Dr. Verena Klusmann
Associated Professor
Psychological Assessment and Health Psychology
Department of Psychology
University of Konstanz
P.O. Box 47
D-78457 Konstanz
Phone: +49 (0) 7531 88 5317
Email: verena.klusmann [at] uni-konstanz.de
Curriculum Vitae
Professional experience
| Since 09/2022 |
Department of Health, Security, Society, Furtwangen University
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| 10/2018 - 09/2021 |
Temporary Professorship for Public Health
Department of Psychology and Human Movement Science, Hamburg University
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| 10/2014 - 09/2016 | Temporary Professorship of Evidence-Based Health Promotion and Prevention at the University of Bremen Department of Human and Health Sciences, University of Bremen |
| 01/2011 - 09/2014 | Post doc, Psychological Assessment and Health Psychology Department of Psychology, University of Konstanz |
| 01/2009 - 12/2010 | Research Associate (Pre doc), Prof. Dr. Isabella Heuser, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin Campus Benjamin Franklin |
| 10/2009 - 03/2010 | Teaching Assistant, Prof. Dr. Florian Schmiedeck, Humboldt-University of Berlin |
| 10/2008 - 12/2008 | Scholarship of the Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin Campus Benjamin Franklin |
| 05/2006 - 09/2008 | Scholarship of the German Research Foundation, Graduate School Neuropsychiatry and Psychology of Aging (GK 429) |
Education
| 10/2010 | Ph.D. in Psychology: Physical and Cognitive Activity in Older Women - Promoting Cognitive Fitness and Aging Satisfaction Free University Berlin |
| 04/2006 | Diploma in Psychology (Dipl.-Psych.) Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg |
Awards
| 2019 | Editor's Choice of the Journals of Gerontology: Psychological Science for the Article: Klusmann, Sproesser, Wolff, & Renner (2019). Positive self-perceptions of aging promote healthy eating behavior across the lifespan via social-cognitive processes. Free access at: https://academic.oup.com/psychsocgerontology/article/74/5/735/4668509 |
| 2015 | Poster Award of the Division of Health Psychology of the German Psychological Society: Musculus, L., Klusmann, V., Sproesser, G., Renner, B. (2015). |
| 2014 | Study Award of the German Society of Sport Psychology (asp) for the supervised Master's Thesis of Lisa Musculus "The Dynamic of Outcome Expectancies in the Process of Health Behavior Change" |
| 2011 | Marie-Schlei-Dissertation Award 2011 of the Free University Berlin |
| 2010 | Presentation Award of the Health Psychology Division of the International Association of Applied Psychology |
| 2009 | Poster Award of the Division of Health Psychology of the German Psychological Society |
| 2008 | Poster Award of the German Society of Gerontology and Geriatrics (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Gerontologie und Geriatrie e.V.) |
Membership in Editorial Boards
- Associate Editor of the European Journal of Health Psychology
- Associate Editor of Frontiers in Eating Behavior
- Editorial Scholars Panel of the British Journal of Health Psychology
Membership in Professional Organizations
| European Health Psychology Society (EHPS) | |
| German Psychological Society (DGPs), Subdivisions: Health Psychology, Developmental Psychology | |
| Gerontological Society of America (GSA) |
Positions in Professional Organizations
| 2012 - 2015 | Spokesperson of the junior scientists of the Health Psychology Divison of the German Psychological Society (DGPs) |
Research
Research interests
- Social cognitions and self-regulation in the context of health-behavior change
- Health promotion in old age
- Motives for eating behavior over the life span
- Emotion and action regulation over the life span
- Promotion and maintenance of cognitive fitness
- Subjective assessment of cognitive faculties
- Subjective well-being over the life span
- Images of aging/Views on aging/Aging perceptions
Projects
Current projects:
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Scientific network 'Images of aging: Via a dynamic life-span model to new perspectives for research and practice'; Role: PI; funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG); 2017 - 2022 |
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DIE KONSTANZER LIFE-STUDIE: Interdisciplinary research project on the health of Konstanz citizens; Role: Project conception/management; PI: Prof. Dr. Britta Renner; funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF); launched in 2012 |
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Study on Risks and Benefits for Our Health: Germany, Japan 2011 and 2013 |
Finished projects:
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2011-2014: EATMOTIVE: Why we eat, what we eat. Motives, social context, and implications (funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, BMBF) |
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2006-2010: Berlin stays fit – An intervention study to promote cognitive fitness in old age, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, PI: Prof. Dr. Isabella Heuser |