| Activity | University & Professional Qualifications:
1957: Certificat d'Etudes Bilingues (Université de Lille)
1965: Postgrad.Dipl. International Conference Interpretation (Holborn College of Law & Languages)
1970: Diplôme Général de Psychologie de l'Enfant (Université de Genève)
1970: Licence en Psychologie Génétique (Université de Genève)
1976: Diplôme de Spécialisation en Psychologie Génétique et Expérimentale (Uni. de Genève)
1977: Doctorat en Psychologie Génétique et Expérimentale (Uni. de Genève)
Professional Career:
Prior 1968: Simultaneous Conference Interpreter, United Nations organizations
1970-72: Lebanon: Research Consultant at the UNWRA/UNESCO Institute of
Education, and Associate Professor, American University of Beirut
1972-79: Switzerland: Research Collaborator of Professor Jean Piaget at the Centre
International d'Epistémologie Génétique
1979: Director of Studies, Université de Genève
1977-79 : Chargé du cours, Faculté de Médecine, l'Université de Berne
1978-82: Netherlands: Visiting Research Associate, Max Planck Institute, Nijmegen
1982-98: United Kingdom: "Special Appointment Career Scientist", MRC
Cognitive Development Unit, and Visiting Professor of Psychology, UCL
1998-06: Head, Neurocognitive Development Unit, UCL Inst.of Child Health, London
2001-06: Honorary Research Fellow, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children
2006-pres: Professorial Research Fellow, Birkbeck Centre for Brain & Cognitive Development, University of London
Honours and Awards:
1978: Sloan Fellowship in Computer Science, Yale University
1979-81: Honorary Professorial Fellow in Cognitive Science, Sussex University
1981: Sloan Fellowship in Cognitive Science, UC Berkeley
1991: Elected Member of Academia Europaea (MAE)
1993: Elected Fellow of the British Academy (FBA)
1995: Awarded British Psychological Society's Book Award for excellence in
literature of psychology for Beyond Modularity, MIT Press.
1999: Elected Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (FMedSci)
2002: Honorary Member of Society for Study of Behavioural Phenotypes
2002: Doctorat Honoris Causa, Université de Louvain, Belgium
2002: European Science Foundation Latsis Prize 2002 for Cognitive Sciences 2004:
2002: Queen's Birthday List, awarded CBE, HM Government
2005: Honorary Professorial Fellow: Zhejiang Children's Hospital, China
2005: Doctorat Honoris Causa, Zhejiang Normal University, China
2006: Appointed to Honorary Nico Fridja Chair in Cognitive Science, Uni.Amsterdam
2008: Elected Distinguished Fellow of the U.S. Cognitive Science Society
2009: British Psychological Society Research Lifetime Achievement Award
2010: Doctorat Honoris Causa, University of Amsterdam
2012: Appointed Honorary Fellow of the British Psychological Society
2012: International Psychology Prize
Involvement with BPS and other institutions:
1988-1991: Member of the Council of the BPS Developmental Psychology Section
1997-1998: Adjunct Professor, University of Western Australia
1998-2000: Council Member of the British Academy
2001-2002: Member of Nuffield Working Party, Bioethics of Genetics and Human Behaviour
Current (2013)
Medical Advisory Panel of the Williams Syndrome Association, U.K.
Scientific Advisory Board, Jean Piaget Archives, Geneva
International Advisory Council, Unit Human Development, Tel Aviv University
Translation Advisory Committee, Jean Piaget Society, Philadelphia
Member of British Psychological Society (Chartered Psychologist)
Member of the U.S. Society for Philosophy & Psychology
Member of Communications and Activities Committee, British Academy
Council Member, Internat. Assoc. for Study of Attention & Performance
Member of International Advisory Committee for Episteme-1Robotics, Japan
Member of Fachbeirat of Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig
Member of the International Board Evaluating Dutch Universities' Psychology Depts.
Member of CIFAR Evaluation Team, Toronto, Canada.
Sources: A Karmiloff-Smith's CV and Birkbeck College website.
Compiled by Mike Maskill, BPS Archivist for the History of Psychology Centre. |
| PublishedWorks | Selected Publications:
Karmiloff, K. and A. Karmiloff-Smith (2010) Getting to know your baby. London: Carroll & Brown.
Karmiloff, K. and Karmiloff-Smith, A. (2006). French, Russian, & Turkish translations of Everything your baby would ask if only he/she could talk. London: Cassell/Ward Lock.
Karmiloff, K. and Karmiloff-Smith, A. (2003). Spanish translation of: Everything your baby would ask if only he/she could talk. London: Cassell/Ward Lock.
Karmiloff, K. and Karmiloff-Smith, A. (2002). Arabic and Hebrew translations of: Everything your baby would ask if only he/she could talk. London: Cassell/Ward Lock.
Karmiloff, K. and Karmiloff-Smith, A. (2001). Chinese translations (Mandarin and Cantonese) of: Everything your baby would ask if only he/she could talk. London: Cassell/Ward Lock.
Karmiloff-Smith, A. (1992, reprinted 1995) Beyond Modularity: A Developmental Perspective on Cognitive Science. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press/Bradford Books. (Winner of British Psychological Society Book Award, 1995)
[1994 - Spanish translation] [1995 - Italian translation] [1997 - Japanese translation]
[1998 - Greek translation] [2002 – Chinese translation] |