Professor Walter Renner, Ph.D. Curriculum Vitae 1. Contact details ...

(previous professional positions, continued)
1986 – 1997 Project Manager (Vocational rehabilitation of psychiatric patients), Klagenfurt, Austria
1985 – 1986 Training as a clinical psychologist at Austrian psychiatric hospital
1984 – 1985 Community Service at the Austrian Red Cross
1982 – 1983 Trainee, Dept. of Psychology, University of Innsbruck
5. International experience
2003 American University in Cairo, Egypt (Professor Kathleen Myambo) (Cross-cultural
research on human values)
2001 University of the North, Sovenga, South Africa (Professor Karl Peltzer) (Crosscultural
research on human Values)
1983 – 1984 University of London, Institute of Psychiatry, Dept. of Psychology (Professor H. J.
Eysenck) (Postgraduate studies)
6. Teaching experience (selection)
from 2004 Part-time lecturer (Dept. of Psychology, University of Innsbruck: Psychometrics,
Human values, basics of research methods)
2001 Visiting lecturer (University of the North, Sovenga, South Africa: Behaviour Therapy)
from 1999
from 1998
Part-time lecturer (Dept. of Psychology, Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt:
Psychometrics, individual differences)
Lecturer and supervisor (Private training institution of behavior therapy)
7. Research funding granted (selection)
2009 - 2011 "Vocational rehabilitation of refugees" (Tyrolean Science Fund, TWF, principal
investigator at University of Innsbruck), € 5,000.00
2008 – 2011 "Guided Self-Help Groups for Female Turkish Migrants with Recurrent Depressive
Disorder" (Austrian Science Fund, FWF, principal investigator at University of
Innsbruck and UMIT), € 139,613.69
2008 – 2011 "Social Support as a Moderator of Acculturative Stress" (Austrian Science Fund,
FWF, principal investigator at University of Innsbruck and UMIT), € 164,496.51
2006 – 2008 "Culture Sensitive Resource Oriented Peer Groups“ (Austrian Science Fund, FWF,
senior researcher at Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt), € 105,684.67
2004 – 2006 "Psychological consequences of trauma" (Austrian Science Fund, FWF, senior
researcher at Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt), € 132,240.46
2002 – 2004 "Standardization and validation of a test of human values" (Austrian Science Fund,
FWF, principal investigator at Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt), € 82,828.70
1998 – 2000 "Psychological health in the workplace" (Jubiläumsfonds der ÖNB, principal
investigator), € 18,168.21; follow-up research (senior researcher) € 7,267.28