Contributions held at scientific conferences (a selection)
(for invited
lectures see heading below)
Budapest, 2011: A tolerancia
pedagógiai pszichológiai alapjairól
[How
educational psychology may contribute towards tolerance]
(11th National Conference on
Educational Science)
Dubrovnik, 2011: Bologna baloney –
University, an independent stronghold of free thinking since the Middle Ages, is in danger
(22nd annual conference of the Alliance of Universities for
Democracy (AUDEM))
Bursa, 2009: Who is to blame? – Alleged causes and cures for the
tension between Hungarians and Gypsies.
(20th annual conference of the Alliance of Universities for
Democracy (AUDEM))
Baku, 2008: Educating citizens for the global challenge
(19th annual conference of the Alliance of Universities for
Democracy (AUDEM))
Potsdam, 2000: Partnerwahlstrategien - ihre Herkunft und Zukunft
[Strategies of mate
selection - history and future]
(Homo - our history and future. 4th Congress of the Society for
Anthropology, GfA)
Andechs, 1999: Erziehung als
Universalie - interdisziplinäre
Annäherungen
[Universal aspects of education - An
interdisciplinary approach]
(Annual meeting of
the Society of Anthropology, Unit Anthropology and Education)
[From
the Dreamtime to pupils wide
awake. Time
in Education]
(Annual conference of
the work group Educational Anthropology of the German Society for Educational
Science)
[White, single seeks - The
world of singles] Chair of the work group Interpersonal Relationships
(40th
Conference of Experimental Psychologists, -TeaP)
[Evolutionary aspects of
school achievement]
(16th
Congress of the German Society for Educational Science)
[Across the border from the
(German Society for
Art and Psychopathology of Expression, DGPPA)
[The first time: Scripts we
have in our minds about a first date] Chair of the Study group "Gender differences"
(Conference of Experimental Psychologists, -TeaP)
(Conference of the German Psychological Society, DGPs)
(International Society for Human Ethology, ISHE)
[Evolutionary
psychology of gender specific selection criteria in mate choice]
(Conference of Experimental Psychologists, -TeaP)
[The
hedonic evaluation of gender-specific odours through homo- and heterosexuals]
(Conference of Experimental Psychologists, -TeaP)
[A
word before love: A new paradigm to prognosticate congeniality]
(Conference of Experimental Psychologists, -TeaP)
[What
do Psychologists "learn"? - Alterations in attitude towards neurosis
in the course of studies]
(Conference of Experimental Psychologists, -TeaP)
[The
subjective representation of
(Conference of Experimental Psychologists, -TeaP)
Invited lectures (a selection)
Pécs, 2011: Motiváció a mentálhigiéné
szolgálatában
[Motivation serving mental hygiene]
(Szentágothai Science
Circle)
Pécs, 2011: Mielőtt
tizenkettőt üt - a suhanc. Hogyan segít az érzelmi intelligencia úrrá lenni az erőszak fölött
[Before the JD strikes
12. How emotional intelligence can help master violence]
(Invited lecture at the Law School of the
University of Pécs)
Pécs, 2011: Mikor figyel a diák? Egy
kibernetikai modell és a valóság
[When will the student pay attention? A cybernetic model and reality]
(Annual conference of the Regional Committee of
the Hungarian Academy of Sciences)
Pécs, 2010: Kultúrák keveredése
Dél-Afrikától Dél-Tirolig és Németországtól Nagy-Britanniáig
[Confronting cultures from
South Africa to South Tyrol and from Germany to Great Britain]
(Conference Cultural Reality and the European
Cultural Capital 2010)
Chemnitz, 2010: Wer ist
schuld? – Vermeintliche Gründe und Lösungen für die Spannungen zwischen Ungarn und Zigeunern
[Who
is to blame? – Alleged causes and cures for the
tension between Hungarians and Gypsies]
(Invited lecture at the Institute of Intercultural Communication of the University of Chemnitz)
Pécs, 2010: Beavatás és újjászületés - Felkészítés a felnőtt- és az
örök életre
[Initiated and born again - Getting prepared
for adult and eternal life]
(The values of culture - Celebration Lectures in Europe's Cultural
Capital 2010)
Pécs, 2008: A négy elem az európai gondolkodásban
[The four Elements in Western schools of
thought]
(Symposium of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences)
Berlin, 2005: Ein Sozialwissenschaftler
als Augenzeuge im besetzten Irak
[A social scientist as eyewitness in
occupied
(Presentation and discussion
held at the
public theatre Urania)
Berlin, 2004: Depression Bewältigen
[Understanding
and overcoming depression]
(Presentation and discussion held at the public
theatre Urania)
Budapest, 2004: Az agyirányítás-hadművelet. Reklám és
szuggesztió.
[Operation Mind Control]
(Invited speaker at the
Berlin, 2003: Mode als Kommunikationsmittel
[Fashion as a means of
communication]
(Presentation and discussion held at the public theatre Urania)
Passau, 2002: Identität und Integration.
[Identity and integration]
(Invited speaker at the moral theological meeting "No time to lose.
Man on the hunt for
his identity")
Hildesheim, 2001:
"All men are created equal"
- Psychologische Aspekte
der Geschlechtlichkeit des Menschen.
[Psychological aspects of human gender]
(Invited speaker at the
Frankfurt am Main, 2001: Moderne Methoden im Arbeits-
und Gesundheitsschutz
[Modern methods in work
and health protection]
(Conference in the Chamber of Industry and Trade, IHK)
Koblenz, 2001: Ist
Liebe Frauensache?
[Is loving a woman's domain?]
(Public lecture in co-operation with Senate's Committee for Gender
Issues at the University of Koblenz-Landau)
Matrei,
2000: Die Welt in unseren
Köpfen - Die Kunst kognitiven Kartierens
[Maps in minds
- The art of cognitive mapping]
(Orientation - Matrei Conference on Interdisciplinary
Cultural Research)
[Emotional
intelligence - a must for successful managers]
(Modern methods in company health management Conference in the
Europahalle)
Vienna, 2000: Zwischen
Automat und Autarkie: Menschenbilder in den Sozialwissenschaften zum Aufbruch des neuen Jahrtausends
[Automat to autarky:
Mankind perceived in the social
sciences at the verge of the
new millennium]
(Kochholzer Society for
Philosophy
Hildesheim, 2000: Fühlen
Frauen anders? Über die phylogenetischen
Wurzeln der kognitiven Strategien der Partnerwahl
[Do women
feel differently?]
(Public lecture organised by the University's Female Interests' Officer:
Do women feel differently?)
Karlsruhe, 2000: Erfolg im Unternehmen mit der Intelligenz der Steinzeit
[Global corporate success
based on the intelligence of the stone age]
(Lecture and discussion at the Medical and Technical Directors' Meeting
of the IAS Institute of Work and Social Hygiene Foundation)
Matrei, 1999: Der Bedeutungswandel des deutschen
Michel
[Development of the meaning of the German "Michel"]
(Cultural development - Matrei Conference on
Interdisciplinary Cultural Research)
Passau, 1999: Förderung der emotionalen Intelligenz.
[Developing emotional intelligence]
(Catholic
Schliersee, 1999: Evolution
- aus der Vergangenheit für die Zukunft. Ihr Beitrag zu
einem humaneren Miteinander in der globalisierten Massengesellschaft
[Evolution
- out of the past for the
future. A contribution towards more human
co-operation in a global mass society]
(Responsible organiser of the conference on behalf of the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation, opening lecture Educational
goal: Promoting the intelligence of the stone age)
Hamburg, 1999: Globalisierung und soziale Bindung: Was die Gruppengröße mit der Evolution der Kommunikation zu tun hat
[Social bonding in a global age: How group size is related to the
evolution of communication]
(Conference on Universalistic Moral and Education for Global Citizens. The Challenge of Globalisation Tackled by Modern Evolutionary Research)
Matrei, 1998: Relikte
aus dem steinzeitlichen
Stammesleben unter den Bedingungen der Postmoderne: Klatsch & Tratsch.
[Relics of tribal life in
the East African
(Matrei Conference on Interdisciplinary
Cultural Research)
Altenberg / Vienna,
1997: Abenteuer Heiratsmarkt:
Die stammesgeschichtlichen Wurzeln
der Kommunikation in Partnerschaften
[Making the mate
market: The evolutionary roots
of communication in relationships]
(Presentation and discussion
at the Konrad Lorenz
Institute for Evolutionary
and Cognitive Research)
Passau, 1997: IQ - EQ: Pädagogische und psychologische Aspekte eines Paradigmenwandels IQ - EQ:
[IQ - EQ: Educational and
psychological aspects of the change of a paradigm]
(Invited lecture and discussion held at the
Quito, 1997: Entre la Filosofia, la Medicina y las Ciencias Exactas - Qué es la Sicologia?
[Between philosophy, medicine and the exact
sciences - What is Psychology?]
(Presentation and discussion held in the Aula
of the Central University of Ecuador)
Hatfield, 1996: Genes and memes: An experiment to predict congeniality
(Presentation and discussion at the