Prof. Dr. Kathleen Vohs

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsSocial Psychology, Industrial and Organisational Psychology
KeywordsSocial psychology, Consumer science, Motivation, Self regulation

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CityMinneapolis
InstitutionUniversity of Minnesota
InstituteMarketing

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Klaus FiedlerPsychologisches Institut, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg
Start of initial sponsorship01/06/2014

Programme(s)

2013Anneliese Maier Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Vohs is a highly renowned, international expert in both fundamental and applied behavioral science. In the social psychology of motivation, her highly influential work on the limited-resource model of self-regulation and on will-power has become the focus of a world-wide research program. Her applied research on the impact of money on social behavior has become one of the most prominent themes of current consumer science. In Germany, she intends to collaborate with her scientific partners on self-regulation and adaptive cognition.