Kurt Pawlik Profile

Biographical statement:: Born 1934 (Vienna/Austria), Austrian citizen. Ph.D. 1959 (University of Vienna); Professor of Psychology, University of Hamburg/Germany (1966-), since 2002 Professor Emeritus.

Research fields: psychology of individual differences; psychometrics, multivariate statistical modeling; psychological assessment, incl. ambulatory computer-assisted assessment methods (for in-field research and testing); physiological psychology of learning/memory, clinical neuropsychology; environmental psychology; international psychology.

Publications: 17 books, most recent:

  • Pawlik,. K. (Ed.): Theorien und Anwendungsfelder der Differentiellen Psychologie [Theories and fields of application of differential psychology]. Enzyklopaedie der Psychologie, Vol. C/VIII/5 Goettingen: Hogrefe, 2004.
  • Pawlik, K. (Ed.): Handbuch Psychologie. Wissenschaft, Anwendungen, Berufsfelder. [Handbook Psychology: Science, applications, and fields of professional specialization]. Heidelberg: Springer, 2006.
  • Pawlik K. & d'Ydewalle, G. (Eds.) Psychological concepts: An international historical perspective. Howe, UK.:Psychology Press, 2006..

Over 160 publications in scientific journals, handbooks and edited volumes.

Academic/scientific positions held (inter alia):

  • Dean, faculty of philosophy (1969-70) and psychology (1980-82; 1998-2000), Univ. of Hamburg. - President (1972-74) and Vice-President (1974-1976), German Society of Psychology. - President (2000-2007), Joachim Jungius Society of Sciences.

  • President (1969-74), Criminological Scientific Council, Conseil de l'Europe, Strasbourg. -

  • Deputy Secretary-General (1978-84), Secretary-General (1984-92), President (1992-96), Past President (1996-2000), Life-Time Honorary Executive Committee Member (2000- ): Inter-national Union of Psychological Science.- Executive Committee Member (1986-90), Vice-President (1996-98), President (1998-2002), Past-President (2002- 04): International Social Science Council.

 

Awards (inter alia)::

  • Austrian Cross of Honors for Science and Arts, First Class (1994).

  • Honorary Member, German Society of Psychology] (2002).

  • Fellow, Chinese Psychological Society (2004).

  • Honorary Member, Academy of Sciences Hamburg, (2006).

Link to Curriculum Vitae