Prof. Dr. Rainer Riemann

Postal address |
Bielefeld University Faculty of Psychology and Sport Science Universitätsstraße 25 33615 Bielefeld Germany |
Room | T5-228 |
Phone |
+49 (0)521 106-4529 +49 (0)521 106-154529 |
rainer.riemann@uni-bielefeld.de | |
Consultation | Thursday 09:00 - 10:00 |
Biography
Rainer Riemann received the diploma in psychology and the Ph.D. degree
from Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany, in 1981 and 1987,
respectively. In 1993 he received the venia legendi (Habilitation) in
Psychology from the Faculty of Psychology and Sport Science in Bielefeld.
He was ad interim Professor for Differential Psychology and Psychological
Assessment at the universities of Tübingen, (1994), Frankfurt/Main (1997),
and Jena (1997-98). In 1999 he was appointed as Professor of Personality
Psychology and Psychological Assessment at the Friedrich-Schiller-University
Jena, Germany. He was executive director of the department of psychology from
2001-2003. Since 2009 he has been Professor for Differential Psychology,
Personality and Psychological Assessment at Bielefeld University.
During 2012-2014 he was dean of the Faculty of Psychology and Sport Science.
From 2000-2008 he was member of the executive committee of the European
Association of Personality and president of this society between 2004 and 2006. He was member of the executive board of the German Psychological Association (2010-2012) and congress president of the 48th congress of the German Psychological Association.
Research
His major field of research is behavior genetics of personality,
attitudes, and abilities. He was member of the DFG research group
"Discrimination and tolerance in intergroup relations" and is
principal investigator (with M. Diewald and F.M. Spinath) of the DFG funded
interdisciplinary longitudinal study "Genetic and social causes of life
chances. A genetically informative, longitudinal study of the life course and
individual development (TWINLIFE)"www.twin-life.de. In 2015-16 together with M. Diewald
he was convener of the research group "Genetic and social causes of life
chances" at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research (Bielefeld,
University).
Publications