Anu Realo
{{short description|Estonian psychologist}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Anu Realo
| image = Anu Realo 2019.jpg
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1971|02|15}}
| birth_place = Viljandi, Estonia
| alma_mater = University of Tartu, Estonia
| occupation = Professor of Psychology
| organization = University of Warwick, United Kingdom
| known_for = Personality and cross-cultural psychology
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Anu Realo (born 15 February 1971){{cite web|title=Anu Realo|url=https://www.akadeemia.ee/en/member/realo/|website=Estonian Academy of Sciences|date=2018|access-date=1 September 2022}} is an Estonian personality and cross-cultural psychologist. She is professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Warwick, the United Kingdom, and a visiting professor at the University of Tartu, Estonia.
Education and career
Realo received her doctoral degree in psychology from the University of Tartu in 1999.{{cite web|title=Estonian Research Portal (ETIS)|url=https://www.etis.ee/Portal/Persons/Display/d8e4a0be-fc2c-4154-b5ec-549dd0da620f?tabId=CV_ENG}} She then worked for two years as a postdoctoral research fellow at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. Upon return to Estonia, she worked as associate professor and senior research fellow in the Department of Psychology, University of Tartu for about 10 years. In 2012, she was awarded an Academy Research Professor position by the Estonian Academy of Sciences for the period 2013-2015.{{cite web|title=Eesti Teaduste Akadeemia uurija-professorid|url=http://www.akadeemia.ee/et/tegevus/uurija-professorid}} In 2014-2019, she held a position of professor of personality and social psychology at the University of Tartu.{{cite web|title=Professor Anu Realo inauguratsiooniloeng|url=http://www.ut.ee/et/uudised/professor-anu-realo-kes-oige-eestlane|website=Tartu Ülikool|date=2016-03-25|access-date=2016-03-29|archive-date=2019-10-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191019145551/https://www.ut.ee/et/uudised/professor-anu-realo-kes-oige-eestlane|url-status=dead}} In 2016, she was appointed as professor in the Department of Psychology, University of Warwick.{{Cite web |title=Academy of Europe: Realo Anu |url=https://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/Realo_Anu |access-date=2022-10-13 |website=www.ae-info.org}}
She has been a fellow-in-residence at three institutes for advanced study: at the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study (2002),{{cite web|title=SCAS Former Fellows|url=http://www.swedishcollegium.se/test/subfolders/Fellows/Former_Fellows.html|access-date=2016-04-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325055735/http://www.swedishcollegium.se/test/subfolders/Fellows/Former_Fellows.html|archive-date=2016-03-25|url-status=dead}} at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study (2005-2006, 2014-2015),{{cite web|title=NIAS Former Fellows|url=http://www.nias.knaw.nl/fellows/year-group-2014-15/realo-anu}} and most recently at the [https://www.helsinki.fi/en/helsinki-collegium-advanced-studies Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies] (2023).{{Cite web |title=Alumni {{!}} Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies {{!}} University of Helsinki |url=https://www.helsinki.fi/en/helsinki-collegium-advanced-studies/people/alumni |access-date=2023-11-22 |website=www.helsinki.fi |language=en}}
Research interests
Realo's background is in personality and cross-cultural psychology. She has conducted research on cultural and individual variation in personality traits, emotional experience, social capital and trust, individualistic-collectivistic attitudes, and subjective well-being.{{Cite web |title=Anu Realo |url=https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/psych/people/arealo/ |access-date=2023-11-22 |website=warwick.ac.uk |language=en-GB}}
Other professional activities
From 2012-2015, she was as the vice-chair of the evaluation board of the Estonian Research Council.{{cite web|title=Evaluation Committee|url=http://www.etag.ee/en/estonian-research-council/evaluation-committee/|website=Estonian Research Council}} She was a board member of the National Committee of the European Social Survey (ESS), later becoming country representative in the ESS scientific advisory board, and a member of the scientific advisory board of the ESS ERIC (2013–2019).{{cite web|title=ESS ERIC Scientific Advisory Board|url=http://www.europeansocialsurvey.org/about/sab.html|website=European Social Survey|access-date=2016-04-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160412192336/http://www.europeansocialsurvey.org/about/sab.html|archive-date=2016-04-12|url-status=dead}} She was an action editor for the Journal of Individual Differences from 2009 to 2013{{citation needed|date=January 2022}} and an Associate Editor of the European Journal of Personality (2013–2016).{{cite journal|title=Editorial Board|url=http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1099-0984/homepage/EditorialBoard.html|journal=European Journal of Personality|doi=10.1002/(ISSN)1099-0984|citeseerx=10.1.1.598.3827}} She is the principal investigator for the World Values Survey (WVS) in Estonia and a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the WVS.{{Cite web |title=WVS Database |url=https://www.worldvaluessurvey.org/WVSNewsShow.jsp?ID=459 |access-date=2023-01-11 |website=www.worldvaluessurvey.org}} In 2020-2022, she served as President of the [https://eapp.org/ European Association of Personality Psychology].{{cite web |title=Executive Committee |url=https://eapp.org/organization/executive-committee/ |website=European Association of Personality Psychology |access-date=3 January 2022}}
Honours and awards
In 2010, Realo was awarded the Estonian National Research Award in social sciences for her studies on personality and stereotypes from a cross-cultural perspective.{{cite web|title=Riigi teaduspreemiad|url=https://www.hm.ee/et/uudised/uudised/teaduspreemiad|website=Haridus- ja teadusministeerium}} In February 2016, she was awarded the Order of the White Star (IV Class) by the president of Estonia for outstanding contribution to the Estonian state, which is primarily a testament to her academic achievements.{{cite web|title=Need on meie inimesed, keda uurime|url=http://www.postimees.ee/3570979/anu-realo-need-on-meie-inimesed-keda-uurime|website=Postimees}}{{cite web|title=Estonia to acknowledged 99 people with national decorations on the eve of Independence Day|url=https://www.president.ee/en/media/press-releases/11991-estonia-to-acknowledged-99-people-with-national-decorations-on-the-eve-of-independence-day/index.html|website=President.ee|access-date=2016-04-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160508040137/https://www.president.ee/en/media/press-releases/11991-estonia-to-acknowledged-99-people-with-national-decorations-on-the-eve-of-independence-day/index.html|archive-date=2016-05-08|url-status=dead}} She was listed among the top 12 most outstanding Estonian women in the world 2016 by Estonian World.{{cite web|title=Top 12 most outstanding Estonian women in the World 2016|url=http://estonianworld.com/people/top-12-most-outstanding-estonian-women-in-the-world-2016/|website=Estonian World}} She is a member of the Estonian Academy of Sciences{{Cite web|url=https://novaator.err.ee/882408/teaduste-akadeemia-valis-seitse-uut-akadeemikut|title=Teaduste Akadeemia valis seitse uut akadeemikut|last=ERR|date=2018-12-05|website=ERR|language=et|access-date=2019-03-20}} and of the Academia Europaea.{{cite web|title=Anu Realo|url=https://www.ae-info.org/ae/Member/Realo_Anu|work=Member|publisher=Academia Europaea|access-date=2024-10-06}}
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Category:Estonian women psychologists
Category:University of Tartu alumni
Category:Recipients of the Order of the White Star, 4th Class
Category:Members of Academia Europaea