Dr. Markus Klingel

Building D, Room D 414

Postal Address
Trier University
Department of Psychology (Fachbereich I)
Developmental Psychology
Postfach, 54286 Trier
Germany

E-Mail
klingeluni-trierde

Phone
+49 651 201 1292

Office hours during WinterTerm 2026/27:
Thursday, 13:00 - 14:00 p.m. on appointment via E-Mail

Office hours during term break on appointment via E-Mail

Research Interests

  • Couple, Family and Relationship Research
  • Life Course, Life Span and Biography Research
  • Aging & Death Research
  • Culture, Context and Social Change
  • Interdisciplinary Social Sciences & Mixed-Methods
     

Short CV

Post-Doc 2: Researcher and Lecturer at Trier University
Post-Doc 1: Researcher and Lecturer at TU Dortmund University

PhD: Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences (BIGSSS)

  • Dissertation: Negotiating the Life Course. Dyadic Life Course Decisions, Individualization and the Limits of Agency
  • Supervisors: Profs. Huinink, Kohli and L. Bernardi
  • Research Stay University of Tokyo (5 months) Hosts: Profs. Shirahase & Ishida

Diploma: Humboldt University Berlin

  • Thesis: Couple Conflicts in Late Life. A Mixed-Methods Perspective
  • Supervisors: Prof. Gerstorf & Dr. Vogel
  • Student Assistant: 2 years Developmental Psychology (Prof. Gerstorf); 1 year Personality Psychology (Profs. Asendorpf & Gebauer); 1 year Mixed-Methods Project Tutorial (self-developed course)
  • Summer & Winter Schools (1 month): Ewha University Seoul (Korea); Chinese University of Hong Kong; Zhejiang University, Hangzhou (China)
  • Internships: Couple and Family Consulting & Psycho-Oncology

Social Year in Czech Republic (ASF)

Abitur Baden-Württemberg
 

Teaching

At Humboldt University Berlin, TU Dortmund University, Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences and Trier University: both applied research and methods courses (quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods), and content courses (couple relationships, social networks, social structure and more)