Andrey I. Podolsky

CURRICULUM   VITAE

Prof. Dr. Andrey  I. Podolskiy

Professor of the Institute of Education, National Research University Higher School of Economy

Head of Department of Educational Psychology, Moscow State University,

Honorary Doctor of Helsinki University, Finland,

Fellow of International Academy of Education

Personal Data

Address: Profsoyuznaya, 111-1-323, Moscow 117647 Russia.

Phone/fax: (+ 7-495) 4200051, GSM + 7 903 2155995

E-mail: apodolskij@mail.ru   apodolskij@hotmail.com

Place and date of birth: 20.07.1947, Moscow, Russia                   

Marital status: Married, 2 children.

Education

1970: M.A. (Developmental and Educational Psychology), Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia.

1973: PhD. (Cognitive Development/Learning), Moscow State University, Russia                                        

1987: Dr.Sc. (Functional Cognitive Development/Mental Activity

Formation), Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia.

Language competence

Russian (mother tongue), English (very good), Spanish, German, French, Italian (read and understand), a number of Slavic languages, such as Ukrainian, Check, Slovak, Polish, et al. (read and understand)

Professional Experience

1970 - 1973 - Researcher, Faculty of Psychology, Moscow State University  (FP MSU)  Moscow, Russia

1973 - 1977 - Assistant Professor,  FP MSU

1977 - 1981 - Senior Assistant Professor,  FP MSU

1981 - 1989 - Associate Professor,  FP MSU

1989 - 2012  - Professor, Head of Department of Developmental Psychology, FP MSU

2012 – recently - Professor, Head of Department of Educational Psychology, FP MSU

2008 – recently – Professor, Institute of Education, National Research University Higher School of Economy

1993 - recently - Docent (Applied Developmental Psychology), Faculty of Behavioral Science, University of Helsinki.

1998 - recently - Docent (Applied Developmental Psychology), Faculty of Education, University of Lapland

1978 - recently  - Director of 8 National Projects on Applied Developmental and Educational Psychology and Teachers' Training.

1980 - recently - Co-director of  18 International Research Projects on Developmental & Educational Psychology

Main Research/Teaching Interests

Developmental, Educational, and Instructional Psychology;

Post-Vygotskian Developmental and Learning Psychology and its Educational Applications;

Teacher Training;

Adult education;

Psychological Background of High Quality of Adult Education;

Life Long Learning;

Moral Development and Education;

Social, Emotional, and Moral Development in the “Third Age”;

Adult Psycho-Emotional Wellbeing;

Teachers’ and Parents’ Psychological Competence and its Improvement;

Psychological Support of Elderly Persons.

Courses of Lectures, Seminars, Workshops

General and Applied Developmental Psychology;

Formation and Development of Mental Activity;

Psychological Training of Teachers' Trainers;

Development, Learning and Instruction in Adulthood;

Life-Span Development and Educational Technologies

Functional Development of Mental Activity

Developmental Dimensions in Instructional Design

Post-Vygotskian Developmental and Learning Psychology and its Educational Application

International Societies Membership

International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development

(ISSBD) - Ad-hoc Member of the International Executive Committee (1999 - 2002)

European Association for Research in Learning and Instruction

(EARLI) -  Member, National Correspondent for Russia (1995 –until recently)

European Association for Practitioner Research on Improving Learning (EAPRIL) - Member

European Association for Research in Adolescence

(EARA) -  Member of the International Program Committee, National Correspondent for Russia

International Academy of Education (IAE) - Fellow

Invited Addresses and Lectures

During the last years:

Invited Address in the X International Meeting of ISSBD (Jyvaskyla,

Finland, 1989)

Invited Address in the 3d World WACRA Conference (Enschede, the Netherlands, 1990)

Invited Address in the 4th EARLI Conference (Turku, Finland, 1991)

Invited Address in the 3d COTEP International Meeting (Enschede, the

Netherlands, 1992)

Keynote speech at the IX European Congress on Psychology, Prague, 2007

Keynote speech at the 11^th Association of Educational and Communicational Technologies Convention, Louisville, USA, 2009

Keynote speech at the XII Conference of the European Association of Teacher Training, Budapest, Hungary, 2010

Keynote speech at the XXI Interamerican Congress, Medellin, Colombia, 2011

International Working Experience

1977 – 1980 – Teaching different courses in the University of Habana, Cuba

1980 - recently - Co-director of  12 International Research Projects on Developmental &Educational Psychology, including: NWO-funded Dutch-Russian projects “Social-Moral Development of Russian adolescents” (1993 – 1997) and MAMOS (Moral Atmosphere and Moral Orientation (1999 – 2001); EU-funded Dutch-Russia project “Evaluation and re-design of employment education for demobilized officers in Russia” (1993 – 1995);  Research project “RUCHIS (Russian children in schools of Finland” funded by the Helsinki City Board of Education (1996 – 1998); EU-funded INTAS Project “Psychological Resources of Improving Emotional Wellbeing in Russia, Ukraine, and Kyrgyzstan”  (1999 – 2002) (Participating countries The Netherlands, Finland, Russia, Ukraine,  Kyrgyzstan);

1995 – 1998 – EU Project “Strengthening of Economics and Management Training in Dushanbe” Module 6: Teaching Methodology” – Senior Expert

2001 – 2003 – “Open Society” Project: “Reforming Higher Education on Georgia” – Senior Expert

2005 – recently – Tashkent Branch of Moscow State University , Vice-Chair of the Scientific Board (Uzbekistan)

2008 – recently - EVZ-funded German-Russian-Ukrainian-Belorussian project “Meeting Point – Dialogue”, Project Coordinator for Eastern European countries.

Invited Professorship in the University of Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands(1993).

Invited Professorship in the University of Helsinki, Finland (1996-1997), Invited Professorship in Free University Berlin, Germany (10.2004 – 10.2005), Strasburg University, France (2007, 2009), Invited Professorship in Freiburg University, Germany (2008)

In the 80s- 2000s - a variety of invited lectures and lecture courses in the universities of Germany, Finland, Spain, Switzerland, Belgium, The Netherlands, Check Republic, Slovak Republic, Hungary, Estonia, France.

Advisory Boards

Head of All-Russia National Council on Applied Educational Psychologists Training

Editorial Boards

Psychological Issues of Moscow State University - member of the Editorial Board, vice-Editor-in a chief

European Journal of Learning and Instruction - member of International Advisory Board (1996 – 2004)

Psychology in the World (Moscow) - member of the Editorial Board

International Encyclopedia on Sciences of Learning (Springer Publishing House) – vice-Editor-in a chief, member of the Editorial Board

CURRICULUM   VITAE

Prof. Dr. Andrey  I. Podolskiy

Professor of the Institute of Education, National Research University Higher School of Economy

Head of Department of Educational Psychology, Moscow State University,

Honorary Doctor of Helsinki University, Finland,

Fellow of International Academy of Education

Personal Data

Address: Profsoyuznaya, 111-1-323, Moscow 117647 Russia.

Phone/fax: (+ 7-495) 4200051, GSM + 7 903 2155995

E-mail: apodolskij@mail.ru   apodolskij@hotmail.com

Place and date of birth: 20.07.1947, Moscow, Russia                   

Marital status: Married, 2 children.

Education

1970: M.A. (Developmental and Educational Psychology), Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia.

1973: PhD. (Cognitive Development/Learning), Moscow State University, Russia                                        

1987: Dr.Sc. (Functional Cognitive Development/Mental Activity

Formation), Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia.

Language competence

Russian (mother tongue), English (very good), Spanish, German, French, Italian (read and understand), a number of Slavic languages, such as Ukrainian, Check, Slovak, Polish, et al. (read and understand)

Professional Experience

1970 - 1973 - Researcher, Faculty of Psychology, Moscow State University  (FP MSU)  Moscow, Russia

1973 - 1977 - Assistant Professor,  FP MSU

1977 - 1981 - Senior Assistant Professor,  FP MSU

1981 - 1989 - Associate Professor,  FP MSU

1989 - 2012  - Professor, Head of Department of Developmental Psychology, FP MSU

2012 – recently - Professor, Head of Department of Educational Psychology, FP MSU

2008 – recently – Professor, Institute of Education, National Research University Higher School of Economy

1993 - recently - Docent (Applied Developmental Psychology), Faculty of Behavioral Science, University of Helsinki.

1998 - recently - Docent (Applied Developmental Psychology), Faculty of Education, University of Lapland

1978 - recently  - Director of 8 National Projects on Applied Developmental and Educational Psychology and Teachers' Training.

1980 - recently - Co-director of  18 International Research Projects on Developmental & Educational Psychology

Main Research/Teaching Interests

Developmental, Educational, and Instructional Psychology;

Post-Vygotskian Developmental and Learning Psychology and its Educational Applications;

Teacher Training;

Adult education;

Psychological Background of High Quality of Adult Education;

Life Long Learning;

Moral Development and Education;

Social, Emotional, and Moral Development in the “Third Age”;

Adult Psycho-Emotional Wellbeing;

Teachers’ and Parents’ Psychological Competence and its Improvement;

Psychological Support of Elderly Persons.

Courses of Lectures, Seminars, Workshops

General and Applied Developmental Psychology;

Formation and Development of Mental Activity;

Psychological Training of Teachers' Trainers;

Development, Learning and Instruction in Adulthood;

Life-Span Development and Educational Technologies

Functional Development of Mental Activity

Developmental Dimensions in Instructional Design

Post-Vygotskian Developmental and Learning Psychology and its Educational Application

International Societies Membership

International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development

(ISSBD) - Ad-hoc Member of the International Executive Committee (1999 - 2002)

European Association for Research in Learning and Instruction

(EARLI) -  Member, National Correspondent for Russia (1995 –until recently)

European Association for Practitioner Research on Improving Learning (EAPRIL) - Member

European Association for Research in Adolescence

(EARA) -  Member of the International Program Committee, National Correspondent for Russia

International Academy of Education (IAE) - Fellow

Invited Addresses and Lectures

During the last years:

Invited Address in the X International Meeting of ISSBD (Jyvaskyla,

Finland, 1989)

Invited Address in the 3d World WACRA Conference (Enschede, the Netherlands, 1990)

Invited Address in the 4th EARLI Conference (Turku, Finland, 1991)

Invited Address in the 3d COTEP International Meeting (Enschede, the

Netherlands, 1992)

Keynote speech at the IX European Congress on Psychology, Prague, 2007

Keynote speech at the 11^th Association of Educational and Communicational Technologies Convention, Louisville, USA, 2009

Keynote speech at the XII Conference of the European Association of Teacher Training, Budapest, Hungary, 2010

Keynote speech at the XXI Interamerican Congress, Medellin, Colombia, 2011

International Working Experience

1977 – 1980 – Teaching different courses in the University of Habana, Cuba

1980 - recently - Co-director of  12 International Research Projects on Developmental &Educational Psychology, including: NWO-funded Dutch-Russian projects “Social-Moral Development of Russian adolescents” (1993 – 1997) and MAMOS (Moral Atmosphere and Moral Orientation (1999 – 2001); EU-funded Dutch-Russia project “Evaluation and re-design of employment education for demobilized officers in Russia” (1993 – 1995);  Research project “RUCHIS (Russian children in schools of Finland” funded by the Helsinki City Board of Education (1996 – 1998); EU-funded INTAS Project “Psychological Resources of Improving Emotional Wellbeing in Russia, Ukraine, and Kyrgyzstan”  (1999 – 2002) (Participating countries The Netherlands, Finland, Russia, Ukraine,  Kyrgyzstan);

1995 – 1998 – EU Project “Strengthening of Economics and Management Training in Dushanbe” Module 6: Teaching Methodology” – Senior Expert

2001 – 2003 – “Open Society” Project: “Reforming Higher Education on Georgia” – Senior Expert

2005 – recently – Tashkent Branch of Moscow State University , Vice-Chair of the Scientific Board (Uzbekistan)

2008 – recently - EVZ-funded German-Russian-Ukrainian-Belorussian project “Meeting Point – Dialogue”, Project Coordinator for Eastern European countries.

Invited Professorship in the University of Twente, Enschede, the Netherlands(1993).

Invited Professorship in the University of Helsinki, Finland (1996-1997), Invited Professorship in Free University Berlin, Germany (10.2004 – 10.2005), Strasburg University, France (2007, 2009), Invited Professorship in Freiburg University, Germany (2008)

In the 80s- 2000s - a variety of invited lectures and lecture courses in the universities of Germany, Finland, Spain, Switzerland, Belgium, The Netherlands, Check Republic, Slovak Republic, Hungary, Estonia, France.

Advisory Boards

Head of All-Russia National Council on Applied Educational Psychologists Training

Editorial Boards

Psychological Issues of Moscow State University - member of the Editorial Board, vice-Editor-in a chief

European Journal of Learning and Instruction - member of International Advisory Board (1996 – 2004)

Psychology in the World (Moscow) - member of the Editorial Board

International Encyclopedia on Sciences of Learning (Springer Publishing House) – vice-Editor-in a chief, member of the Editorial Board

Ushinsky Medal by Russian Ministery of Education; President of Russian  Federation' Award in Education;  Doctor Honoris Causa, Helsinki University, Finland, Honorary Professor of Moscow State University

PhD Thesis: Development of Reduced Patterns of Visual Recognition (1973)
Doctor of Science (Psychology) Thesis: Functional Development of Cognitive Activity under Conditions of its planned Formation (1987)

Head of Department of Developmental Psychology (1989 - 2012) and Department of Educational Psychology and Pedagogy (2012-2013), Faculty of Psychology, Moscow State University.

• Chair of the Russian branch of the European Association of Reseacrhers in Learning and Instruction (1996 until recently)

• Full Member of the Academy of Educational and Social Sciences (1995 until recently)
• Doctor Honoris Causa, Helsinki University, Finland (2007)