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Doz. Dr. David Weiss

Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg

Philosophische Fakultät I

Institut für Psychologie

Emil-Abderhalden-Straße 26-27

06108

Halle (Saale)

Tel.:+49 345 5524358

david.weiss@psych.uni-halle.de

Profil

Vita

Professional Positions
  • since 11/2021 Head of Division Developmental Psychology, Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
  • 07/2018 - 10/2021 Heisenberg Fellow (DFG),  
    University of Leipzig, Department of Psychology, Germany
  • 02/2014 - 06/2018 Assistant Professor of Sociomedical Sciences and Psychology, Columbia University, New York City, USA
  • 10/2009 - 02/2014 Senior Research Associate, University of Zurich, Department of Psychology, Developmental Psychology: Adulthood (Prof. Dr. A. M. Freund), Switzerland 
  • 09/2005 - 09/2009 Doctoral Student and Research Associate, Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Department of Psychology, Developmental Psychology and Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Institute of Psychogerontology (Prof. Dr. F. R. Lang), Germany
  • 03/2002 - 04/2005 Student Research Assistant, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel; Australian National University, Canberra, Australia

Education
  • 10/2006 – 11/2009 Dr. phil. in Psychology (“summa cum laude”) Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany. Dissertation: «Aging Identities: The Ambivalence of Age Group and Generation Belonging», Awarded the Karl-Giehrl Award for Best PhD-Thesis
  • 10/1999 – 04/2005 Diplom (MSc) in Psychology, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, Germany.
  • 09/2003 – 09/2004 Visiting Student & Researcher, Australian National University, Department of Psychology, Canberra, Australia

Expertenprofil

  • Developmental Lifespan Psychology
  • Age Stereotypes, Mindsets, and Health
  • Dynamics of Social Status and Social Inequality