Prof. Dr. Roy F. Baumeister

Prof. Dr. Roy F. Baumeister
University of Queensland
School of Psychology
McElwain Building (24A), Level 4, Room 416
Brisbane QLD 4072
Australia

Tel.: +1 (850) 644-2040

E-Mail: r.baumeister(at)psy.uq.edu.au
www.roybaumeister.com/

Gastgebende Fakultät an der Universität Bamberg:

Humanwissenschaften

Forschungsschwerpunkte

  • Ich und Identität, Selbstüberwachung, -achtung und -darstellung, Bedeutung
  • zwischenmenschliche Zurückweisung und das Bedürfnis der Zugehörigkeit
  • Sexualität und Geschlecht
  • Aggression

Ausbildung

1970-1974      Princeton University (A.B.)
1971-1972      Universität Heidelberg 
1974-1976      Duke University (M.A.)
1976-1978      Princeton University (Ph.D.)
1978-1979      University of California at Berkeley (postdoctoral fellow)

Beruflicher Werdegang

1979-1984      "Assistant Professor" für Psychologie, Case Western Reserve University
1984-1989      "Associate Professor" für Psychologie, Case Western Reserve University
1986-1987      "Visiting Associate Professor", University of Texas at Austin
1989-2003      Professor für Psychology, Case Western Reserve University
1991                Gastprofessor, Max-Planck-Institut für Psychiatrie, München
1992-2003      "E.B.Smith Professor in the Liberal Arts", Case Western Reserve University
1993-1994      Gastprofessor, University of Virginia
2001-2002      Fellow am Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford
                        University
2009-2010      Gastprofessor, University of California, Santa Barbara
2010-2015      "Special Professor", VU University, Amsterdam, Netherlands
seit 2003-        "Eppes Eminent Professor of Psychology", Florida State University
2013-2014      Forschungsstipendiat, Russell Sage Foundation, New York City
2014-2015      "Distinguished Adjunct Professor", King Abdulaziz University, Saudi-Arabien
seit 2016         Professor für Psychologie, University of Queensland

1986

Baumeister, R. F. (1986). Identity: Cultural Change and the Struggle for Self. New York: Oxford University Press.  
Baumeister, R. F. (Ed.) (1986). Public Self and Private Self. New York: Springer-Verlag.

1989

Baumeister, R. F. (1989). Masochism and the Self. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

1991

Baumeister, R. F. (1991).  Meanings of Life. New York: Guilford Press.  
Baumeister, R.F. (1991). Escaping the Self: Alcoholism, Spirituality, Masochism, and Other Flights from the Burden of Selfhood. New York: Basic Books.  

1992

Baumeister, R.F., & Wotman, S.R. (1992). Breaking Hearts: The Two Sides of Unrequited Love. New York: Guilford Press.  

1993

Baumeister, R.F. (Ed.) (1993). Self-Esteem: The Puzzle of Low Self-Regard. New York: Plenum.
Berglas, S.C., & Baumeister, R.F. (1993). Your Own Worst Enemy: Understanding the Paradox of Self-Defeating Behavior. New York: Basic Books.  

1994

Baumeister, R.F., Heatherton, T.F., & Tice, D.M. (1994). Losing Control: How and Why  People Fail at Self-Regulation. San Diego, CA: Academic Press.  

1997

Baumeister, R.F. (1997). Evil: Inside Human Violence and Cruelty. New York: W.H. Freeman.  

1999

Baumeister, R.F. (Ed.) (1999). The Self in Social Psychology. Philadelphia, PA: Psychology Press (Taylor & Francis).  

2000

Baumeister, R.F., & Tice, D.M. (2000). The Social Dimension of Sex. New York: Allyn & Bacon.  

2001

Baumeister, R.F. (Ed.) (2001). Social Psychology and Human Sexuality. Philadelphia, PA: Psychology Press (Taylor & Francis).  

2002

Miracle, A., Miracle, T., & Baumeister, R.F. (2002). Human Sexuality: Meeting Your Basic Needs. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall/Pearson.  

2003

Loewenstein, G., Read, D., & Baumeister, R.F. (Eds.) (2003). Time and Decision: Economic and Psychological Perspectives on Intertemporal Choice. New York: Russell Sage.  

2004

Baumeister, R.F., & Vohs, K.D. (Eds.) (2004). Handbook of Self-Regulation: Research, Theory, and Applications. New York: Guilford.  

2005

Baumeister, R.F. (2005). The Cultural Animal: Human Nature, Meaning, and Social Life. New York: Oxford University Press.  

2007

Baumeister, R.F., & Vohs, K.D. (Eds.) (2007). Encyclopedia of Social Psychology. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.  
Vohs, K.D., Baumeister, R.F., & Loewenstein, G.F. (Eds.) (2007). Do Emotions Help or Hurt Decision Making? A Hedgefoxian Perspective. New York: Russell Sage.  

2008

Baumeister, R. F., & Bushman, B. J. (2008). Social Psychology and Human Nature. San Francisco, CA: Wadsworth.  
Baer, J., Kaufmann, J., & Baumeister, R.F. (Eds.) (2008). Are We Free? Psychology and Free Will. New York: Oxford University Press.  

2009

Forgas, J.P., Baumeister, R.F., & Tice, D.M. (2009). Psychology of Self-Regulation: Cognitive, Affective, and Motivational  Processes. New York: Psychology Press.  

2010

Baumeister, R.F., Mele, A.R., & Vohs, K.D. (Eds.) (2010). Free Will and Consciousness: How Might They Work? New York: Oxford University Press.  
Baumeister, R.F., & Finkel, E.J. (Eds.) (2010). Advanced Social Psychology. New York: Oxford University Press.  
Baumeister, R.F. (2010). Is There Anything Good About Men? New York: Oxford University Press.  

2011

Vohs, K.D., & Baumeister, R.F. (Eds.) (2011). Handbook of Self-Regulation: Research, Theory, and Applications (2. Aufl.). New York: Guilford.  
Baumeister, R. F., & Bushman, B. J. (2011). Social Psychology and Human Nature (2. Aufl.). San Francisco, CA: Cengage.  
Baumeister, R.F., & Tierney, J. (2011). Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength. New York: Penguin Press.  

2012

Baumeister, R.F., & Vohs, K.D. (Eds.) (2012). New Directions in Social Psychology, Volumes I-V. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.  
Vohs, K.D., & Baumeister, R.F. (Eds.) (2012). The Self and Identity, Volumes I-V. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.  

2014

Baumeister, R.F., & Bushman, B.J. (2014). Social Psychology and Human Nature (3. Aufl.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/ Cengage.  

2016

Vohs, K.D., & Baumeister, R.F. (Eds.) (2016). Handbook of self-regulation: Research, theory, and applications (3. Aufl.). New York: Guilford.  
Seligman, M., Railton, P., & Baumeister, R., & Sripada, C. (2016). Homo Prospectus. New York: Oxford University Press.  

2017

Baumeister, R.F., & Bushman, B.J. (2017). Social Psychology and Human Nature (4. Aufl.). Belmont, CA: Cengage.

Forschungsvorhaben, Stipendien und Auszeichnungen, die in den letzten zehn Jahren bewilligt bzw. verliehen wurden:

2007               

  • Distinguished Service Award, Society for Personality and Social Psychology

2007-2011      

  • "Free will: A laboratory based approach to a rigorous scientific theory", Forschungsprojekt, gefördert durch die John Templeton Foundation, US$ 328.397

2007-2013      

  • "Self-control and stress: A limited resource model," Forschungsprojekt, gefördert durch das National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 1RL1AA017541, US$ 1.064.690

2008               

  • Lifetime Achievement Award, International Network for Personal Meaning
  • Theoretical Innovation Prize, honorable mention (2nd place overall), Society for Personality and Social Psychology (für Baumeister et al., 2007, "How Emotion Shapes Behavior…", in PSPR)

2010-2015

  • Special Professor für "Regulation of Social Interaction", VU Free University of Amsterdam

2011

  • Jack Block Award for Distinguished Contributions to Personality Psychology, Society for Personality and Social Psychology
  • New York Times Bestseller (Willpower book); gleichzeitig durch Amazon als eines der "Best Books of the Year" nominiert

2011-2013

  • "Experimental Studies on Free Will: Limited Resources, Folk Beliefs, and Moral Responsibility", Forschungsprojekt, gefördert durch die John Templeton Foundation, US$ 298.000

2012

  • Distinguished Lifetime Career Contribution Award der International Society for Self and Identity

2012-2015

  • "From Free Will Beliefs to Virtuous Behavior", Forschungsprojekt, gefördert durch die John Templeton Foundation, US$ 249.000
  • "Social Dimension of Prospection", Forschungsprojekt, gefördert durch die John Templeton Foundation, gesamte Bewilligungssumme US$ 386.687,94

2013

  • William James Fellow Award für das Lebenswerk in der psychologischen Forschung, Association for Psychological Science
  • Der Aufsatz Baumeister et al. (2003) in Psychological Science in the Public Interest wird von der Association for Psychological Science zum am häufigsten zitierten Aufsatz aller Zeiten in sämtlichen Zeitschriften der Association erklärt
  • Erwähung durch StateStats.org als einer der Top 25 Psychologie-Professoren in Florida
  • Medien-Preis Big Questions in Free Will program (für Slate.com-Artikel)

2013-2014

  • Forschungsstipendium, Russell Sage Foundation

2014

  • Preis als Outstanding Paper of 2013 (alleiniger Preisträger) des Journal of Forensic Practice für den Aufsatz "Self-control, fluctuating willpower, and forensic practice"
  • International Association for Relationships Research Best Article Award für den Aufsatz "A boost of positive affect" (Lambert et al., 2012)

2015

  • Alexander von Humboldt-Forschungspreis für herausragende Forschungsleistungen
  • Einführung in die American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • Scientific Impact Award, Society for Experimental Social Psychology (für "The Need to Belong," with Mark Leary)

2015-2017

  • "Moral Virtue and Self-Control", Forschungsprojekt, gefördert durch die John Templeton Foundation, US$ 280.000