Reinhard Pekrun

Reinhard Pekrun is a psychological scientist and educational researcher best known for his research on achievement emotions Bembenutty, H. (2016). Reinhard Pekrun. In H. Bembenutty (Ed.), Contemporary pioneers in educational psychology: Theory, research, and applications (pp. 183–200). Information Age Publishing. . He is a professor at the University of Essex, United Kingdom, and a professorial fellow at the Institute for Positive Psychology and Education, Australian Catholic University, Sydney. 
Education and academic career
He received his MSc (Dipl.-Psych.) in psychology from the Technical University of Braunschweig (1977), Germany, and his Ph.D. (Dr. phil.) from the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (1982). Pekrun was a professor at the Universities of Regensburg (1991-2001) [link] and Munich (2001-2019). He also served as Dean of the Faculty for Psychology and Education (Regensburg) and Vice-President for Research and Teacher Education (Munich). He has taught as a guest professor at the Universities of Zürich, Switzerland; Manitoba, Canada; and Auckland, New Zealand, and served as president of the Stress and Anxiety Research Society. 
Work in psychology and education
Pekrun is conducting research on emotions, personality development, and educational assessment and evaluation. He has authored more than 350 publications and is listed among the top 1% of researchers in psychology and education Baas, Jeroen; Boyack, Kevin; Ioannidis, John P.A. (2021), “August 2021 data-update for "Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators"”, Mendeley Data, V3. http://doi.org/10.17632/btchxktzyw.3. Pekrun originated the Control-Value Theory (CVT) which explains the individual and social origins of emotions, focusing on achievement emotions and the importance of personal beliefs for these emotionsPekrun, R. (2006). The control-value theory of achievement emotions: Assumptions, corollaries, and implications for educational research and practice. Educational Psychology Review, 18(4), 315–341. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-006-9029-9. The theory also explains how emotions impact human performance, how they can be regulated, and how intervention and professional practices can promote adaptive emotions and reduce maladaptive emotions such as test anxiety. Pekrun has developed the Achievement Emotions Questionnaire (AEQ; Pekrun, R., Goetz, T., Frenzel, A. C., Barchfeld, P., & Perry, R. P. (2011). Measuring emotions in students’ learning and performance: The Achievement Emotions Questionnaire (AEQ). Contemporary Educational Psychology, 36(1), 36–48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cedpsych.2010. 10. 002) [link]. He serves on the editorial boards of several journals (e.g., Educational Psychologist; Educational Psychology Review; Journal of Educational Psychology). 
Awards and fellowships
•	Fellow, Society for Personality and Social Psychology, 2019
•	Lifetime Achievement Award, German Psychological Society, 2018 
•	Sylvia Scribner Award, American Educational Research Association, 2017 
•	John G. Diefenbaker Award, Canada Council for the Arts, 2015 
•	Fellow, Association for Psychological Science, 2015 
•	Fellow, American Educational Research Association, 2012 
•	Fellow, International Academy of Education, 2008 					
Selected Works
•	Pekrun, R., Goetz, T., Titz, W., & Perry, R. P. (2002). Academic emotions in students’ self-regulated learning and achievement: A program of qualitative and quantitative research. Educational Psychologist, 37(2), 91–105. https://doi.org/10.1207/S15326985EP3702_4
Category:German people
Category:Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich alumni
Category:Psychologists
Category:Scientists
Category:Educational researchers
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