Prof. Dr. phil. habil. Frank Eggert

Academic Background

1982-1988

Studies in Psychology with the minor subjects Logic, Physiology, Anthropology and Psychopathology at the University of Kiel
Diplom (Diploma) in Psychology

1988-1992

Wissenschaftlicher Angestellter (research associate) at the Department  of Psychology at the University of Kiel
Studies of the minor subjects History of Medicine and Psychopathology for the Rigorosum
Promotion (PhD) to Dr. phil.
Faculty award for the best dissertation

1992-1996

Wissenschaftlicher Assistent (C 1, lecturer) at the Department of Psychology at the University of Kiel
Heinz-Heckhausen-Jungwissenschaftlerpreis (Young Scientist Award) of the DGPs (German Psychological Society)
Research visit at the University of Cambridge
Habilitation to Dr. phil. habil. and Venia legendi for Psychology

1996-2000

Wissenschaftlicher Oberassistent (C 2, senior lecturer) at the Department of Psychology at the University of Kiel
Research visit at Dalhousie University
Appointed as Außerplanmäßiger Professor (adjunct professor) for Psychology

2000-2001

Lehrstuhlvertreter (substitute for the chair) in General Psychology at the Department of Psychology at the University of Kiel

since 2001

Full Professor of Psychological Methodology and Biopsychology (C3) at the Institute of Psychology at TU Braunschweig

Main Interests

everything that is not boring
and whereof one can speak
and thereof one hasn’t to be silent
;-)

I try to understand how behaviour is selected by its consequences for the organism, which are mediated by the effects of behaviour on the environment, and thus adapts to specific contexts. I am interested in behavioural adaptations at all levels (overt, verbal, covered) that result from natural selection, operant selection or social discourse and their significance for individual, social and societal/cultural behaviour.

Memberships

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs)
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie (DGS)
Royal Society of Medicine (RSM)
International Society for Theoretical Psychology (ISTP)
Gesellschaft Deutscher Naturforscher und Ärzte (GDNÄ)
New York Academy of Sciences (NYAS)