Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae
Personal information Dr. Andreas HEJJ, born April 12th 1956 in Zirc, Hungary.
Education
1962 - 1975	Schooling at various English schools in Ghana and Nigeria due to my father's work in foreign aid
1971	University of London GCE (General Certificate of Education) Ordinary Levels
1975	High school graduation [Advanced Levels] at the Fazekas Mihály Grammar School in Budapest
1976 - 1977	Studies at the University of Szeged (Linguistics)
1977 - 1978	Studies at the University of Bochum (Linguistics)
1979	Internship in youth psychology in Readfield, Maine, U.S.A. (May – Sept)
1979 - 1984	Studies at the University of Munich (Psychology) During my studies I was a scholarship holder of the Institute for the Gifted of the Konrad-Adenauer Foundation.
1982	Internship in psychotherapy at the psychiatric hospital Haar, Bavaria (May – Sept)
1984	University Graduate (Dipl.-Psych. [Predicate: very good. Major: clinical psychology] Thesis done at the Max-Planck-Institute for Psychological Research (The structure of the semantic field "Mammals" in relation to subjects' age, knowledge and instructions)
1984 - 1988	Doctoral studies at the University of Munich. Major: Psychology, Minors: Psychopathology and English Psycho- and Sociolinguistics
1988	I was awarded my PhD (Dr. phil. [magna cum laude]) (Thesis: Attitude - one-dimensional rating? - On validating multidimensional subjective spaces of representation)
1993	I received my Habilitation (Prerequisite qualification for a university chair - Dr. phil. habil.) (Thesis: The challenges of early adulthood: Gender specific cognitions of profession, mate-selection and nationality)
Professional career
1982 - 1984	Part-time teacher (12hrs/week) at the Secondary Grammar School Dr. Ueberreiter in Munich
1984 - 1998	Full time lecturer for Psychology at the University of Munich
1993	Assistant Professor ("Privatdozent") for Psychology at the University of Munich. Since then involvement in the training and examination of teachers and PhD students of both Psychology and Education
1999	Extraordinary professor [ausserplanmaessiger Professor] at the Faculty of Psychology and Education in Munich
2006	Scientific counsellor and founding head of the PhD-School of the Faculty of Adult Education and HR-development of the University of Pécs
2007	Full university professorship awarded by the President of the Republic of Hungary
International research projects
11.86 - 09.87	Research on the subjective representation of Europe in Eastern, Western an non Europeans (conducted in Australia, Germany, Hungary, USA and Yugoslavia)
03.89 - 04.89	Research project on cultural integration in the Republic of South Africa
02.90 - 11.90	Longitudinal study of the development of political cognition in East Germany
09.91 - 10.91	Research project in political psychology in the newly independent Baltic States and the disintegrating Soviet Union
03.92 - 04.92	Research project on communication in conflict in cultural comparison in Kenya
02.94 - 04.94	Research project in cultural comparison in Melanesia and Polynesia
05.94 – 07.96	Research project on the social significance of human odour communication (in co-operation with the Faculty of Medicine in Munich, Prof. Hudson)
08.98 - 10.98	Pilot project on initiation and mediation in traditional societies [based on personal experience in men's houses in Papua New Guinea and Yap, Micronesia]: Applicability for multicultural society (application for funding by the German Research Society in progress)
05.01 - 05.03	Research project to compare pupils' ability for social interaction and educational effectivity in two school-systems in Alto Adige, Italy: state school and Rudolph Steiner's Waldorf school. Development of an assessment centre fit for pupils
since 09.08	Cross validation of inter-group cognitions for the alleged causes and cures of tension between Hungarians and Gipsies
International lecturing experience
Win 89 - Sum 95	Lecturer and Examiner for Communication and Social Psychology at the Senior Civil Servants' College, Faculty of Social Administration in Munich, (D)
Sum 95	Visiting Professor for Developmental Psych. at the University of Latvia, Riga, (LT)
Win 95	Visiting Lecturer for Evolutionary Psychology at the University of Zurich, (CH)
Sum 96	Position offered as Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the Department of Psychology of the University of Hertfordshire, (UK)
Win 96	Acting Chair in Psychology at the College of Education in Freiburg, (D)
Sum 98	Visiting lecturer at the University of Passau, (D)
Sum 99	Visiting lecturer at the University of Passau, (D)
Win 99	Visiting professor for media education at the University of Innsbruck, (A).
Sum 00	Visiting professor at the University of Bolsano in Bressanone, (I)
Win 00 - Sum 01	Acting professor at the Institute of Psychology of the University of Hildesheim, (D)
Win 01 - Sum 05	Contracted professor at the University of Bolsano in Bressanone, (I)
Fall 08	Visiting professor at the Catholic University of Leuven, (B)
Spring 10	Visiting professor at the University of Neumarkt, Transylvania, (R)
University administration
11.86 – 07.88	Representative of the lecturers at the faculty board
05.87 – 07.93	Students' counsellor at the Faculty of Psychology and Education of the LMU
since 01.94	Member of the tenure board Habilitationskommission
09.99	Chair of the selection committee at the entrance examination of the University of Bolzano in Bressanone
09.06	Founding head of the PhD-School of the Faculty of Adult Education and HR-development of the University of Pécs
11.08	Invited speaker at the annual conference of the Association of Universities for Democracy (AUDEM) in Baku, Azerbaijan
11.09	Invited speaker at the annual conference of the Association of Universities for Democracy (AUDEM) in Bursa, Turkey
03.10	Member of the organisatonal team and scientific host of the interdisciplinary conference on Sustainable Development celebrating Pécs as Europe's Cultural Capital
Further qualifications and activities
10.84 - 01.86	Training in psychotherapy at the Institute of Integrated Therapies, Munich
Since 1986	Several contributions at national and international conferences held in English, German, Hungarian and Spanish
03.93	PADI Diving Instructor (Professional Association of Diving Instructors)
06.95	Research Co-ordinator of Mensa Intl.
since 1996	Several PR-events / interviews in press, radio and TV since the publication of my book "Traumpartner - Evolutionspsychologische Aspekte der Partnerwahl" [Your dream partner - Evolutionary psychological aspects of mate selection] through Springer on mate selection, initiation in traditional societies and the promotion of social competence in western society
05.98	Constructed Genopoly©, a game didactically designed to get acquainted with the evolutionary mechanisms of communication in relationships
2010	Examined journalist and member of the Board of the Federation of Independent Journalists
continuously	Extensive world-wide travelling experience Intercultural film documentary: “A glimpse beyond taboos. Follow a social researcher around the world”