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Prof. Dr. Markus Langer has accepted the call to Freiburg

Prof. Dr. Markus Langer has accepted the offer for the position of Professor of Occupational and Consumer Psychology at our institute, starting on February 1, 2024. A warm welcome to Freiburg and best wishes for a great start! [12.02.2024]

Prof. Dr. Julia Linke has accepted the call to Freiburg

Prof. Dr. Julia Linke has accepted the offer for the position of Professor of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology and Psychotherapy at our institute, starting on August 1, 2023. A warm welcome to Freiburg and best wishes for a great start! [22.08.2023]

Erasmus Prize 2023 of the University of Freiburg for Dr. Lisa Reuter

Dr. Lisa Reuter (Dept. of Cognition, Action, and Sustainability, Prof. Dr. Andrea Kiesel) has been awarded the "Erasmus Prize for the Liberal Arts and Sciences" 2023. [23.06.2023]

ERC Starting Grant for Dr. Bastian Schiller

Dr. Bastian Schiller (Laboratory for Biological Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Prof. Dr. Markus Heinrichs) was awarded a Starting Grant from the European Research Council (ERC) for the project entitled "From face-to-face to face-to-screen: Social animals interacting in a digital world" (Duration: 5 years; EUR 1.499.378). [22.11.2022]

Dr. Sander was included in shortlist in Kiel

Dr. Lasse B. Sander (Dept. of Rehabilitation Psychology and Psychotherapy, Prof. Dr. Dr. Bengel) was included in the shortlist (rank 3) for the W2 professorship in Clinical Psychology at the Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel. [02.11.2022]

Dr. Lasse B. Sander received a fellowship

Dr. Lasse B. Sander (Dept. of Rehabilitation Psychology and Psychotherapy, Prof. Dr. Dr. Bengel) has received a fellowship from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for a research stay at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia (duration 6 months; EUR max. 41,160). [02.11.2022]

Dr. Lasse B. Sander has declined offer for professorship

Dr. Lasse Sander (Department Rehabilitationpsychology and Psychotherapy, Prof. Dr. Dr. Jürgen Bengel) has declined the offer of a W1TTW2 professor position for eHealth in Clinical Psychology from the Philipps-University of Marburg. [24.8.2022]

New project "Lasting Learning in Physics by Constructive Retrieval"

Prof. Dr. Alexander Renkl (Educational and Developmental Psychology), Prof. Dr. Claudia von Aufschnaiter (Gießen), Prof. Dr. Alexander Eitel (Gießen), Dr. Tino Endres (Educational and Developmental Psychology, Prof. Dr. Alexander Renkl), and Prof. Dr. Andreas Vorholzer (TU München) received funding by the DFG for the project "Lasting Learning in Physics by Constructive Retrieval" (duration 4 years; 361.395 Euro, Renkl, and 74.359 Euro, von Aufschnaiter). This project is part of the Research Unit "Lasting Learning: Cognitive Mechanisms and Effective Instructional Implementation" (Prof. Dr. Richter). [21.7.2022]

New project "Predicting attitudes and behavior concerning living materials: Assessing the reliability of the CAM method as a measurement tool"

Prof. Dr. Andrea Kiesel and Dr. Michael Stumpf (Cognition, Action, and Sustainability Unit, Prof. Dr. Andrea Kiesel) received a grant within the Cluster of Excellence EXC 2193 "Living, Adaptive and Energy-autonomous Materials Systems (livMatS)" for the project "Predicting attitudes and behavior concerning living materials: Assessing the reliability of the CAM method as a measurement tool" (duration: 36 months; 3 years 65% E13 + material expenses) in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Oliver Müller (Professur für Philosophie mit Schwerpunkt Gegenwart und Technik des Philosophischen Seminars der Universität Freiburg). [21.7.2022]

New project "Detecting Discrimination: A Signal Detection Analysis"

Prof. Dr. Karl Christoph Klauer (Social Psychology and Methodology) received funding by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) within the project "Detecting Discrimination: A Signal Detection Analysis" (Duration: 36 months, EUR 464.501). [20.7.2022]

Offer for professorship to Dr. Lasse B. Sander

Dr. Lasse Sander (Department Rehabilitationpsychology and Psychotherapy, Prof. Dr. Dr. Jürgen Bengel) has received an offer of the W1TTW2 professor position for eHealth in Clinical Psychology from the Philipps-University of Marburg. [15.7.2022]

New project "A multimodal investigation of dysfunctional body-related cognitions and attention bias as mechanisms underlying body dissatisfaction in individuals with eating disorders"

Dr. Jessica Werthmann and Prof. Dr. Tuschen-Caffier (Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy) received a grant from the German Research Foundation (DFG) for a project entitled “A multimodal investigation of dysfunctional body-related cognitions and attention bias as mechanisms underlying body dissatisfaction in individuals with eating disorders“ (Duration: 36 months; 292.580 €, 1 x 75% 13 TV-L) [27.4.2022]

Prof. Dr. Anja Göritz accepted offer

Prof. Dr. Anja Göritz (Department of Occupational and Consumer Psychology) has accepted the offer of the W3 research professor position for Behavioral Health Technology from the university of Augsburg. [21.4.2022]

Award to Dr. Sanne Bruijniks

Dr. Sanne Bruijniks (Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Prof. Dr. Brunna Tuschen-Caffier) has received the ‘Junior Career Award 2021’ of the Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences (FGB) of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Each year, this award of €500 is granted one (former) PhD student as an appreciation of his/her contribution to the scientific field of study and as encouragement in the early stage of an academic career. [1.4.2022]

Award to Kerstin Spanhel, M.Sc. Psych.

Kerstin Spanhel, M.Sc. Psych.(Dept. of Rehabilitation Psychology and Psychotherapy, Prof. Dr. Dr. Jürgen Bengel) was awarded the Young Researcher Award of the Falk-von-Reichenbach Foundation 2022 by the German-speaking Society for Psychotraumatology (DeGPT e.V.). She received the award for her doctoral thesis on the topic: "Cultural adaptation of digital interventions: development and evaluation of a sleep program for refugees" (supervised by Dr. Lasse Sander and Prof. Dr. Dr. Jürgen Bengel, Dep. of Rehabilitation Psychology and Psychotherapy). [14.2.2022]

Offer for professorship to Prof. Dr. Anja Göritz

Prof. Dr. Anja Göritz (Department of Occupational and Consumer Psychology) has received an offer of the W3 research professor position for Behavioral Health Technology from the university of Augsburg. [31.1.2022]

Conference of Psychology and the Brain

 

Award to Dr. Sanne Bruijniks

Dr. Sanne Bruijniks (Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Prof. Dr. Brunna Tuschen-Caffier) has received the "Pieter Boeke Prijs 2019-2021". The Pieter Boeke Prijs is a prize for the best psychotherapy dissertation in The Netherlands and is awarded every two years. She received the prize together with dr. Suzanne van Bronswijk. [28.10.2021]

Adjunct Professorship for PD Dr. Roland Thomaschke

PD Dr. Roland Thomaschke (Cognition, Action, and Sustainability Unit, Prof. Dr. Andrea Kiesel) has been awarded adjunct professorship at the University of Freiburg. [21.10.2021]

Dr. Christina Pfeuffer accepted offer

Dr. Christina Pfeuffer (Cognition, Action, and Sustainability Unit, Prof. Dr. Andrea Kiesel) has accepted the offer of the tenure track junior professor position for "Human-Technology Interaction" by the KU Eichstätt-Ingolstadt effective 1.3.2022. [18.10.2021]

Offer for professorship to Dr. Christina Pfeuffer

Dr. Christina Pfeuffer (Cognition, Action, and Sustainability Unit, Prof. Dr. Andrea Kiesel) has received an offer of the tenure track junior professor position for "Human-Technology Interaction" by the KU Eichstätt-Ingolstadt. [27.7.2021]

New project "How can Knowledge Construction and Retrieval Practice be Fruitfully Combined to Foster the Acquisition of Declarative Concepts?" (Prof. Dr. Alexander Renkl)

Prof. Dr. Alexander Renkl (Abteilung für Pädagogische Psychologie und Entwicklungspsychologie) received funding by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) within the project "How can knowledge construction and retrieval practice be fruitfully combined to foster the acquisition of declarative concepts" run together with Prof. Dr. Julian Roelle (University of Bochum) und Matthias Nückles (University of Freiburg) (Duration: 36 Months; project part Renkl: EUR 25.020). [13.7.2021]

Award to David Braun, M.Sc.

David Braun, M.Sc. (Department of Rehabilitation Psychology and Psychotherapy, Prof. Dr. Dr. Jürgen Bengel) received the DPtV-Master-Award by the German Association of Psychotherapists (DPtV). This award was granted for the first time in 2021 for an outstanding master’s thesis in the field of psychotherapy. The title of the master’s thesis was: "Development of a method-kit for psychotherapy of anxiety disorders in individuals with mild or moderate intellectual disability". [21.6.2021]

Award to Dr. Franny Spengler

Dr. Franny Spengler (Laboratory for Biological and Personality Psychology, Prof. Dr. Markus Heinrichs) has been awarded the Early Career Award of the German Society of Psychophysiology. [16.6.2021]

New project "Effects of internet interventions for depression on suicide ideation - a meta-analysis of individual participant data (IPDMA)" (Dr. Lasse B. Sander and Prof. Harald Baumeister (Ulm))

Dr. Lasse B. Sander (Department of Rehabilitation Psychology and Psychotherapy, Prof. Dr. Dr. Jürgen Bengel) and Prof. Harald Baumeister (University of Ulm) were granted the project "Effects of internet interventions for depression on suicide ideation - a meta-analysis of individual participant data (IPDMA)" by the German Research Foundation (DFG) (Duration 30 months; EUR 259,312). [21.5.2021]

Dr. Christina Pfeuffer Vice Representative of Young Scientists of the DGPs Group Cognitive Psychology

Dr. Christina Pfeuffer (Cognition, Action, and Sustainability Unit, Prof. Dr. Andrea Kiesel) has been elected Vice Representative of Young Scientists of the DGPs Group Cognitive Psychology. [20.4.2021]

Award for Rebekka Büscher, M.Sc.

Rebekka Büscher, M.Sc. (Department of Rehabilitation Psychology and Psychotherapy, Prof. Dr. Dr. Jürgen Bengel) was awarded the Eugen Keidel Prize 2020 for an outstanding Master's thesis in the faculty of economics and behavioural sciences. The title of the thesis was: "Effectiveness of web-based suicide prevention: a systematic review and meta-analysis". [31.3.2021]

New project "Gender related practices in person reference: Discourse, grammar, cognition" (Prof. Dr. Evelyn Ferstl)

Prof. Evelyn Ferstl, Prof. Helga Kotthoff and Prof. Damaris Nübling (Mainz) will receive funding from the German Research Foundation (DFG) for their 3-year project "Gender related practices in person reference: Discourse, grammar, cognition". E. Ferstl will lead the subproject "Non-binary person-denoting words: Readability and gender assocations", funded by about 203.000 €. [13.1.2021]

Dr. Miriam Ruess received a STAY! stipend

Dr. Miriam Ruess (Cognition, Action, and Sustainability Unit, Prof. Dr. Andrea Kiesel) has received a STAY! stipend of the University of Freiburg. [13.1.2021]

New project "Challenge versus threat: how cognitive appraisals of stress modulate its effect on social behavior" (Dr. Bastian Schiller und Prof. Dr. Markus Heinrichs)

Dr. Bastian Schiller and Prof. Dr. Markus Heinrichs (Laboratory for Biological and Personality Psychology) received a grant from the German Research Foundation (DFG) for the project entitled " Challenge versus threat: how cognitive appraisals of stress modulate its effect on social behavior" (Duration: 36 months; EUR 274,699). [29.10.2020]

Fellowship for Dr. Sanne Bruijniks

Dr. Sanne Bruijniks, M.S.c (Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Prof. Dr. Brunna Tuschen-Caffier) has received the prestigous Rubicon post-doc grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO) for her project entitled: "Ohne Lernen, keine Verbesserung: Optimierung der kognitiven Verhaltensfähigkeiten bei Patienten mit Depressionen”. (Duration: 24 months, EUR 128.740). [5.10.2020]

New project "FreiBrain 3D – A 360°-tour through the brain" (Lea Lott, M.Sc., Dr. Franny Spengler, Prof. Dr. Andreas Vlachos & Prof. Dr. Markus Heinrichs)

Lea Lott, M.Sc., Dr. Franny Spengler, and Prof. Dr. Markus Heinrichs (Laboratory for Biological and Personality Psychology) together with Prof. Dr. Andreas Vlachos (Institute of Anatomy and Cell Biology) have been awarded a grant from the project competition "Innovative Studies 2021" for the project entitled "FreiBrain 3D – A 360°-tour through the brain" (Duration: 12 months; EUR 65,137). [22.9.2020]

Offer for professorship to Dr. Inga Glogger-Frey

Dr. Inga Glogger-Frey (Educational Psychology and Developmental Psychology, Prof. Dr. Alexander Renkl) has received an offer of a W3 (full) professorship of Educational Psychology (Bildungspsychologie) from the University of Erfurt. [5.8.20]

Offer for professorship to Dr. David Dignath

Dr. David Dignath (Cognition, Action, and Sustainability Unit, Prof. Dr. Andrea Kiesel) has received and accepted an offer of a tenure track professor position for general psychology by the University of Tübingen. [14.7.2020]

New project "Situational and individual determinants of behavior towards refugees: A biopsychological approach" (Dr. Bastian Schiller)

Dr. Bastian Schiller (Laboratory for Biological and Personality Psychology, Prof. Dr. Markus Heinrichs) received a "Postdoctoral Fellowship for Leading Early Career Researchers" from the Baden-Wurttemberg Foundation for the project entitled "Situational and individual determinants of behavior towards refugees: A biopsychological approach" (Duration: 24 months; EUR 115.140). [13.7.2020]

Award to Dr. Lasse B. Sander

Dr. Lasse B. Sander (Dept. of Rehabilitation Psychology and Psychotherapy, Prof. Dr. Dr. Jürgen Bengel) has been awarded the Young Investigator Award of the German Psychological Society, Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy division. [6.7.2020]

New project: "Overcoming unemployment through cross-linked requisition and service provision" (Prof. Dr. Dr. Jürgen Bengel and Prof. Dr. Erik Farin-Glattacker)

Prof. Dr. Dr. Jürgen Bengel (Department of Rehabilitation Psychology and Psychotherapy) and Prof. Dr. Erik Farin-Glattacker (Section of Health Care Research and Rehabilitation Research (SEVERA)) received a grant from the Federal Ministery for Labour and Social Affairs for the project "Overcoming unemployment through cross-linked requisition and service provision - a cooperative joint research project in Rhineland-Palatinate/Germany” (duration: 60 months; EUR 649.781,60). [5.3.2020]

Dr. Julia Asbrand accepted an offer

Dr. Julia Asbrand (Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Prof. Dr. Brunna Tuschen-Caffier) has accepted the offer of a W1 professor position for clinical child and adolescent psychology and psychotherapy (tenure track to W2) by the Humboldt University of Berlin. [4.3.2020]

Emmy Noether research group grant for Prof. Dr. Monika Schönauer

Prof. Dr. Monika Schönauer (Neuropsychology unit) has received more than 1.3 Mio Euros of funding for an independent research group in the Emmy Noether Programme of the German Research foundation (3 + 3 years). Her group will investigate the “Developing Engram” and image memory consolidation in the human brain during wakefulness and sleep. [3.3.2020]

New project: "Visualisiertes Verständnis: Gezielte Aufmerksamkeitslenkung zur Unterstützung der Interpretation von Diagrammen im Physikunterricht" (Dr. Pfeuffer)

Dr. Christina Pfeuffer (Cognition, Action, and Sustainability Unit, Prof. Dr. Andrea Kiesel) has received funding by the Baden-Württemberg Stiftung for the project "Visualisiertes Verständnis: Gezielte Aufmerksamkeitslenkung zur Unterstützung der Interpretation von Diagrammen im Physikunterricht" within the scope of her postdoctoral fellowship with the Baden-Württemberg Stiftung (duration: 12 months; 9.903€). The project will be conducted in cooperation with Jun.-Prof. Martin Schwichow, Pädagogische Hochschule (University of Education) Freiburg. [3.2.2020]

New project: "SAD-gB - Development and validation of a self-administered questionnaire for depression and anxiety for people with intellectual disabilities" (Prof. Dr. Dr. Jürgen Bengel, Dr. Almut Helmes and Dr. Lasse Sander)

Prof. Dr. Dr. Jürgen Bengel, Dr. Almut Helmes and Dr. Lasse Sander (Department of Rehabilitation Psychology and Psychotherapy, head: Prof. Dr. Dr. Jürgen Bengel) received a grant from the German Aerospace Center (DLR) for the project "SAD-gB - Development and validation of a self-administered questionnaire for depression and anxiety for people with intellectual disabilities. ” (Duration: 36 months; EUR 276.929,30). [29.1.2020]

Prof. Dr. Andrea Kiesel has been elected peer reviewer with the German Research Foundation (DFG)

Prof. Dr. Andrea Kiesel (Cognition, Action, and Sustainability Unit) has been elected peer reviewer with the German Research Foundation (DFG) (Fach 110-01 Allgemeine, Kognitive und Mathematische Psychologie). [16.1.2020]

Offer for professorship to Dr. Julia Asbrand

In December 2019, Dr. Julia Asbrand (Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Prof. Dr. Brunna Tuschen-Caffier) has received an offer of a W1 professor position for clinical child and adolescent psychology and psychotherapy (tenure track to W2) by the Humboldt University of Berlin. [11.12.2019]

New project: Additional qualification of students (Dr. Julia Asbrand and Prof. Dr. Brunna Tuschen-Caffier)

Dr. Julia Asbrand and Prof. Dr. Brunna Tuschen-Caffier (Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy) receive 117.626€ from the student proposal budget of the University of Freiburg, financed by quality management funds. These funds allow an additional qualification of students currently studying in the Bachelor of Science Psychology to receive the qualification of a polyvalent Bachelor of Science Psychology which is valid from 01/09/2020. The funds finance innovative teaching formats for the qualification in the moduls "psychopharmacology" and "pedagogical psychology for psychotherapists". [11.12.2019]

Dr. Schiller received “Fellowship for Leading Early Career Researchers”

Dr. Bastian Schiller (Laboratory for Biological and Personality Psychology, Prof. Dr. Markus Heinrichs) received a "Postdoctoral Fellowship for Leading Early Career Researchers" from the Baden-Wurttemberg Foundation for the project entitled "Situational and individual determinants of behavior towards refugees: A biopsychological approach" (Duration: 24 months; EUR 103,400). [11.12.2019]

New project "Social anxiety disorder in childhood: Attentional, neurophysiological and cognitive correlates of emotional reactivity and emotion regulation" (Prof. Tuschen-Caffier)

Prof. Dr. Brunna Tuschen-Caffier (Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy) received a German Research Foundation (DFG) grant for the project "Social anxiety disorder in childhood: Attentional, neurophysiological and cognitive correlates of emotional reactivity and emotion regulation" (duration: 36 months; 235.550 €). The project is a 2-center-study cooperation with Prof. Dr. Julian Schmitz (Department of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, University of Leipzig). [6.12.2019]

Award for Dr. Lasse Sander

Dr. Lasse Sander (Dept. of Rehabilitation Psychology and Psychotherapy, Prof. Dr. Dr. Jürgen Bengel) was awarded the Dissertation Prize 2019 of the German Society for Social Medicine and Prevention (DGSMP). The dissertation deals with the prevention of mental disorders through digital early interventions and was supervised by Prof. Dr. Dr. Jürgen Bengel (Dept. of Rehabilitation Psychology and Psychotherapy) and Prof. Dr. Harald Baumeister (Dept. of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Ulm). Lasse Sander received the award at the annual conference of the DGSMP on 16.09.2019 in Düsseldorf. [11.10.2019]

Professorship for Dr. Alexander Eitel

On 9/30/2019 Dr. Alexander Eitel (Educational and Developmental Psychology, Prof. Dr. Alexander Renkl) has been appointed as professor of educational psychology at the University of Gießen. [10/1/2019]

Dr. Monika Schönauer has accepted the position as Full Professor and Chair of Neuropsychology

Dr. Monika Schönauer (currently Princeton University) has accepted the position as Full Professor and Chair of Neuropsychology of our department (succeeding Prof. Dr. Ulrike Halsband) as of February 1st, 2020. A warm welcome and best wishes for a good start! [24.7.2019]

Offer for professorship to Dr. Julia Asbrand

In June 2019, Dr. Julia Asbrand (Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Prof. Dr. Brunna Tuschen-Caffier) has received an offer of a W1 professor position for clinical psychology by the University of Mannheim. [16.7.2019]

New project "Behavioral activation based on the Health Action Process Approach – Efficacy of a theory-based online intervention in depression” (Dr. Krämer)

Dr. Lena Krämer (Department of Rehabilitation Psychology and Psychotherapy, head: Prof. Dr. Dr. Jürgen Bengel) received a grant from the German Research Foundation (DFG) for the project "Behavioral activation based on the Health Action Process Approach – Efficacy of a theory-based online intervention in depression” (duration: 30 months; EUR 268.881). [1.7.2019]

Funding for Dr. David Dignath und Prof. Dr. Andrea Kiesel

Dr. David Dignath und Prof. Dr. Andrea Kiesel (Cognition, Action, and Sustainability) received a grant for the project "Binding and Retrieval of Control states" by the German Research Foundation (DFG) as part of the DFG Research Unit „Binding and Retrieval in Action Control" (duration: 36 months; 230.110 Euro). [28.5.2019]

Funding for Prof. Dr. Andrea Kiesel and Prof. Dr. Dr. Jürgen Bengel

Prof. Dr. Andrea Kiesel (Cognition, Action, and Sustainability) and Prof. Dr. Dr. Jürgen Bengel (Department of Rehabilitation Psychology and Psychotherapy) received funding from the Baden Württemberg Ministry of Science, Research and Art to develop, pilot, and evaluate a new Online-Self-Assessment (OSA) for individuals interested in studying psychology. The new OSA will be location-independent, focusing on the subject, rather than the place of study, and is developed in close cooperation with project-partners in Mannheim (Prof. Oliver Dickhäuser). The project is funded through the „Fonds Erfolgreich Studieren in Baden-Württemberg - FESt-BW; Förderlinie 4 „Eignung und Auswahl" (PI: Prof. Dr. Birgit Spinath, Heidelberg). [21.5.2019]

Funding for Prof. Dr. Andrea Kiesel

Prof. Dr. Andrea Kiesel (Cognition, Action, and Sustainability) receives funding (37928 €) from the Baden Württemberg Ministry of Science, Research and Art to develop and implement new teaching/learning formats for entrepreneurship education. The project is funded through the „Fonds Erfolgreich Studieren in Baden-Württemberg - FESt-BW. Förderlinie 3 „Gründungskultur“. [21.5.2019]

C.H. Beck Fellowship for Dr. Lisa Hüther-Pape

Dr. Lisa Hüther-Pape (Cognition, Action, and Sustainability) has received a C.H. Beck-Teaching-Fellowship (2500 €) to teach the course she developed “Psychological foundations for responsible citizen- and leadership in diverse environments“ at the University College Freiburg. [21.5.2019]

Offer of Professor Position to Dr. Alexander Eitel

In April 2019, Dr. Alexander Eitel (Educational and Developmental Psychology, Prof. Dr. Alexander Renkl) has received an offer of a W2 professor position for educational psychology (with tenure track to W3) by the University of Gießen. Dr. Inga Glogger-Frey (Educational and Developmental Psychology) as ranked second in this procedure. [7.5.2019]

Dr. Julia Asbrand and Prof. Dr. Brunna Tuschen-Caffier received funding

Dr. Julia Asbrand and Prof. Dr. Brunna Tuschen-Caffier (Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy) received a grant for the project "Changing cognitive processes based on internal and external cues in children with social anxiety disorder" by the German Research Foundation (duration: 36 months; 249.640 €). [16.4.2019]

Dr. Rul von Stülpnagel received funding

Dr. Rul von Stülpnagel (Centre for Cognitive Science) and Prof. Christian Schindelhauer (Computer Science) received a grant from the BMBF as part of the collaborative research group "ASSIST ALL" (in cooperation with contagt GmbH) for their project "Conception and evaluation of a mobile audio assistant for indoor wayfinding" (duration: 2 Jahre; about 188.000 €). [15.4.2019]

Prof. Dr. Evelyn Ferstl has been appointed Associate Editor of the journal Brain & Language

Prof. Dr. Evelyn Ferstl (Centre for Cognitive Science) has been appointed Associate Editor of the journal Brain & Language. [15.4.2019]

PD Dr. Joseph Krummenacher is Acting Chair of Neuropsychology during the summer term 2019

PD Dr. Joseph Krummenacher is Acting Chair of Neuropsychology (previously Prof. Dr. Ulrike Halsband) during the summer term 2019. [10.4.2019]

Prof. Dr. Andrea Kiesel is President Elect of the ESCoP

Prof. Dr. Andrea Kiesel (Cognition, Action, and Sustainability Unit) is president elect of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology (ESCoP). [4.2.2019]

Prof. Dr. Andrea Kiesel and Dr. Michael Stumpf received funding

Prof. Dr. Andrea Kiesel and Dr. Michael Stumpf (Cognition, Action, and Sustainability Unit, Prof. Dr. Andrea Kiesel) received a grant within the Cluster of Excellence EXC 2193 "Living, Adaptive and Energy-autonomous Materials Systems (livMatS)" for the project "Predicting attitudes and behavior concerning living materials: Develop software and analyses methods to apply cognitive affective maps" (duration: 36 months; 3 years 65% E13 + material expenses). Also funded within the Cluster of Excellence is the project "Collection and evaluation of basal attributes of living materials systems" which is conducted in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Lore Hühn (Faculty of Humanities, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg) (duration: 36 months; 3 years 65% E13 + material expenses). [21.1.2019]

Gold medal for Anna-Lena Forster

Anna-Lena Forster, our student and para-alpine skier, won a gold medal at the 2019 World Para Alpine Skiing Championships in Kranjska Gora/Slowenia. Congratulations! [25.1.2019]

Dr. Mikhail Spektor accepts the position as Assistant Professor

Dr. Mikhail Spektor (Department for Social Psychology and Methodology, Prof. Dr. Christoph Klauer) accepts the position as Assistant Professor (with tenure track) at the Economics Faculty of the University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona. [22.1.2019]

Travel grant to Dr. Lasse Sander

Dr. Lasse Sander receives a travel grant from the DAAD (€ 3,107) for various lectures at the Next Generation Conference of the International Society for Research on Internet Interventions (ISRII) 2019 in Auckland, New Zealand. [7.12.2018]

Dr. Christina Pfeuffer received funding

Dr. Christina Pfeuffer (Cognition, Action, and Sustainability Unit, Prof. Dr. Andrea Kiesel) has been accepted into thePostdoctoral Fellowship Programme - "Eliteprogramm für Postdoktorandinnen und Postdoktoranden der Baden-Württemberg Stiftung” - with her project „Learning to Expect the Future: Anticipatory saccades relate monitoring and associative learning processes" (Duration: 36 months; EUR 114.000). [27.11.2018]

Prof. Dr. Andrea Kiesel was successful

Nominated by Prof. Dr. Andrea Kiesel (Cognition, Emotion, and Communication), Prof. Dr. Avishai Henik (Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel) received the Meitner-Humboldt-Grant (60.000 €) sponsored by the Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation. The grant will support cooperation projects in Germany. Prof. Henik will be hosted by Prof. Dr. Andrea Kiesel. [23.11.2018]

In Commemoration of Prof. Dr. Sieghard Beller

 

Dr. Inga Frey, Dr. Alexander Eitel, Dr. Katharina Whalen and Prof. Dr. Alexander Renkl received funding

Dr. Inga Frey and colleagues (Department of Educational and Developmental Psychology, Prof. Dr. Alexander Renkl) received a grant from the Robert-Bosch Stiftung for the project "Digital, individual feedback to enhance learning motivation and learning success - evaluation of a teaching concept in mathematics" (duration 27 months; EUR 218,173). [16.10.18]

Prof. Dr. Andrea Kiesel and Dr. Michael Stumpf were successful

The University of Freiburg has submitted two full proposals for the “Clusters of Excellence” funding line in the current round of the Excellence Strategy competition. Both proposals were approved by the Excellence Commission on 27 September 2018. The cluster "Living, Adaptive, and Energy-autonomous Materials Systems (livMatS)" has set itself the goal of developing bioinspired materials systems capable of adapting to a wide range of environments and supplying themselves with clean energy. In one of the projects, Prof. Dr. Andrea Kiesel und Dr. Michael Stumpf (Cognition, Emotion, and Communication, Prof. Dr. Andrea Kiesel) are investigating prediction of acceptance.

PD Dr. Joseph Krummenacher is Acting Chair of Neuropsychology

PD Dr. Joseph Krummenacher is Acting Chair of Neuropsychology (previously Prof. Dr. Ulrike Halsband) during the winter term 2018/19. [1.10.2018]

Dr. David Dignath received funding

Dr. David Dignath (Cognition, Emotion, and Communication, Prof. Dr. Andrea Kiesel) received a grant from the German Research Foundation (DFG) within the priority program SPP1772 "Human performance under multiple cognitive task requirements: From basic mechanisms to optimized task scheduling" for the project "Dynamic Conflict Management: Using performance monitoring to guide stable adjustment in task performance and flexible task selection in self-organized multitasking environments" (duration 3 years; EUR 178,345). [1.10.2018]

PD Dr. Roland Thomaschke received funding

PD Dr. Roland Thomaschke (Cognition, Emotion, and Communication, Prof. Dr. Andrea Kiesel) received a grant from the German Research Foundation (DFG) within the priority program SPP1772 "Human performance under multiple cognitive task requirements: From basic mechanisms to optimized task scheduling" for the project "Time-based expectancy in multitasking: From cognitive psychology to movement science" (duration 3 years; EUR 205,488). [21.9.2018]

Prof. Dr. Andrea Kiesel received funding

Prof. Dr. Andrea Kiesel (Cognition, Emotion, and Communication) received a grant from the German Research Foundation (DFG) within the priority program SPP1772 "Human performance under multiple cognitive task requirements: From basic mechanisms to optimized task scheduling" for the project "Self-organized versus externally controlled task scheduling when facing multiple cognitive task requirements" (duration 3 years; EUR 193.980). [17.9.2018]

Elena Brugger is world university wrestling champion

In the women’s -55 kg final at the World University Wrestling Championship in Brazil, our B.Sc. student Elena Forster won the gold medal. Congratulations! [14.9.2018]

Dr. Manuela Glattacker and Prof. Dr. Dr. Jürgen Bengel received funding

Dr. Manuela Glattacker (Department of Health Care and Rehabilitation Research, University Medical Center Freiburg) and Prof. Dr. Dr. Jürgen Bengel (Department of Rehabilitation Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Freiburg) received funding by the German Pension Fund Rhineland (DRV) for the project "Predictors of Patient Satisfaction and Rehabilitation Outcomes in Psychosomatic Rehabilitation (PräZuPsy)" (duration: 24 months; EUR 110.726). [25.4.2018]

PD Dr. Joseph Krummenacher is Acting Chair of Neuropsychology

PD Dr. Joseph Krummenacher is Acting Chair of Neuropsychology (previously Prof. Dr. Ulrike Halsband) during the summer term 2018. [10.4.2018]

Two Gold Medals for Anna-Lena Forster

Anna-Lena Forster, our student and para-alpine skier, won two gold medals at the Paralympic Winter Games in PyeongChang. Congratulations! [14.3.2018 / 18.3.2018]

Award to Dr. Gunda Musekamp

Dr. Gunda Musekamp received the Zarnekow-Award 2016 from the Illa and Werner Zarnekow Foundation for Research in Rehabilitation. The award was given for her dissertation project “Relationship between proximal and distal outcomes in patient education programs: Does improvement of self-management skills predict quality of life three months after rehabilitation”, supervised by Prof. Dr. Dr. Hermann Faller (University of Würzburg) and Prof. Dr. Dr. Jürgen Bengel (Department of Rehabilitation Psychology and Psychotherapy). G. Musekamp received the award at the 27th Convention for Rehabilitation Research in München on February, 26th 2018. [12.3.2018]

Dr. Christina Pfeuffer received funding

Dr. Christina Pfeuffer (Cognition, Action, and Sustainability Unit, Prof. Dr. Andrea Kiesel) received a grant from the German Research Foundation (DFG) for the project „A Look into the Future: Anticipatory saccades shed light on human action control“ (Duration: 36 months; EUR 276.584). [5.3.2018]

Prof. Dr. Dr. Bengel received funding

Prof. Dr. Harald Baumeister (University of Ulm), Dr. David Ebert (University of Erlangen-Nürnberg) and Prof. Dr. Dr. Jürgen Bengel (Department of Rehabilitation Psychology and Psychotherapy) received a grant from the German Research Foundation (DFG) for the project "Reducing the incidence of depression for patients with back pain and subclinical depression using an internet- and mobile-based intervention– Follow-up assessment of a pragmatic randomized controlled large-scale trial" (duration: 15 months; EUR 96.926). [18.1.2018] .

Prof. Dr. Anja Göritz received funding

The Department of Occupational and Consumer Psychology (Prof. Dr. Anja Göritz) received 404.000 € from the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs for the cooperative project entitled "Management of permanent availability - Healthy ways of dealing with modern information and communication media (MASTER)" to be conducted with the University of Hamburg (Duration 2014 to 2019; Dr. Nina Pauls, Eberhard Thörel). [18.1.2018]

Prof. Dr. Alexander Renkl received funding

Prof. Dr. Alexander Renkl (Educational and Developmental Psychology) received a grant from the German Research Foundation (DFG) for the project "Student Teachers' Acquisition of Knowledge about Tutoring from Studying Video Examples: The Effects of Instructional Multimedia Design." The proposal was written in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Tina Seidel (Technical University of Munich) and Prof. Dr. Werner Rieß (Educational University of Freiburg) (duration: 36 months; EUR 219.495 for the sub-project at the University of Freiburg). [11.1.2018]

Dr. Bastian Schiller and Prof. Dr. Markus Heinrichs received funding

Dr. Bastian Schiller and Prof. Dr. Markus Heinrichs (Laboratory for Biological and Personality Psychology) received a grant from the German Research Foundation (DFG) for the project entitled "Effects of oxytocin on socio-cognitive processes: new insights from spatio-temporal EEG analyses" (Duration: 30 months; EUR 182,615). [12.12.2017]

Dr. Andre Aßfalg received funding

Dr. Andre Aßfalg (Social Psychology and Methodology, Prof. Dr. Christoph Klauer) received a grant from the German Research Foundation (DFG) for the project „The Variable Response Model: Theory, Implementation, and Application“ (Duration: 36 months; EUR 244,273). [10.11.2017]

Dr. Alexander Eitel and Prof. Dr. Alexander Renkl received funding

Dr. Alexander Eitel and Prof. Dr. Alexander Renkl (Educational and Developmental Psychology) received a grant from the German Research Foundation (DFG) for the project „Boundary conditions of the seductive details effect: An integrative analysis of cognitive and volitional processes“ (Duration: 36 months; EUR 211.434). [6.11.2017]

PD Dr. Sarah Teige-Mocigemba accepts the position as Full Professor

PD Dr. Sarah Teige-Mocigemba (Department for Social Psychology and Methodology, Prof. Dr. Christoph Klauer) accepts the position as Full Professor for Psychological Diagnostic the University of Marburg. [30.10.2017]

Award to Dr. Julia Asbrand and Prof. Dr. Brunna Tuschen-Caffier

Dr. Julia Asbrand and Prof. Dr. Brunna Tuschen-Caffier (Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy) receive the Instructional Development Award (IDA), an award for course development (70.000 €). The project aims to develop a blended learning basic seminar interlacing e-learning and in-class lectures. Furthermore, students will consolidate and extend their knowledge and practical competences in interaction with actors as patients in a follow-up seminar. It is sponsored by the program "Strukturmodelle in der Studieneingangsphase" by the Ministry of Science, Research and Art Baden-Württemberg and the Bund-Land program "Qualitätspakt Lehre". [5.10.2017]

Research Group Educational and Developmental Psychology was successful

The research group Educational and Developmental Psychology was very successful at the one the world's leading conference about research on learning and instruction: EARLI conference including the young-researcher conference JURE. (1) Tino Endres received the "Best of JURE Award" (best paper of the young-researcher conference). (2) An article by Inga Glogger-Frey et al. (2015) was on the short list (3 articles) of the Outstanding Publication Award 2017 ("An EARLI Outstanding Publication Award is given at each biannual EARLI conference to recognise outstanding work in the field of Learning and Instruction"). (3) Alexander Eitel was on the short list (3 candidates) of the Eric De Corte Awards ("Awarded in recognition of an early career and promising scholar in the field of Learning and Instruction"). [25.9.2017]

Award to Johannes Blum, M.Sc.

Johannes Blum, M.Sc. (Occupational and Consumer Psychology, Prof. Dr. Anja Göritz) received the Eugen Keidel-Award 2017 for his outstanding Master's thesis. Based on this thesis an article was published in Frontiers in Psychology. [20.9.2017]

Prof. Heinrichs received funding

Prof. Dr. Markus Heinrichs (Laboratory for Biological and Personality Psychology) and Prof. Dr. Gregor Domes (University of Trier) received a grant from the German Research Foundation (DFG) for the two-center project entitled "The dynamics of eye-to-eye contact in social anxiety and autism: A naturalistic dyadic eye-tracking paradigm" (Duration: 30 months; EUR 209,204). [11.9.2017]

PD Dr. Joseph Krummenacher is Acting Chair of Neuropsychology during the winter term 2017/18

PD Dr. Joseph Krummenacher is Acting Chair of Neuropsychology (previously Prof. Dr. Ulrike Halsband) during the winter term 2017/18. [8.9.2017]

Prof. Dr. Andrea Kiesel and Prof. Dr. Karl Christoph Klauer received funding

Prof. Dr. Andrea Kiesel (Cognition, Action, and Sunstainability) and Prof. Dr. Karl Christoph Klauer (Social Psychology and Methodology) received funding from the German Research Foundation (DFG) for the new DFG Gradate School 2277 "Statistical Modelling in Psychology (SMiP)" (total approx. EUR 4.9 Mio.).

Award to Dr. Christina Pfeuffer

Dr. Christina Pfeuffer (Cognition, Action, and Sustainability Unit, Prof. Andrea Kiesel) has received a Psychonomic Society Member Select-Speaker Award to present her work on "Working Memory Re-processing in Instruction-based Action Control" at the Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society 2017 in Vancouver. [27.7.2017]

Prof. Dr. Dr. Jürgen Bengel and Dr. Lena Krämer received funding

Prof. Dr. Dr. Jürgen Bengel and Dr. Lena Krämer (Department of Rehabilitation Psychology and Psychotherapy) received funding from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research within the cooperative project “Local, collaborative, stepped and personalised care management for older people with Chronic diseases - a randomised comparative effectiveness trial (LoChro)”. The project is conducted in cooperation with the Medical Center of the University of Freiburg, the University of Education Freiburg, and Catholic University of Applied Sciences Freiburg. Head of the project is Medical Center, University of Freiburg; duration of the projects: 42 months, total funding: 1.449.870 €. [21.7.2017]

PD Dr. Joseph Krummenacher is Acting Chair of Neuropsychology

PD Dr. Joseph Krummenacher is Acting Chair of Neuropsychology (previously Prof. Dr. Ulrike Halsband) during the summer term 2017. [3.4.2017]

Award to Dipl.-Psych. Miriam Ruess

At the TeaP 2017 - 59th Conference of Experimental Psychologists in Dresden the second poster prize was awarded to Dipl.-Psych. Miriam Ruess (Cognition, Action, and Sustainability, Prof. Dr. Andrea Kiesel) for her contribution "Intentional Binding of Two Effects" (in collaboration with Roland Thomaschke, Carola Haering und Andrea Kiesel). [3.4.2017]

Christina Pfeuffer, M.Sc., received a STAY! stipend

Christina Pfeuffer, M.Sc., (Cognition, Action, and Sustainability Unit, Prof. Dr. Andrea Kiesel) has received a STAY! stipend of the University of Freiburg (duration: 12 months). [17.3.2017]

Dr. Lena Krämer received e-learning award

Dr. Lena Krämer (Rehabilitation Psychology and Psychotherapy, Prof. Dr. Dr. Jürgen Bengel) received the e-learning award 2017 of the University of Freiburg for her project “e-portfolios as term papers” (5.000 €). [6.3.2017]

Prof. Kiesel and Prof. Heinrichs received funding

Prof. Andrea Kiesel (Cognition, Action, and Sustainability) and Prof. Dr. Markus Heinrichs (Laboratory for Biological and Personality Psychology), together with Prof. Dr. Matthias Nückles (Department of Educational Science, Speaker), Prof. Dr. Albert Gollhofer (Department of Sports Science), PD Dr. Sebastian Schwenzfeuer (Department of Philosophy), and Prof. Dr. Markus Tauschek (Department of Cultural Anthropology), received a FRIAS Project Group entitled "Sustainable self-optimization as a human core competence in the 21st century". [24.2.2017