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	Professor for Health Promotion and Prevention Department of Health, Security, Society, Furtwangen University
10/2018 - 09/2021	Temporary Professorship for Public Health Department of Psychology and Human Movement Science, Hamburg University
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
Mixed methods
Using artificial intelligence (AI) for research

Projects

Current projects:

	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
	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
	Study on Risks and Benefits for Our Health: Germany, Japan 2011 and 2013

Finished projects:

	2011-2014: EATMOTIVE: Why we eat, what we eat. Motives, social context, and implications (funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, BMBF)
	2006-2010: Berlin stays fit – An intervention study to promote cognitive fitness in old age, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, PI: Prof. Dr. Isabella Heuser

Citable Abstracts & Talks

2015

Talk

What does aging mean to you? On self-perceptions of aging in the context of health & health behavior

Klusmann, V. (2015). What does aging mean to you? On self-perceptions of aging in the context of health & health behavior. Paper presented as part of the Jacobs Lecture Series at Jacobs University Bremen, Bremen, Germany.

2015

Talk

Wenn ich mit meiner Frau esse, dann esse ich gesund: Ergebnisse aus der Konstanzer Life-Studie. [I eat healthily if I eat with my wife: Results from the Konstanz Life Study]

Klusmann, V., Sproesser, G., & Renner, B. (2015). Wenn ich mit meiner Frau esse, dann esse ich gesund: Ergebnisse aus der Konstanzer Life-Studie. [I eat healthily if I eat with my wife: Results from the Konstanz Life Study] Paper presented at the 12th Congress of the Division of Health Psychology of the German Psychological Association (DGPs) 2015, Graz, Austria.

2015

Symposium

Peers & Partner: Gesundheitsverhalten im sozialen Kontext. [Peers & Partner: Health Behavior in the Social Context]

Sproesser, G. & Klusmann, V. (2015). Peers & Partner: Gesundheitsverhalten im sozialen Kontext. [Peers & Partner: Health Behavior in the Social Context]. Chair of a Symposium at the 12th Congress of the Division of Health Psychology of the German Psychological Association (DGPs) 2015, Graz.

2014

Workshop

Selbsterfüllende Prophezeiungen? Wie Altersbilder unser Gesundheitsverhalten bestimmen und warum das Zusammenleben der Generationen neu gestaltet werden muss [Self-fulfilling prophecies? How individual images of aging determine health behaviour and what a

Klusmann, V. (2014). Selbsterfüllende Prophezeiungen? Wie Altersbilder unser Gesundheitsverhalten bestimmen und warum das Zusammenleben der Generationen neu gestaltet werden muss [Self-fulfilling prophecies? How individual images of aging determine health behaviour and what are implications for intergenerational living together]. Invited Workshop at the 'Landestag der Psychologie 2014' of the Union of German Psychologists: "Gesunde (?) Generationen – Gesundheit in verschiedenen Lebensphasen” [Healthy Generations - Health in different phases of life], Stuttgart, Germany.

2014

Citable abstract

Die Dynamik der Handlungsergebniserwartung im Verhaltensänderungsprozess körperlicher Aktivität: Ergebnisse aus der Konstanzer Life-Studie [The dynamics of outcome expectancies in the behaviour change process: Results from the Konstanz Life-Study]

Musculus, L., Klusmann, V., & Renner, B. (2014). Die Dynamik der Handlungsergebniserwartung im Verhaltensänderungsprozess körperlicher Aktivität: Ergebnisse aus der Konstanzer Life-Studie [The dynamics of outcome expectancies in the behaviour change process: Results from the Konstanz Life-Study]. In: R. Frank, I. Nixdorf, F. Ehrlenspiel, A. Geipel, A. Mornell & J. Beckmann (Hg.). 46. Jahrestagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Sportpsychologie (S. 119). Hamburg: Feldhaus.

2014

Citable abstract

Erfüllte Erwartungen im Verhaltensänderungsprozess – mit dynamischen Schritten zu erfolgreicher Aktivitätssteigerung [Fulfilled expectancies in the behaviour change process: Dynamic steps to successfully increase physical activity]

Musculus, L., Klusmann, V., Sproesser, G. & Renner, B. (2014). Erfüllte Erwartungen im Verhaltensänderungsprozess – mit dynamischen Schritten zu erfolgreicher Aktivitätssteigerung [Fulfilled expectancies in the behaviour change process: Dynamic steps to successfully increase physical activity]. In: O. Güntürkün (Hg.). 49. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (S. 27). Lengerich: Pabst Science Publishers.

2013

Symposium

Gesundheitsverhalten: Messung, Modelle und Veränderung [Health behavior: Assessment, models, and change]

Klusmann, V. (2013). Gesundheitsverhalten: Messung, Modelle und Veränderung [Health behavior: Assessment, models, and change]. Invited Chair of a Paper Session at the 11th Congress of the Division of Health Psychology of the German Psychological Association (DGPs) 2013, Luxemburg.

2013

Symposium

How a lifespan perspective can expand our view of health behaviour and health

Klusmann, V. (2013). How a lifespan perspective can expand our view of health behaviour and health. Chair of an International Symposium at the 27th Conference of the European Health Psychology Society (EHPS), Bordeaux, France.

2013

Symposium

Social cognition models and health behaviour

Klusmann, V. (2013). Social cognition models and health behaviour. Invited Chair of an Interactive Postersession at the 27th Conference of the European Health Psychology Society (EHPS), Bordeaux, France.

2013

Symposium

Wie Bilder über uns selbst und andere Personen beeinflussen, was wir essen: Erklärungsansätze über die Lebensspanne [How images of ourself and others influence what we eat: Explanatory approaches throughout the lifespan]

Klusmann, V. & Sproesser, G. (2013). Wie Bilder über uns selbst und andere Personen beeinflussen, was wir essen: Erklärungsansätze über die Lebensspanne [How images of ourself and others influence what we eat: Explanatory approaches throughout the lifespan]. Chair of a Symposium at the 11th Congress of the Division of Health Psychology of the German Psychological Association (DGPs) 2013, Luxemburg.