer schools for doctoral students
- 2001-2018: Primary supervisor for 28 doctoral dissertations; A. C. Frenzel:
Junior Researchers’ Best Paper Award, European Association for Research on Learning
and Instruction 2004; Dissertation Award of the University of Munich 2005;
E. Meier: Dissertation Award of the University of Munich 2014;
S. Becker: Best Poster Award, Junior Researchers of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction 2015 - Post-docs supervised by R. Pekrun, 2001-2018: 14 offers for associate and full
professorships