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Urs Fuhrer

Professor
Developmental and Educational Psychology
Culture and Development; The ecology of Identity Formation over the =

Life-Span, Built Envi=1Fronment and Children's Development, Classroom =

Environment, Environmental Concern
Dipl.-Psych. (University of Berne; Ph.D., University of Berne =

(Switzerland), Habilitation University of Berne (Switzerland)

Tel.: ++49(391)6714-800 Fax.: ++49(391)6714-807
email: urs.fuhrer who-is-at gse-w.uni-magdeburg.de

Urs Fuhrer is the founder of the graduate program in psychology at the =

University of Magdeburg (Germany) with his "Magdeburger model of =

Psychology as Neuroscience". He teaches human development over the =

life-span and its relation to education. His interest mainly focuses =

on theorizing about a cultural developmental psychology based on Georg =

Simmel's cultivation principle. His main research areas include the =

development of personal identity under conditions of rapid societal =

changes, the impact of children's home environments on their =

intellectual, motivational, and social development, and the =

relationship between classroom design and student-teacher interaction. =

He has been a Swiss National Science Foundation Fellow at the =

University of California Irvine, the Learning Research and Development =

Center of the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Freiburg =

i.Br. (Germany). Among his publications are "Mehrfachhandeln in =

dynamischen Umfeldern" (Multiple Acting in Dynamic Environments), =

"Handeln Lernen im Alltag" (Learning How to Act in Everyday Settings), =

"Umwelt und Handeln" (Environment and Acting; with P. Day, U. =

Laucken), Multilokales Wohnen (Multilocal Dwelling; with F.G. Kaiser), =

=D6kologisches Handeln als sozialer Prozess" (Ecological Action as =

Social Process), and "Von den sozialen Grundlagen des =

Umweltbewusstseins zum verantwortlichen Umwelthandeln" (From the =

Social Basis of Environmental Concern to Environmentally Responsible =

Action; with S. W=F6lfing). He is also co-editor (with I.E. Josephs) of =

the forthcoming book "Kultivationen: Pers=F6nliche Dinge, Identit=E4t und =

Entwicklung" (Cultivations: Personal Things, Identity, and =

Development). He is a member of the American Psychological Association =

(APA), the American Educational Research Association (AERA), the =

Psychonomic Society, the Society for Personality & Social Psychology, =

the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), the =

Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA), the European =

Association for Learning and Instruction (EARLI), the European =

Association for Experimental Social Psychology (E.A.E.S.P), and the =

German Psychological Association (GPA).

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Prof. Dr. Urs Fuhrer
Otto-von-Guericke-Universit=E4t
Institut f=FCr Psychologie
PF 4120
D-39016 Magdeburg

Phone: +391/6714-800 /802
Fax: +391/6714-807
Email: urs.fuhrer who-is-at gse-w.uni-magdeburg.de

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