Prof. Dr. Britta Renner
Psychological Assessment and Health Psychology
Department of Psychology
University of Konstanz P.O. Box 47
D-78457 Konstanz
Office: G524
Office hours: upon arrangement
Tel.: +49 (0) 7531 88 4679
Email: britta.renner [at] uni-konstanz.de
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Research interests
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Education
| 2004 | Habilitation in Psychology University of Greifswald |
| 2000 | Ph.D. in psychology (Dr. phil.) Free University of Berlin |
| 1993 | Diploma in psychology (Dipl.-Psych.) Free University of Berlin |
Professional experience
| 2007 - present | Professor of Psychological Assessment & Health Psychology (W3) Department of Psychology, University of Konstanz |
| 2004 - 2007 | Professor of Psychology Jacobs Center for Lifelong Learning & Institutional Development, Jacobs University Bremen |
| 2000 - 2004 | Assistant Professor (C1), Personality Psychology & Psychological Assessment Department of Psychology, University of Greifswald |
| 1999 - 2000 | Research Scientist & Lecturer, Personality Psychology & Psychological Assessment Department of Psychology, University of Greifswald |
| 1997 - 1999 | Research Scientist & Lecturer, Department of Educational Psychology & Health Psychology Department of Psychology, Free University of Berlin |
| 1993 - 1996 | Doctoral Student, Department of Educational Psychology & Health Psychology Department of Psychology, Free University of Berlin |
Scientific Achievements, Activities
| 2023 - present | Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the "Bürgerrat Ernährung" of the German Bundestag |
| 2023 - present | Member of the German Committee for Sustainability Research (DKN) - advisory board mandated by the DFG Executive Committee |
| 2023 - present | Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of Agora Agrar |
| 2023 - present | German committee for sustainability research (DFG) |
| 2019 - present | Vicepresident of the German Nutrition Society (DGE) |
| 2019 - present | Member of the senate, University of Konstanz |
| 2019 - present | Member of the Advisory Board, Karl Landsteiner Privatuniversität (KL), Austria |
| 2018 - present | Board of Directors and Principal Investigator (PI), DFG-Cluster of Excellence 2117 "Centre for the Advanced Study of Collective Behaviour", University of Konstanz |
| 2018 - present | Member of the Advisory Board, Stiftung für gesundheitliche Prävention Baden-Württemberg |
| 2018 - present | Speaker of the Study Group "Nutrition behaviour research" of the German Nutrition Society (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Ernährung, DGE) |
| 2018 - present | Vice-Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board on Agricultural Policy at the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (Wissenschaftlicher Beirat für Agrarpolitik, Ernährung und gesundheitlichen Verbraucherschutz, WBAE), Germany |
| 2015 - present | Member of the Scientific Advisory Board on Agricultural Policy at the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (Wissenschaftlicher Beirat für Agrarpolitik, Ernährung und gesundheitlichen Verbraucherschutz, WBAE), Germany |
| 2015 - 2021 | Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Competence Cluster Nutrition Research Berlin-Potsdam (NutriAct) |
| 2014 - 2018 | Mentor of the ProProfessur Program for young female researchers of the universities in Hessen (University of Frankfurt, University of Darmstadt, University of Marburg), Germany |
| 2013 - 2018 | Mentor of the ProFiL-Program for young female researchers of the universities in Berlin (TU Berlin, FU Berlin, and HU Berlin), Germany |
| 2012 - 2015 | Coordinator of the group "risk communication" of the BMBF funding measure "Risk Management of Emerging Compounds and Pathogens in the Water" (RiskWA) |
| 2010 | Vice Dean Faculty of Sciences, University of Konstanz, Germany |
| 2009 - 2011 | Chair of the Department of Psychology, University of Konstanz, Germany |
| 2008 - 2017 | Board of Directors Lurija Institute of Rehabilitation Science |
| 2007 - 2011 | Chair of the Subdivision Health Psychology of the German Psychological Association (DGPs) |
| 2006 - 2010 | President and Past President of the European Health Psychology Society (EHPS) |
Honors and Awards
| 2015 - present | Fellow of the European Health Psychology Society (EHPS) |
| 2015 | Science award culinary art 2015 (Wissenschaftspreis Kulinaristik) |
| 2000 & 2021 | "LUKS" award for excellent teaching, University of Konstanz, Germany |
| 2010 - present | Fellow of the Associations of Psychological Science (APS) |
| 2001 | Marie-Schlei Dissertation award, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany |
External funds (last five years)
| 2019 - present | Speaker of the "Collective Appetite" within the Excellence Cluster 2117 "Collective Behavior" |
| 2015 - 2018 | Speaker of the DFG research unit "The Dynamics of Risk - Perception and Behaviour in the Context of Mental and Physical Health" (Riskdynamics), together with Prof. Dr. Harald Schupp |
| 2015 - present | Speaker of the interdisciplinary BMBF research project "Individual and context-based real-time interventions promoting normal eating and physical activity through mobile technology" (SMARTACT), together with Prof. Dr. Harald Schupp |
| 2014 - 2017 | EU-JPI research project DEDIPAC, Speaker of work package 2.1 with 24 consortium partners from 11 countries of the EU |
Editorial and Peer-Reviewing Activities
Member of the editorial board of Zeitschrift für Gesundheitspsychologie (executive editor 2012-2014)
Member of the editorial board of Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine: an Open Access Journal
Member of the editorial board of Health Psychology Review; Journal of Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being
Ad hoc reviewer for Anxiety, Stress, and Coping; Basic and Applied Social Psychology; British Journal of Health Psychology; British Journal of Nutrition; Cognition & Emotion; Diagnostica; Enviroment & Behavior; European Journal of Personality; European Journal of Psychological Assessment; European Journal of Social Psychology; Experimental Psychology; Familial Cancer; Health Education Research; Health Psychology; Health Psychology Review; Health, Risk & Society; International Journal of Behavioural Medicine; Journal of Applied Psychology; Journal of Applied Social Psychology; Journal of Individual Differences; Journal of Positive Psychology; Journal of Public Health; Memory; Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin; Positive Psychology; Public Health Nutrition; Psychologische Rundschau; Psychology & Health; Psychology, Health & Medicine; Risk Analysis; Social Cognition; Social & Preventive Medicine; Social Science & Medicine; Vaccine; Zeitschrift für Gesundheitspsychologie; Zeitschrift für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie; Zeitschrift für Pädagogische Psychologie; Zeitschrift für Psychologie
Grant reviewer for DAAD, DFG, Humboldt Foundation, EU, Economic and Social Research Council (UK), The Leverhulme Trust (UK), Ministerium für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst, Baden-Württemberg, Netherlands Organisation of Health, Research and Development (ZonMw), Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes, Schweizer Nationalfonds (Switzerland)