Hubert J.M. Hermans, Ph.D.
Emeritus-professor of psychology at the Radboud University
Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Web: huberthermans.com/biography.html, www.Huberthermans.com
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Affiliation: Emeritus-professor of psychology at the Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Born: Maastricht, the Netherlands, as the oldest son of a local baker who made excellent pies
Marriages: In 1961 he married Els Hermans-Jansen with whom he cooperated in the development of the Self-Confrontation Method. From 2008-2013 he was married to Agnieszka Hermans-Konopka with whom he continues to cooperate on the further development of Dialogical Self Theory. Hubert has two children and two grand-children.
Education:
- Gymnasium alpha (high school) in Maastricht
- Psychology at the University of Nijmegen
- Doctoral degree at the University of Nijmegen
Professional Career:
- Staff member at the Psychological Laboratory at the University of Nijmegen (1965)
- Associate Professor at the University of Nijmegen (1972)
- Full Professor at the University of Nijmegen (1980-2002)
Career Related Activities:
- Guest Professor at the University of Louvain (1975)
- Guest Professor at Duquesne University at Pittsburgh (1979)
- Chairman of the Advisory Committee of the Han Fortmann Centre in Nijmegen (1980-2002)
- Chairman of the Valuation Theory and Self-Confrontation Foundation (1992-2009)
- Teacher in the Self-Confrontation Method training program (2009- )
- President of the International Society for Dialogical Science (ISDS) (2002-2020)
- Chief Editor of the International Journal for Dialogical Science (IJDS) (2005-)
- Chair of the scientific committee of 11 biennial International Conferences on the Dialogical Self. The most recent one was in Barcelona, Spain, June 7-10, 2021
- Honorary president of the International Society for Dialogical Science
- Associate editor for the section Dialogical Self Theory with the Journal of Constructivist Psychology
Honors and Awards:
- Fellow Netherlands Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences (1976-)
- First International Associate of the Society for Personology (USA) (1992-)
- Address to the Queen of the Netherlands and Representatives of science, art and politics (1993)
- Quality of research rated as “excellent” by two subsequent international committees for the evaluation of research programs of Dutch universities (1994 and 1999)
- Knight in the Society of the Netherlands Lion (Ridder in de Orde van de Nederlandse Leeuw): decoration received in the name of the Queen of the Netherlands for exceptional personal scientific achievements in the service of society (2002)
- Honorary member of the Dutch Assocation of SCM Practitioners (2007)
- His book Dialoog en Misverstand (2006) was used by Herman Wijffels during the preparation of the Dutch government (Balkenende 4, 2007)
- Foreign Member of Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts
Member of Editorial Board:
- Culture & Psychology
- European Journal of School Psychology
- Theory & Psychology
- The Narrative Study of Lives
- Journal of Constructivist Psychology
- Polish Psychological Bulletin
- Revista de Psicopatologia Y Clinica
- Human Systems: Journal of Therapy,
- Consultation and Training Significant (electronic journal)
H.J.M. Hermans in Wikipedia/English
H.J.M. Hermans in Wikipedia/Nederlands
Dialogical self in Wikipedia/English
Hubert J.M. Hermans, Ph.D. Manuscripts
- Fields of Tension in a Boundary-Crossing World: Towards a Democratic Organization of the Self (630.07 KB)
- Self, Identity, and Globalization in Times of Uncertainty: A Dialogical Analysis (232.35 KB)
- The Dialogical Self: Toward a Theory of Personal and Cultural Positioning (192.22 KB)
- Voicing the Self: From Information Processing to Dialogical Interchange (3.25 MB)
Hubert Hermans, Ph.D. Files & Links
Hubert Hermans Articles
- Hermans, H.J.M. (2019). Dialogical self theory in a boundary-crossing world. In: H. Alma & I. ter Avest (Eds.), Moral and spiritual leadership in an age of plural modalities (pp. 27-47). London: Routledge.
- Hermans, H.J.M., & Meijers, F. (2019). The pursuit of happiness. British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 47, 139-142. DOI: 10.1080/03069885.2019.161251
- Hermans, H.J.M. (2019). Dialogical Self Theory. Encyclopedia of the Possible.
- Meijers, F., & Hermans, H.J.M. (2018). Dialogical Self Theory Theory in education: An introduction. In: F. Meijers & H.J.M. Hermans, The dialogical self theory in education: A multicultural perspective (pp. 1-17). New York: Springer.
- Hermans, H.J.M. (2018). Closure and new start: Past and future publications on Dialogical Self Theory. International Journal for Dialogical Science, 10, 1-9..
- Hermans, H.J.M. (2016). Introduction. In: H.J.M. Hermans (Ed.). Assessing and stimulating a dialogical self in groups, teams, cultures and organizations (pp. xiii-xvi). New York: Springer.
- Hermans, H.J.M. (2015). Human development in today’s globalizing world: Implications for self and identity. In: L. Arnett Jensen (Ed.), The Oxford handbook of human development and culture: An interdisciplinary perspective (pp. 28-42). New York: Oxford University Press.
- Hermans, H.J.M. (2015). The Personal Position Repertoire (PPR) method as based on Dialogical Self Theory. In: J. Martin, J. Sugerman & K.L. Slaney (Eds.) The Wiley handbook of theoretical psychology: Methods, approaches, and new directions for social sciences (pp. 277-292). Chichester, West-Sussex: John Wiley.
- Portrait of a scientist: in conversation with Hubert Hermans, founder of Dialogical Self Theory (tandfonline.com)