Herbert C. Kelman

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Herbert Chanoch Kelman (born March 18, 1927 in Vienna ) is an Austro-American social psychologist and conflict researcher , professor of social ethics at the Department of Psychology at Harvard University (retired since 2004).

life and work

Kelman, the son of Jewish parents, had to leave his homeland at the age of twelve after the National Socialists came to power and the “Anschluss” of Austria . His parents emigrated with him in 1939, first to Antwerp (Belgium), and then to the USA in 1940. After completing his secondary education in New York , he studied from 1943 to 1947 at Brooklyn College and at the Seminary College of Jewish Studies (now Albert A. List College of Jewish Studies), then psychology at Yale University and the University of Michigan . His main field of study was social psychology. In 1951 he received his doctorate. In addition to these studies, he completed training in psychotherapy and psychoanalysis .

1947-1951 Kelman was a research assistant at the Psychology Department at Yale University, then at Johns Hopkins University . In 1962 he was appointed professor of psychology at the University of Michigan, in 1968 he was appointed professor of social ethics to the Department of Psychology at Harvard University - a position in which he has been retired since 2004. In addition, he was appointed to numerous visiting professorships in the USA, in Europe (including in 1994 at the Vienna University of Economics and Business and repeatedly at the Austrian Institute for International Affairs ) and in the Middle East.

In social psychological research, Kelman has advocated a methodology that sees and treats people not only as a research "object". Among other things, this resulted in his suggestion to use role play as a method in psychological experimental research and to develop it further. Internationally, Kelman has made a name for himself as a social psychologist, especially in the field of conflict research. For this he also received multiple honors.

Honors

  • 1956: Socio-Psychological Prize of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • 1973: Kurt Lewin Memorial Award
  • 1981: American Psychological Association 's Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest
  • 1997: Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order
  • 1998: Austria's Cross of Honor 1st Class for Science and Art
  • 2012: Gold Medal of Honor of the Federal Capital Vienna
  • Holder of several honorary doctorates, u. a. from universities in the USA and Spain
  • The Herbert C. Kelman Institute for Interactive Conflict Transformation in Vienna is named after Kelman

Fonts

  • International behavior: A social-psychological analysis . New York, NY 1965.
  • Human use of human subjects , Psychological Bulletin, 67, 1967.
  • A time to speak: On human values ​​and social research , San Francisco, Calif. 1968.
  • (with RS Ezekiel) Crossnational encounters: The personal impact of an exchange program for broadcasters , San Francisco, Calif. 1970.
  • (with G. Bermant and DP Warwick) The ethics of social intervention , Washington, DC 1978.
  • (with VL Hamilton) Crimes of obedience: Toward a social psychology of authority and responsibility , New Haven, Conn. 1989.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ see Kelman 1967, Human use of human subjects , and 1968 A Time to Speak: On Human Values ​​and Social Research ; see literature
  2. ↑ as stated by the Kelman Institute
personal data
SURNAME Kelman, Herbert C.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kelman, Herbert Chanoch (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian-American social psychologist and conflict researcher
DATE OF BIRTH March 18, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna