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Dr Rene Mottus

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Within-individual variability in personality; computational models of personality

Education/Academic qualification

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Tartu

Area of Expertise

Research expertiseIndividual differences, Psychometrics

Research Interests

Ageing and individual differences; cognitive ageing; personality development across the life-span; personality-environment/genes transactions; computational modelling; impact of intelligence and personality on health and other life outcomes; cross-cultural personality research; personality measurement across and within cultures.

Teaching

Teaching Experience:

  • Intelligence and personality at the University of Tartu, Estonia (2005-2010)
  • Intelligence and personality at the University of Edinburgh, UK (2013 onwards)
  • Power analysis at the University of Edinburgh (2013 onwards)

 

Qualifications

2003 BSc (psychology), University of Tartu, Estonia
2005 MSc (psychology), University of Tartu, Estonia
2009 PhD (summa cum laude, psychology), University of Tartu, Estonia

Websites

Personal website

Research outputs

  1. Development is in the details: Investigating age differences in the Big Five domains, facets and nuances

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  2. Big Five and HEXACO Personality Traits, pro-environmental attitudes, and behaviors: A meta-analysis

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  3. Obesity has limited behavioural overlap with addiction and psychiatric phenotypes

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

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Research activities & awards

  1. Personomics: Putting the many dimensions of personality into good use

    Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk

  2. European Journal of Personality (Journal)

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity

  3. Personomics: Putting the many dimensions of personality into good use

    Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk

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Latest prizes

  1. Early Career Award

    Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)

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Research projects

  1. 100 Nuances of Personality

    Project: University Awarded Project Funding

  2. RSE bilateral travel

    Project: Research

  3. With-in Individual variability in personality manifestations

    Project: University Awarded Project Funding

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Research press coverage

  1. TO EACH HIS OWN

    Press/Media: Expert Comment

  2. A backdrop to the Brexit (a Guest Post)

    Press/Media: Other

  3. A conversation with René Mõttus

    Press/Media: Other

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Latest datasets

  1. Openness Is Related to Proenvironmental Behavior Both Within and Across Families

    Dataset

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