Activities at FHNW
Job title
Professor at the FHNW School of Applied Psychology
Areas of expertise
- human behavior und human reliability in complex socio-technical systems
- risk perception, risk attitudes, risk taking behaviour
- judgement and decision making
- cognitive psychology
Lecturing and research
Lecturing
Lecturing in degree courses:
- Lecture Introduction to Psychology
- Lecture General Psychology II
- Lecture Man-Machine-Interaction: usability
- Supervision of student projects, BSc, MSc and PhD theses
Lecturing in continuing education:
- Lecture General Psychology, CAS Basic Knowledge in Psychology
- Lecture General and Cognitive Psychology, CAS Human Factors
- Introduction to General Psychology in the HOF Basics Course for the Nuclear Industry
- Introduction to General Psychology in the HOF Basics Course for the Railway Sector
Applied research and development
- Human behaviour in complex systems
- Safety management in organizations
- Judgement and decision making
Projects
Safety management platform
Profile
Short bio
since 2005
Professor at the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland, Department of Applied Psychology
2003–2005
Research Assistant in the DFG research group "Conflicting Rules" at Potsdam University, Department of Psychology
1997–2003
Assistant Professor at the Technical University Berlin, Department of Psychology
1991–1997
Research Assistant at the Technical University Berlin
1991–1996
Dissertation Dr. phil. (PhD equivalent) at Technical University Berlin (1996)
1991
Diploma in psychology (M.A. equivalent) at Humboldt University Berlin
1986–1991
Study at Humboldt University Berlin (Psychology)
Memberships
- since 1992 member of the European Association of Decision Making EADM (http://eadm.eu/)
- since 2011 member of Advisory Committee for Risk Perception and Risk Communication; German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (http://www.bfr.bund.de/)
- since 2012 member of Advisory Committee for Education and Training; Swiss Nuclear Forum (http://www.nuklearforum.ch/117360353861-de-index.html)
- since 2014 network partner of the Institut für Arbeitsforschung und Organisationsberatung iafob Switzerland (http://www.iafob.ch)
since 2014 attending network partner of the Evidence-based Insurance Medicine, EbIM, Clinical Research Unit, Basel University Hospital (https://www.unispital-basel.ch/das-universitaetsspital/leitung/direktion/klinische-forschung/organisation/ebim/team/)
since 2014 member of the Society of Ergonomics GfA
