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Prof. Dr. Toni Wäfler,

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Contact

Phone
41 62 957 24 61
E-Mail
toni.waefler@fhnw.ch

Address

FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland
School of Applied Psychology
Riggenbachstrasse 16
4600 Olten

Activities at FHNW

Job title
Lecturer at the FHNW School of Applied Psychology

Areas of Expertise

  • Safety and Human Factors
  • Sociotechnical System Design
  • Human-Machine/Computer Interaction
  • Job Design
  • Organizational Development
  • Change Mangement

Lecturing and Research

Lecturing

Lecturing

  • Introduction in Safety and Reliability (BA)
  • Safety Management (MA)

Further Education

  • Work and Organizational Psychology
  • Digitization of Work (Industry 4.0)
  • Analysis of Tasks and Work Organizations
  • Safety Management & Safety Culture
  • Human Failure and Accident Emergence
  • Change Management
Applied research and development
  •  Safety and Human Factors
  • Sociotechnical System Design
  • Human-Machine/Computer Interaction
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Studies of Psychology, Business, and Computer Sciences at University of Zurich. Researcher at the Institute of Work Psychology (ifap) at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) (1995-2003). Head of section Applied Psychology at University of Applied Sciences Solothurn (2004-2005). Head of Institute Humans in Complex Systems at School of Applied Psychology in University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Member of the Board of Directors (2005-2009). Swiss Society of Work and Organizational Psychology: Member of Executive Committee (2006-2012), President (2012). Co-Founder, Partner, and Senior Consultant at Institute for Work Research and Organizational Consultancy (www.iafob.ch), Zürich (since 1998).

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Institute Humans in Complex Systems

Automation, digitalisation and technical networking present great opportunities but also challenges for the complex interplay between humans, technology and organisations.

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