Ralf Schwarzer#
Membership Number: | 6884 |
Membership type: | ORDINARY |
Section: | CLINICAL & VETERINARY SCIENCE |
Elected: | 2024 |
Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
Homepage(s): | http://www.ralfschwarzer.de |
ORCID: | 0000-0002-0069-3826 |
Twitter: | @Schwarzer1 |
Linkedin: | https://www.linkedin.com/in/ralf-schwarzer-57ab32b6 |
Present and Previous Positions
- Since 2011 Emeritus Professor, Department of Psychology, Freie Universität Berlin
- 2011 - 2024 Professor, SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Poland
- 2014 - 2017 Professor, Institute for Positive Psychology and Education, Australian Catholic University, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- 1982 - 2011 Professor, Department of Psychology, Freie Universität Berlin
- 1994 - 1995 Visiting Professor, Chinese University of Hong Kong
- 1990 - 1991 Visiting Professor, University of California, Los Angeles
- 1976 - 1982 Professor, Technical University of Aachen, Germany
- 1974 - 1976 Professor, Teachers Training College of Schwäbisch-Gmünd
- 1969 - 1974 Lecturer, Teachers Training College of Kiel, Germany
Fields of Scholarship
- Psychological resources, resilience, self-efficacy
- Health behavior change
- Social support
Honours and Awards
- 2010 Fellow of the Association of Psychological Science (APS)
- 2007 German Psychology Award /Deutscher Psychologiepreis
- 1998 Adjunct Professor of Psychology at York University (Canada)
- 1999 Career Contribution Award by the Stress and Anxiety Research Society (STAR).
- 1996 Honorary Fellow of the European Health Psychology Society (EHPS)
- 1995 John F. Diefenbaker Research Award by the Canada Council
- 1995 Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA, Div. 38)
- Professional affiliations
- 2008 Executive Committee Member, XXIXth International Congress of Psychology, July 20 - 25, 2008, in Berlin, Germany
- 2002 - 2006 President of Div. 8, International Association for Applied Psychology (IAAP)
- 1996 - 1998 President, European Health Psychology Society (EHPS)
- 1992 - 1995 Vice president, Health Psychology Division of the German Psychological Association
- 1984 - 1986 President, Stress and Anxiety Research Society (STAR)