Public Seminar - Physical Activity and Nutrition
This public seminar hosted by the University of Newcastle Priority Research Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition presents Professor Ralf Schwarzer from Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.
Health Behaviour Change: theory and intervention research
Professor Ralf Schwarzer
Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
Biography:
Professor Ralf Schwarzer is a leading authority in Health Psychology. He started his career as a school teacher and later became a professor of Educational Psychology at the Freie Universität Berlin, Germany, where he is now a Professor Emeritus. His research focus lies on stress, coping, social support, self-efficacy, well-being, positive psychology, and health behaviours. He has published more than 400 papers, and has co-founded three journals including: Anxiety, Stress, and Coping: An International Journal, and Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being (currently Editor-in-Chief).
He is Past-President of the Stress and Anxiety Research Society (STAR), Past-President of the European Health Psychology Society (EHPS), and Past-President of the Health Psychology Division of the International Association for Applied Psychology (IAAP). In 2007, he received the German Psychology Award. He was one of the organisers of the International Congress of Psychology (ICP) in Berlin 2008. In 2010, he received the Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions of the International Association of Applied Psychology (IAAP). His bibliography and full CV can be found at his website http://www.ralfschwarzer.de/
Professor Schwarzer's research interests include: stress, coping, social support, self-efficacy, well-being, positive psychology, and health behaviours.
Event Information
- Date: This event was held on Thursday 20 November 2014
- Location: Advanced Technology Centre Lecture Theatre, ATC210
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