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