Martti Takala#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 443 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Main Country of Residence: | FINLAND |
| Section: | BEHAVIOURAL SCIENCES |
| Username: | mtakala |
| Elected: | 1989 |
Professor Martti Takala passed away January 6th, 2012.
Positions held
- 1954-1988 Professor of psychology at the University of Jyväskylä
- 1967-1970 Head of the Department for Higher Education and Science Policy at the Ministry of Education in Helsinki
- 1963-1967, 1982-1988 Rector of the University of Jyväskylä
- 1951-1954 Finnish Institute of Occupational Health,
- Ph.D. in 1951
Fields of Scholarship
- Psychology
- Study of personality
- Differential psychology
- Child psychology
Honours and Awards
- 1964 Member of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters
- 1989 Member of the Academia Europaea
