Activities at FHNW
Professor Albert Vollmer is involved in teaching, research, continuing education, and services at the FHNW School of Applied Psychology
Areas of expertise
- Cooperation
- Conflict
Lecturing and research
Lecturing
Teaching relating to training
Tuition on 'Conflicts in the World of Work'
Teaching relating to continuing education
Leader of the CAS in 'Conflict Management in the World of Work'
Applied research and development
- Projects on cooperation and conflict
- Positive Conflict in Agility
- Critical thinking as an integral part of courses at ETH Zurich
- Designing decision-making processes in a hybrid work context
- University teams as learning environments for developing the dual competence profile
Selected projects
Gestaltung von Entscheidungsprozessen im hybriden Arbeitskontext
Teams an Hochschulen als Lernorte zur Entwicklung des doppelten Kompetenzprofils
Profile
Education and training
2005
Doctorate at the University of Zurich (supervisor Professor Theo Wehner, ETH Zurich, co-supervisor Professor François Stoll)
1990–1996
Psychology degree at the University of Freiburg (Germany)
1988–1990
Abitur (school-leaver's certificate) at Kolping-Kolleg in Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany)
1985–1987
Vocational education with a focus on telecommunications in Offenburg (Germany)
Roles and responsibilities
since 2013
Lecturer at the FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, School of Applied Psychology, Institute for Innovation, Transformation, and Sustainability
2001–2012
Member of academic staff and Senior Assistant to the Chair for Occupational and Organisational Psychology at ETH Zurich, Professor Theo Wehner
1998–2001
Member of academic staff at the School of Business at FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland



