MSc. in Applied Psychology
School of Applied Psychology FHNW, Olten

Marketing Communication Planner, Federal Diploma of Higher Education
SAWI Academy for Marketing & Communication, Biel-Bienne

Commercial Employee, Federal Certificate of Vocational Education and Training
WKS, Wirtschafts- und Kaderschule KV, Bern

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Urech, A., Eberle, M. & Burkhard, R. (2021). Entwicklung von nützlichen Einsatzszenarien für Soziale Roboter in den Bibliotheken der FHNW. LIBREAS. Library Ideas, 39. Berlin: Institut für Bibliotheks- und Informationswissenschaft der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. https://doi.org/10.18452/23445

Rausenberger, J., Gilgen, L., Mülken, O., Feiler, S., Burkhard, R., Erb, N. et al. (2021). How to Strengthen Today’s Math Skills of Tomorrow’s Engineers – Practical Experiences with Agile Approaches to Innovative University Math Lectures. In: Hloch, S., Klichová, D., Pude, F., Krolczyk, G.M., Chattopadhyaya, S. (eds) Advances in Manufacturing Engineering and Materials II. ICMEM 2021. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-71956-2_1

Kaufmann K., Ziakas, E., Catanzariti, M., Stoppa, G., Burkhard, R., Schulze, H., &. Tanner, A. (2020). Social Robots: Development and Evaluation of a Human-Centered Application Scenario. In: Ahram T., Taiar R., Colson S., Choplin A. (eds) Human Interaction and Emerging Technologies. IHIET 2019. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1018. Springer, Cham

Tanner, A., Schulze, H., & Burkhard, R. (2019): Soziale Roboter – Erfolgsfaktoren für die Umsetzung ihrer Potenziale. Ergebnisse einer Fallstudie in der Schweiz. In Gesellschaft für Arbeitswissenschaft (Hrsg.): Arbeit interdisziplinär analysieren - bewerten - gestalten. Bericht zum 65. Frühjahrskongress der Gesellschaft für Arbeitswissenschaft e. V. (GfA). Dortmund: GfA-Press.

Kropp, M., Anslow, C., Mateescu, M., Burkhard, R., Vischi, D., Zahn, C. (2017). Enhancing Agile Team Collaboration Through the Use of Large Digital Multi-touch Cardwalls. In: Baumeister, H., Lichter, H., Riebisch, M. (eds) Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming. XP 2017. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 283. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57633-6_8

Wäfler, T., Kohli, B., Schläppi, M., Burkhard, R. & Schulze H. (2017). Plattform Innovation 4.1: Kooperationen zwischen KMUs hinsichtlich soziotechnischer Innovation im digitalen Wandel. In: Gesellschaft für Arbeitswissenschaft e.V., Dortmund (Hrsg.), Frühjahrskongress 2017 in Brugg: Soziotechnische Gestaltung des digitalen Wandels – kreativ, innovativ, sinnhaft – Beitrag C.3.17

Flepp, C., Imhof, M., Meier, G., Ryser, T., Burkhard, R., Schulze, H., et al. (2017). Designing Rooms for Virtual, Informal Communication: Reciprocal Awareness as a Central Criterion. In Schlick C. M. et al. (Eds.), Advances in Ergonomic Design of Systems, Products and Processes - Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of GfA 2016 (pp. 191-208). Berlin: Springer.

Sury, Ph., Burkhard, R. & Köppel, R. (2016). Die Usability von Kaffeevollautomaten. In Gesellschaft für Arbeitswissenschaft (Ed.): Arbeit in komplexen Systemen. Dortmund: GfA-Press.

M. Mateescu, M. Kropp, C. Zahn, R. Burkhard, D. Vischi. aWall – using Large Multi-Touch Wall Screens for Agile Team Collaboration. Workshop on Interaction Techniques for Wall-Sized Screens at the 10th Conference on Interactive Tabletops and Surfaces (ITS), Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, 2015.

Schulze, H., Burkhard, R., Knöpfli, D., & Ryser, T. (2014). Das virtuelle Café Ein Ansatz zur Förderung computervermittelter informeller Kommunikation. Lernumgebungen an Der Hochschule. Auf Dem Weg Zum Campus von Morgen, 237–260.

Institute for Research and Development of Collaborative Processes

• Use of social robots in the campus libraries Brugg and Olten
• FHNW RoboLab: Deployment of social robots in Switzerland - research project to support SMEs.
• Innovation 4.1: Development of a platform to identify and realize the socio-technical innovation potential in Industry 4.0 technologies at SMEs
• Holistic solution scenarios for self-determined living for the elderly: potentials of technology and services
• Development of a point-of-care application for the determination of immunosuppressants after organ transplantation (POCT)
• Development of a platform for producers in developing countries with customers and partners (PESCO)
• Development and implementation of places for virtual-informal communication (OVIK)
• Blended Coaching: A supportive service for continuing education students at the School of Applied Psychology
• SI Blended Business Coaching & Community Management
• New Methods for Democratic Urban Development: Evaluation of Innovative Participation Methods and Tools
• SI Agile Technology for Agile Methods: Development of agile technologies for agile teams
• SI Sustainable Competence Network Usability & User Experience at the FHNW
• SI Virtual Meeting Spaces
• Evaluation of collaboration platforms for the School of Applied Psychology FHNW
• WG E-Systems
• WG Usability

User Experience & Usability Lab

• Persona and customer journey development in the financial services sector
• Development of a new vehicle control system
• Expert evaluations in various areas
• Various user-centered evaluations in different areas
• "Mathematics meets eduScrum" - development of a new teaching format
• Eye tracking evaluations with air traffic controllers
• Usability of different coffee vending machines and coffee machine UIs
• Development of a voice interaction (among others with Wizard-of-Oz)

Degree Programmes and Continuing Education

• CAS Usability und User Experience erfolgreich umsetzen
• Supervision of bachelor theses
• Supervision of project work and research workshops
• Involvement in various modules at the School of Applied Psychology, School of Art and Design and School of Engineering