Jana Uher

Awards

2012 Nomination for the Price for Excellent Teaching, Free University Berlin; 2010-2011 Selected participant of the ProFiL-Program for the Advancement of Junior Leaders in Science, Berlin Universities; 2007 Prize for the Best Diploma Thesis on Personality in the years 2005-2006, German Psychological Society (DGPs); 2007 Prize for the Best Diploma Thesis of the Year 2006 at the Psychological Institute, Humboldt University of Berlin.

Experience Keywords

interdisciplinary; questionnaire methods; racisms; survey methods; video analysis; Behaviour; assessment methods; computerised recording; ethnicity; gender; individual behaviour; individual differences; judgement; metatheory; methodology; person perception; personality; philosophy of science; primates; qualitative methods; race; sexism; social psychology; social relationships; social representations; transdisciplinary

Research Summary

Jana Uher has developed a novel transdisciplinary paradigm that cuts across several fields of psychology, biology, the social sciences and philosophy of science. It is focused on individuals, their personality, behaviours and social relationships. Her empirical studies involve humans of different ages and sociocultural backgrounds as well as nonhuman primates. She employs a broad portfolio of methods, including computerised observations of behaviour, video-analyses of behaviour, experimental studies, standardised assessment methods, open-ended surveys and in-depth interviews using first-person videos.

Languages

Dutch [Spoken: Basic, Written: Basic]; French [Spoken: Fluent, Written: Intermediate]; German [Spoken: Fluent, Written: Fluent]; Italian [Spoken: Basic, Written: Basic]