Education

1997 – 2002:
Degree in Psychology (Diploma), University of Jena, Germany
2005:
Dr. Phil., Psychology, University of Jena, Germany
2012:
Habilitation (Professorial Dissertation), Psychology, University of Jena, Germany

Professional Positions

August 2002 – November 2007:
Research Associate; Department of Educational Psychology University of Jena, Germany
April 2006 – November 2007:
Assistant Professor; Department of Educational Psychology University of Jena, Germany
November 2002 – 2011:
Member of the DFG-Research Group „Discrimination and Tolerance in Intergroup Relations“ (FOR 481)
January 2006 – April 2006 & August 2007 – October 2007:
Visiting Scholar at the Institute for Research on Women and Gender & Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan (Jacquelynne S. Eccles‘ Lab)
November 2007 – March 2013:
Assistant Professor at the Chair for Empirical Educational Research, University of Würzburg, Germany
April 2013 – September 2016:
Visiting Professor for Educational Science / Adolescent Research, University of Munich, Germany
February 2015 – March 2015:
Visiting Researcher at the Monash University, Melbourne; The Psychology of Teachers and Students (PTS) Faculty Research Group
October 2016 – today:
Full Professor for Educational Science / Quantitative Research Methods at the Paris-Lodron-Universität Salzburg, Austria