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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