Dr. Valentin Emslanderhttps://www.uni-giessen.de/en/faculties/f06/psy/departments-1/educational-psychology/research-team-of-prof-bardach/team/emslanderhttps://www.uni-giessen.de/@@site-logo/logo.png
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Since June 2024, Valentin Emslander has been an assistant professor in the lab for individual differences and (digital) learning of Prof. Dr. Lisa Bardach, Department of Psychology, Justus-Liebig University Giessen. He completed his bachelor’s (2017) and master’s degrees (2020) in psychology at the University of Trier, Germany, and his PhD in psychology (2024) at the University of Luxembourg. Valentin Emslander is the recipient of multiple awards for his research and teaching. His research focuses on social and cognitive determinants of learning, educational inequalities in diverse student populations, digital trainings, and meta-analytic methods in educational psychology.
Research Areas
Social interactions in educational settings
Development of cognitive functions
Diversity in the classroom (LGBTQ+, gender differences and similarities, language and SES background)
Methods: Value-added, longitudinal, multi-level, and meta-analytic modeling; Open Science; mixed methods & multi-perspective data collections
Scientific Vita
Since 06/2024
Assistant Professor Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Germany
05/2024
Postdoctoral Researcher Luxembourg Centre for Educational Testing, University of Luxembourg
03/2024
PhD in Psychology University of Luxembourg
05/2020 – 04/2024
Doctoral Researcher Luxembourg Centre for Educational Testing, University of Luxembourg
03/2020
Master of Science in Psychology University of Trier, Germany
08/2017
Bachelor of Science in Psychology Universität of Trier, Germany
09/2014
Study Fellowship in Liberal Arts and Sciences (Studium Generale) Leibniz Kolleg, University of Tübingen, Germany
Multiple visits as a guest researchers to
the Centre for Educational Measurement (CEMO), University of Oslo, Norway
the Institute for Positive Psychology and Education (IPPE), Australian Catholic University, Sydney, Australia
the Centre for International Student Assessment (ZIB), TUM School of Social Sciences and Technology, Technical University of Munich, Germany
Teaching
Valentin Emslander is teaching courses in educational psychology and measurement as well as research methods. At the Justus-Liebig University Giessen and the University of Luxembourg on diverse topics, such as
Educational Psychology
Evaluation of Reasoning Ability
Meta-analyses
Awards (selection)
10/2023
Erna Hennicot-Schoepges Teaching Award for Innovative Teaching at the University of Luxembourg
08/2023
Student Research Excellence Recognition 2023 of the Motivation and Emotion Special Interest Group 8 of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI)
04/2023
Award for Excellence in Research Junior Division of the Mensa Education & Research Foundation
09/2021
First Jury Prize of Luxembourg’s Young Researchers Association (LuxDoc) for the science communication video competition “Three Minute Thesis (3MT)”
Emerging Researcher Award of the German Psychological Society (DGPs) Division Educational Psychology
Award for an Outstanding Master’s Thesis in personality psychology, DGPs Division Differential Psychology, Personality Psychology and Psychological Diagnostics
