Tanja Gabriele Baudson

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Tanja Gabriele Baudson (* 1976 in Koblenz ) is a German psychologist and talent researcher. Her scientific work focuses on giftedness , creativity and intelligence . In 2018 she was named University Lecturer of the Year by the German University Association.

Career

Baudson studied Romance and American Studies at the University of Bonn and the Sorbonne in Paris (graduating in 2002 with a Magister ) as well as psychology in Bonn and Gold Coast (Australia) . She graduated with a diploma in 2005 . In 2007 she spent a semester as a visiting scholar in Japan . In 2011 she was awarded a doctorate degree from the University of Trier with summa cum laude. rer. nat. PhD. After a research stay at the Educational Testing Service in Princeton as well as professorships at the University of Duisburg-Essen and the Technical University of Dortmund , she has been teaching at the Université de Luxembourg since 2017 .

Her scientific work focuses on the fields of giftedness, creativity and intelligence. She developed two standardized intelligence tests: a test to measure the general cognitive performance of primary school children in grades 1–4 and an intelligence screening that allows a very precise assessment of the test person's intelligence in a very short test time of just three minutes. Her study of prejudices against the gifted met with particular interest. Baudson heads the specialist group "Talent" of the German Society for Positive Psychological Research (DGPPF)

In 2017 she was one of the initiators and central coordinator of the March for Science in Germany, at which a total of 37,000 people demonstrated for the freedom of science in 22 cities. She is chairwoman of the non-profit organization March for Science eV

In 2020 she was a founding member of the Hans-Albert-Institut.

Awards and honors (selection)

  • DGPPF innovation award 2018
  • University professor of the year 2018
  • “Best science blog 2016” for Baudson's blog “ giftedness ” on the scientific blog portal SciLogs
  • Award for Excellence in Research from the Mensa Foundation in 2014/15 and 2016/17
  • Dissertation Prize of the University of Trier 2012 (endowed with 2,000 euros)
  • Teaching Award of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate (endowed with 10,000 euros)

Publications (selection)

  • (with Martin Dresler, ed.): Creativity and Innovation , Hirzel, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 9783777616315
  • Train memory, Compact Verlag, Munich 2010, 2nd edition, ISBN 978-3-8174-9021-9
  • (with Martin Dresler, ed.): Creativity. Contributions from the natural sciences and humanities. Hirzel, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-7776-1630-8 .
  • (with Franzis Preckel): Gifted. Recognize, understand, promote. CH Beck, Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-406-65333-9
  • The Mad Genius Stereotype: Still Alive and Well . Frontiers in Psychology, 7, doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00368.
  • (with Heinz Holling , Franzis Preckel and others): Finding and promoting talented children. Brochure from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research.
  • (with Preckel and Wollschläger) THINK, test to measure intelligence in childhood, Hogrefe 2013

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ THINK, a test to measure intelligence in elementary school age Hogrefe Verlag website , accessed August 20, 2018
  2. ↑ mini-q, Intelligence Screening in Three Minutes Website of the Hogrefe Verlag, accessed on August 20, 2018
  3. ↑ Study on giftedness: Better to keep secret at work in: Spiegel Online Retrieved on August 20, 2018
  4. ↑ Clichés about gifted people are common in: n-tv. Accessed on August 20, 2018
  5. ↑ Unemployed, depressed and gifted in Zeit Campus , accessed on August 20, 2018
  6. ↑ A wise guy in the company - gifted people struggle with prejudices in Die Welt , accessed on August 20, 2018
  7. ↑ The stereotype of the crazy genius lingers in our minds in Der Standard , Retrieved August 20, 2018
  8. ^ Section "Positive Psychology and Talent" website of the DGPPF, accessed on August 20, 2018
  9. ↑ Interview asked by ... von Wissenschaft im Dialog , accessed on August 20, 2018
  10. ↑ official homepage of the March for Science eV
  11. ↑ Dr. Tanja Gabriele Baudson - Hans Albert Institute. Retrieved on April 3, 2020 (German).
  12. ^ Prize winners of the DGPPF Conference 2018 website of the DGPPF, accessed on 23 August 2018
  13. ↑ Tanja Gabriele Baudson receives the SciLogs Prize 2016 , website of Spektrum der Wissenschaft , accessed on August 23, 2018
  14. ↑ 2016/2017 Award for Excellence in Research Winners on the Mensa Foundation website , accessed on August 23, 2018
  15. ↑ 2014/2015 Award for Excellence in Research Winners on the Mensa Foundation website, accessed on August 23, 2018
  16. ↑ University of Trier: Twelve doctoral theses awarded in Trierischer Volksfreund , accessed on August 23, 2018
  17. ↑ Prize winners of the teaching award of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate Website of the university evaluation network , accessed on 23 August 2018


personal data
SURNAME Baudson, Tanja Gabriele
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Klein, Tanja Gabriele
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German talent researcher
DATE OF BIRTH 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Koblenz