Prof. Dr. Claus H. Carstensen

Professional career

• Professor of Psychology and methods of educational research at the University of Bamberg (since 10/2008)
• Junior professor of pedagogical-psychological methodology and educational research at the IPN, University of Kiel (11/2002)
• Research Officer at the Australian Council for Educational Research ACER (10/2000 to 9/2001)
• Research assistant at the IPN Kiel (1996 to 2000 and 2001 to 2002)

Education

• Successful evaluation as a junior professor at the University of Kiel (2006)
• Ph.D. in Psychology at the Department of Philosophy, University of Kiel (2000)
• Diploma in Psychology at the University of Kiel (1996)

Research interests

• Research Methods in Psychology and Educational Research
  • Item response theory
  • Methods of large scale assessments
  • Modeling of longitudinal data
• Diagnostics of competency development in the life course
  International comparative educational research

Research projects

current and past research projects