Anu Realo
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| Born | 15 February 1971 Viljandi, Estonian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Alma mater | University of Tartu, Estonia |
| Occupation | Professor of Psychology |
| Organization(s) | University of Warwick, United Kingdom |
| Known for | Personality and cross-cultural psychology |
Anu Realo (born 15 February 1971)[1] 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.
Realo received her doctoral degree in psychology from the University of Tartu in 1999.[2] 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.[3] In 2014-2019, she held a position of professor of personality and social psychology at the University of Tartu.[4] In 2016, she was appointed as professor in the Department of Psychology, University of Warwick.[5]
She has been a fellow-in-residence at three institutes for advanced study: at the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study (2002),[6] at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study (2005-2006, 2014-2015),[7] and most recently at the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies (2023).[8]
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.[9]
