Arthur Alexandrovich Rean

From 2000 to 2004 he was a professor in the Department of Acmeology and Psychology of Professional Activity of the Russian Presidential Academy of Public Administration (Moscow). Since 2004 — he is a professor of the Department of Psychology of the Moscow University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, at the same time (since 2006) — Executive Director and Scientific Head of the Russian Federal Social Project "Healthy family". Since 2016 till 2020, he is Head of the Laboratory for Prevention of Antisocial Behaviour in the Institute of Education of the National Research University Higher School of Economics. In 2016 he was elected as an academician of the Russian Academy of Education. Since 2020, he is Head of The Center for sociolization, family and prevention of antisocial behavior research of the Institute of Pedagogy and Psychology of the Moscow State Pedagogical University. Since 2021, he is the Chairman of Department of Psychology of Education and Prevention of Deviant Behavior of the Institute of Pedagogy and Psychology of the Moscow State Pedagogical University.

In 2000–2004, he was the Chairman of the Editorial Board of "World of Childhood" magazine, in 2005-2015 he was a member of the Еditorial Вoard of "Bulletin of practical psychology of education" magazine. He currently serves on the editorial boards of the following Russian publications:

Social pedagogical psychology emerged at the intersection of three branches of psychology — social psychology, pedagogical psychology and personality psychology. The creators of the direction are A.A. Rean and Ya.L. Kolominsky (Rean A.A., Kolominsky Ya. L. “Social pedagogical psychology.” – St. Petersburg, 1999, 2008). In the most general form, the subject of social pedagogical psychology can be defined as the study of social and psychological patterns, determinants and mechanisms of the processes of learning and education processes. More specifically, the subject area of social pedagogical psychology is best defined through its problem field.

Rean is a scientific supervisor and Executive Director and author of a number of comprehensive scientific and practical programs and Federal Projects, among which are the most significant are «Prevention of drugs addiction and asocial behavior of young people» (1998—2001), «Psychology of aggressive behavior» (Russian Presidential Grant, 1997—1999), «Social Protection of Children» (2000—2002), «Families and Children at Risk» (2002—2006), «Healthy family» (2006—2011).

In 1996 he was elected as a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Education, since 2016 he is academician of the Russian Academy of Education. In 1998, at the Faculty of Psychology of Saint Petersburg State University, he created the Department of Psychology and Pedagogy of Personal and Professional Development (today Department of Psychology of Education and Pedagogics) and was elected its first head.

In 1979 he graduated from the Bashkir State University and was admitted as a research intern at the Faculty of Psychology of the Leningrad State University. After a one-year internship in 1980, he entered full-time postgraduate studies at the Faculty of Psychology of the same university and got a Candidate of Sciences in 1983. Then, he worked at the Bashkir State University as an assistant in the Department of Psychology, then assistant professor of psychology, after which he worked as a senior researcher and then as head of the Laboratory of Pedagogical Psychology at the All-Union Research Institute for Technical and Vocational Education in Leningrad. In 1992 he received a Doctor of Psychology at the Faculty of Psychology of Leningrad State University. Thereafter, he worked as a professor in the Department of General Psychology at Saint Petersburg State University; he was a Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Psychology for Scientific Work.

Arthur Alexandrovich Rean (Russian: Арту́р Алекса́ндрович Реан; born 8 March 1957, Ufa) is a Russian psychologist, considered to be one of the founders of social pedagogical psychology, academician of the Russian Academy of Education (since 2016), Dr. Sci. (Psychological), professor. In 2016-2020 he was appointed Head of the Laboratory for Prevention of Antisocial Behaviour in the Institute of Education of HSE. Since 2020, he is Head of The Center for sociolization, family and prevention of antisocial behavior research of the Institute of Pedagogy and Psychology, MPGU.