Prof. Dr. Roy Baumeister

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsSocial Psychology, Industrial and Organisational Psychology,Personality Psychology, Clinical and Medical Psychology, Methodology
Keywordssocial exclusion, self-regulation, self-control, self-presentation, self-esteem

Current contact address

CountryAustralia
CityUniversity Of Queensland
InstitutionUniversity of Queensland (UQ)
InstituteSchool of Psychology

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Peter M. GollwitzerMax-Planck-Institut für Kognitions- und Neurowissenschaften, München
Prof. Dr. Franz Emanuel WeinertMax-Planck-Institut für Kognitions- und Neurowissenschaften, München
Prof. Dr. Astrid Lioba SchützLehrstuhl Psychologie IV (Persönlichkeitspsychologie), Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg, Bamberg
Start of initial sponsorship01/01/1991

Programme(s)

1990Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme
2014Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Baumeister is a world-leading expert in social psychology and well known internationally for his outstanding research on self-regulation. With his unorthodox and broad view on social phenomena he has shaped today's knowledge on topics such as self-presentation, self-esteem, suicide, binge eating, social exclusion, escaping the self and guilt. In Germany, Professor Baumeister will continue his research on self-regulation and will discuss his studies with experts from the National Education Panel.