Integrating Human and Animal Personality Research

The collaborative initiative 'Integrating Human and Animal Personality Research' brings together personality psychology with animal personality research by uniting internationally leading experts from related fields in biology, psychology, medicine and philosophy. This innovative cross-species approach facilitates the development of new methodologies for assessing and analysing personality. It addresses fundamental questions about the nature of personality, including its genetic and environmental foundations, its development throughout the lifetime and its impact on behaviour and life outcomes. The initiative promotes a unified understanding of personality and its role in shaping individual differences in behaviour. In this way, it provides the basis for evidence-based, tailored approaches in various applied fields, including educational strategies, mental health treatments or animal welfare measures.

The project is funded by the strategic Topical Programmes line of the University of Münster and by the European Association of Personality Psychology (EAPP).

European Association of Personality Psychology (EAPP)
Topical Programmes at the University of Münster
Press release by the Future Lab of the University of Münster