Dr. Phil. Martin Tomasik
Postdoctoral researcher
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Dr. phil. Martin Tomasik University of Zurich Department of Psychology Applied Psychology: Life-Management Binzmuehlestrasse 14/11 8050 Zurich / Switzerland |
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Current Research Interests
- Age differences in goal engagement and disengagement
- Biopsychosocial contexts of goal engagement and disengagement
- Social, motivational and emotional aspects of life-span developmental psychology
- Globalisation and social change
Brief Research Statement
Human development takes place within interdependent contexts that are subject to permanent change. Within these contexts individuals regulate their development by negotiating developmental tasks and pursuing developmental goal or by avoiding developmental tasks and disengaging from goals. My research focuses on the dynamics of goal engagement and disengagement under changing developmental conditions. Currently, I am investigating the processes of disengagement as a function of chronological age in a research project funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation.
Selected Key Publications
- Tomasik, M. J. & Silbereisen, R. K. (in press). Social change and adolescent developmental tasks: The case of post-communist Europe. Child Development Research.
- Tomasik, M. J. & Silbereisen, R. K. (in press). Beneficial effects of disengagement from futile struggles with occupational planning. Developmental Psychology.
- Tomasik, M. J. & Silbereisen, R. K. (2011). Adolescence and globalization. In B. B. Brown & M. Prinstein (Eds.), Encyclopedia of adolescence (Vol. 2, pp. 109-118). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
- Tomasik, M. J., Silbereisen, R. K., & Heckhausen, J. (2010). Is it adaptive to disengage from demands of social change? Adjustment to developmental barriers in opportunity-deprived regions. Motivation and Emotion, 34, 384-398.
Complete list of publications in the CV, please also see the publication archive
Education and Honors
| 2009 | German Study Prize/Recognition Award by the Körber Foundation in Hamburg |
| 2008 | Dr. phil., Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, dissertation thesis on „Developmental Barriers and the Benefits of Disengament“ (Prof. Dr. Rainer K. Silbereisen and Prof. Dr. Jutta Heckhausen) |
| 2004-2008 | Doctoral studies at the Friedrich Schiller-University in Jena |
| 2004 | Diploma in Psychology at the Free University in Berlin |
| 2004 | Diploma thesis on „Adjusting Goal Aspirations when Getting Close to a Developmental Deadline: The Role of Primary and Secondary Control Strategies“ (Prof. Dr. Jutta Heckhausen and Prof. Dr. Ralf Schwarzer) |
| 1997-2004 | Undergraduate and graduate studies of psychology and the Free University in Berlin |
Professional Positions
| 2010-2012 | Research Associate at the Department for Developmental Psychology at the University of Jena and the Center for Applied Developmental Science: Research project “Individual and Social Resources for Coping with Social Change” funded as subproject of the Collobarative Research Center 580 (SFB 580) by the German Research Foundation (Prof. Dr. Rainer K. Silbereisen) |
| 2008-2010 | Postdoctoral Fellow in the International Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme „Pathways to Adulthood“ for the Comparative Study of Productive Youth Development „Mapping Pathways to Adulthood“ funded by the Jacobs Foundation, Zürich, Switzerland (Prof. Dr. Rainer K. Silbereisen and Prof. Ingrid Schoon, PhD) |
| 2004-2008 | Research Associate at the Department for Developmental Psychology at the University of Jena and the Center for Applied Developmental Science: Research project “Individual and Social Resources for Coping with Social Change” funded as subproject of the Collobarative Collobarative Research Center 580 (SFB 580) by the German Research Foundation (Prof. Dr. Rainer K. Silbereisen) |
| 2001-2004 | Teaching Assistant at the Department for Psychological Methods of the Institute for Psychology, Berlin Institute of Technology (Prof. Dr. Jürgen Bortz) |
| 1999-2002 | Research Assistant at the Max-Planck-Institute for Human Development, Berlin: Research project “Developmental Regulation at the Transition from School to Work” funded by the German Research Foundation (Jutta Heckhausen, PhD) |
| 1997 | Research Intern at the University Clinics Benjamin Franklin, Berlin, in the research group „Psychological Geronotology“: Research project “Aging and Experience of Life” funded by the German Research Foundation (Prof. Dr. Margret Baltes und Dr. Frieder Lang) |