Jahoda, Marie (1907–2001)
Jahoda, Marie (1907–2001)
Austrian-born social psychologist. Born Jan 26, 1907, in Vienna, Austria; died April 28, 2001; attended University of Vienna; m. Paul F. Lazarsfeld, 1927; Austen Albu, 1958 (died 1994).
An expert in social psychology, was imprisoned by Austrian government because of her antifascist activities (1936–37) and later released to England; during WWII, ran Radio Rotes Wien (secret radio station) at the Ministry of Information in England; worked as a New York University social psychology professor (1949–58), Brunel University psychology professor in Uxbridge, Middlesex (1958–65) and University of Sussex psychology professor (1965–73) and professor emeritus (1983–2001); employed as a Science Policy Research Unit senior research consultant at University of Sussex (1971–83); explored subsistence farming, nursing, and race relations; wrote Research Methods in Human Relations (1953), Current Concepts of Modern Mental Health (1958), Freud and the Dilemmas of Psychology (1977) and Employment and Unemployment (1982). Named Commander of the Order of the British Empire (1974).