Samuel Greiff

Dr Samuel Greiff is research group leader principal investigator, and ATTRACT-fellow at University of Luxembourg. He holds a PhD in cognitive and experimental psychology from the University of Heidelberg (passed with distinction) and has studied at Marburg University and Heidelberg University, Germany and at the University of Bergen, Norway. Samuel has been awarded several national and international research funds by the German Ministry of Education and Research and by the European Union, is currently fellow in the Luxembourg research programme of excellency, has published articles in national and international scientific journals and books, and has an extensive record of conference contributions and invited talks.
 
He is involved in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) as an external advisor to the PISA 2012 and 2015 Expert and Subject Matter Expert Groups and has considerably shaped the understanding of problem solving in PISA 2012 and 2015.
 
He has been working for several years with applied measurement aspects in the context of complex problem solving and its application in the classroom, at work, and in private life. Currently, he is involved in the large-scale assessment of problem solving, collaboration, and life-long learning in various populations and leads a team of test developers, research assistants and graduate students totalling in a team of 10 PhD students dedicated at increasing the understanding, the measurement, and the application of different aspects of problem solving and lifelong learning.