Reinhard Pekrun

He is a professor at the University of Essex, United Kingdom,[2] and a professorial fellow at the Institute for Positive Psychology and Education, Australian Catholic University, Sydney.

in psychology from the Technical University of Braunschweig (1977), Germany, and his Ph.D. (Dr.

[4] He also served as Dean of the Faculty for Psychology and Education (Regensburg) and Vice-President for Research and Teacher Education at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.

[6] 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.