Director, Max-Planck-Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany
Paul Baltes is a senior fellow [Mitglied] of the
Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Sciences,
director at the Max-Planck-Institute for Human Development
in Berlin [Germany], and part-time Distinguished
Professor of Psychology at the University of Virginia
[USA]. His research interests include theories and
models of adaptive [successful] human development,
interdisciplinary perspectives on gerontology, cognitive
aging, and the psychology of wisdom. Currently,
he directs the newly created Max Planck International
Research Network on Aging [MaxNetAging] in which
several organizations collaborate. Baltes is a member
of numerous scholarly and academic organizations,
including Academia Europaea, the Berlin-Brandenburg
Academy of Sciences, the Gerontological Society
of America, the International Society for the Study
of Behavioral Development, the German Academy of
Sciences Leopolina [Vice-President, 2001-present]
the American Academy for the Arts and Sciences,
and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. His numerous
awards include the International Psychology Award
of the American Psychological Association, the Aristotle
Prize of the European Federation of Psychological
Associations, the Novartis Prize for Gerontological
Research of the International Association of Gerontology,
the Robert W. Kleemeier award in recognition of
outstanding research in the field of gerontology
of the Gerontological Society of America, the Ipsen
Foundation Longevity Award, the Lifetime Achievement
Award of the German Society of Psychology, and honorary
doctorates from the University of Jyvasksla [Finland],
the University of Stockholm [Sweden], the University
of Geneva [Switzerland], and Humboldt University
[Germany]. After receiving his doctorate in 1967
from the University of Saarland [Germany], Baltes
spent 12 years as a faculty member and department
head in the United States. In 1977-78, 1990-91,
and 1997-98, he was a Fellow at the Stanford Center
for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences. |
