Curriculum Vitae
Personal information
	Dr. Andreas HEJJ, born April 12th 1956 in Zirc, Hungary
Professional Career
2006-2022	Full Professor, Head of Department, University of Pécs
from 2008	Member of the PhD Board Society and Education
	Member of the Senate of the University of Pécs in two cylcles
Scientific evaluation	PhD-Council of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (publications, citations, successful PhD students) Member of the Scientific Committee for Education of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Teaching evaluation	Golden Cathedra Prize for Teaching Excellence (2016), Ranking among all teaching faculty, Detailed opinions
since 1984	Lecturer of Psychology at the Faculty of Psychology and Education of the Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich
since 1999	Extraordinary Professor of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Education, University of Munich
1982 - 1984	Part-time teacher at the Secondary Grammar School Dr. Überreiter in Munich
International teaching assignments and visiting professorships
since 2020	Teaching assignment and committee-head for the final exam at the Ludovika University of Public Service Budapest (Expert for public communication)
since 2020	Teaching assigment at the Faculty of Education of the University of Sopron (Evolutionary psychology)
since 2018	Teaching assigment at the Medical School of the University of Pécs (Bordering areas of anatomy)
2017	Appointed professor of the University of Nicosia
2011	Erasmus visiting professor at the Institute of Adult Education of the University of Klagenfurt
2010	Erasmus visiting professor at the Faculty of Education, University of Kaunas
2010	Erasmus visiting professor at the University of Arts of Neumarkt, Transylvania
2008	Erasmus visiting professor at the Department of Psychology of the Catholic University of Leuven
2001 - 2005	Contracted professor for Psychology and Research Methods at the University of Bolsano in Bressanone
2000 - 2001	Acting Chair of Educational Psychology at the Institute of Psychology of the University of Hildesheim
1999 - 2000	Visiting professor for Media Education at the University of Innsbruck
1998 - 1999	Visiting professor for Educational Psychology at the University of Passau
1996 - 1997	Acting Chair in Psychology at the College of Education in Freiburg
1996	Position offered as Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the Department of Psychology of the University of Hertfordshire
1995 - 1996	Visiting professor for Evolutionary Psychology at the University of Zurich
1995	Visiting professor for Developmental Psychology at the Institute of Education of the University of Latvia, Riga
1989 - 1995	Communication and Social Psychology at the Senior Civil Servants' College, Faculty of Social Administration in Munich
Education
1993	Dr. Hejj received his Habilitation (Prerequisite qualification for a university chair - Dr. phil. habil.) (Thesis: The challenges of early adulthood: Gender specific cognitions of profession, mate-selection and nationality)
1988	Was awarded a PhD (Dr. phil. [magna cum laude]) (Thesis: Is attitude a one-dimensional rating? - On validating multidimensional subjective spaces of representation)
1984 - 1988	PhD studies at the University of Munich. Major: Psychology, Minors: Psychopathology and English Psycho- and Sociolinguistics
1984	University Graduate (Dipl.-Psych. [Predicate: very good. Major: clinical psychology] Thesis done at the Max-Planck-Institute for Psychological Research (The structure of the semantic field "Mammals" in relation to subjects' age, knowledge and instructions)
1979 - 1984	Studies at the University of Munich (Psychology) During my studies I was a scholarship holder of the Institute for the Gifted of the Konrad-Adenauer Foundation
1978	Internship in youth psychology in Readfield, Maine, U.S.A. (May – Sept)
1976 - 1977	Studies at the University of Szeged (Hungarian and English majors)
1975	High school graduation [Advanced Levels] at the Fazekas Mihály Grammar School in Budapest
1962 - 1975	Schooling at various English schools in Ghana and Nigeria due to my father's work in foreign aid - 1971 University of London GCE (General Certificate of Education) Ordinary Levels
International research projects
since 2008	Cross validation of inter-group cognitions for the alleged causes and cures of tension between Hungarians and Gipsies
2001 - 2003	Research project to compare pupils' ability for social interaction and educational effectivity in two school-systems in Alto Adige, Italy: state school and Rudolph Steiner's Waldorf school. Development of an assessment centre fit for pupils
1998	Pilot project on initiation and mediation in traditional societies [based on personal experience in men's houses in Papua New Guinea and Yap, Micronesia]: Applicability for multicultural society
1994 - 1996	Research project on the social significance of human odour communication (in co-operation with the Faculty of Medicine in Munich, Prof. E. Pöppel & Prof. R. Hudson)
1992	Research project on communication in conflict in cultural comparison in Kenya
1991	Research project in political psychology in the newly independent Baltic States and the disintegrating Soviet Union
1990	Longitudinal study of the development of political cognition in the former GDR
1989	Research project on cultural integration in the Republic of South Africa
1986 - 1987	Research on the subjective representation of Europe in Eastern, Western an non Europeans (conducted in Australia, Germany, Hungary, USA and Yugoslavia)
Further qualifications and activities
Research topics	Prof Hejj is an evolutionary psychologist; thus his research focuses on how our present-day behaviour, taste and preference is influenced by adaptations that used to secure the survival of thousands of generations of our ancestors. Hejj studied the effects of these adaptations in several cultures including Papua New Guinea, Micronesia and Ecuador for beauty, ralationship, education including initiation, as well as respect for the aged, and has lectured on these topics world-wide, both live and on TV. Hejj is co-founder of the international scientific organisation Human Behaviour from an Evolutionary Perspective (Kassel, 2000).
Language skills	Besides his Hungarian mother tongue he has nearly native speaker skills in English and German too, due to his growing up and schooling in English speaking countries and his university education and work of more than three decades in Germany. He acquired an advanced degree („Nivel superior“) language exam in Spanish 1996, but would need some brushing up prior to a serious application. Extensive world-wide travelling experience
Professional membership	Valor Hungariae (Member of the Scientific Board) Association of German Psychologists (DGPs) Human Behaviour from an Evolutionary Perspective (MVE) Alliance of German University Lecturers (DHV) Alliance of Universities for Democracy (AUDEM) Hungarian Academy of Sciences - Member of the Scientific Committee for Education Szentágothai Scholastic Society - National Center for the Gifted Tudásmenedzsment [Knowledge Management] (ISSN 1586-0698) Editorial Board (-2022) PedActa (ISSN 2248-3527) Editorial Board Training and Practice: Journal of Educational Sciences (ISSN 2064-4027) Reviewer Labor et Educatio (ISSN 2353-4645) Editorial Board Manazment podnikov - Management of Companies (ISSN 1338-4104) Scientific Board
2013-2015	Gold-, Silver- and Bronze-medal at the Porec Dolphin Ocean Swim (5000 meters)
1998	Constructed Genopoly©, a game didactically designed to get acquainted with the evolutionary mechanisms of communication in relationships
since 1996	Several PR-events / interviews in press, radio and TV since the publication of my book "Traumpartner - Evolutionspsychologische Aspekte der Partnerwahl" [Your dream partner - Evolutionary psychological aspects of mate selection] through Springer on mate selection, initiation in traditional societies and the promotion of social competence in western society
1995	Research Co-ordinator of Mensa Intl.
1993	Open Water Diving Instructor certified by PADI (Professional Association of Diving Instructors)
1986	Qualification in psychotherapy at the Institute of Integrated Therapies, Munich