Teaching relating to training
Bachelor’s and Master’s in Applied Psychology (differential and personality psychology, questionnaire development, advanced statistical methods)

Teaching relating to continuing education

• CAS in Basic Psychology
• MAS in Professional, Study and Careers Advice

Research into the principles of suitability diagnostics:

• Fairness of processes associated with suitability diagnostics (fairness of aptitude tests, gender differences when it comes to professional interests)
• The basic principles of personality psychology behind suitability diagnostics (professional interests, intelligence, career-related personality traits, values)
• Validity studies (reviewing the informative value of suitability diagnostics and decisions, carrying out individual studies and meta analyses)

Development of processes associated with suitability diagnostics:

• Personality, interest and intelligence tests
• Study and professional advice tests
• Special interest in self-assessments (www.self-assessment.ch)

Doctorate at the University of Hohenheim under Prof. Heinz Schuler

Psychology degree at the University of Konstanz and the University of Exeter

since October 2011
Research Associate at the FHNW School of Applied Psychology 

September 2008–September 2012
Research Associate at the University of Konstanz

August 2006–August 2008
Consultant at an HR and management consultancy

Pässler, K. (2015). Sex differences in variability in vocational interests: Evidence from two large samples. European Journal of Personality, 29, 568 - 578. doi:10.1002/per.2010 

Pässler, K., Beinicke, A., & Hell, B. (2015). Interests and intelligence: A meta-analysis. Intelligence, 50, 30 - 51. doi:10.1016/j.intell.2015.02.001 

Beinicke, A., Pässler, K., & Hell, B. (2014). Does gender-specific differential item functioning affect the structure in vocational interest inventories? International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 14, 181 - 189. doi:10.1007/s10775-013-9254-y 

Pässler, K., Beinicke, A., & Hell, B. (2014). Gender related differential validity and differential prediction in interest inventories. Journal of Career Assessment, 22, 138 - 152. doi:10.1177/1069072713492934 

Schult, J., Hell, B., Pässler, K., & Schuler, H. (2013). Sex-specific differential prediction of academic achievement by German ability tests. International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 21, 130 - 134. doi:10.1111/ijsa.12023 

Pässler, K., & Hell, B. (2012). Do interests and specific abilities predict college major choice equally well for women and men? Journal of Career Assessment, 20, 479 - 496. doi:10.1177/1069072712450009 

Wetzel, E., Hell, B., & Pässler, K. (2012). Comparison of different test construction strategies in the development of a gender fair interest inventory using verbs. Journal of Career Assessment, 20, 88-104. doi:10.1177/1069072711417166 

Pässler, K., Hell, B., & Schuler, H. (2011). Grundlagen der Berufseignungsdiagnostik und ihre Anwendung auf den Lehrerberuf. Zeitschrift für Pädagogik, 57, 639-654.

Hell, B., & Pässler, K. (2011). Are occupational interests hormonally influenced? The 2D:4D-interest nexus. Personality and Individual Differences, 51, 376-380. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2010.05.033 

Hell, B., Pässler, K. & Schuler, H. (2009). was-studiere-ich.de: Konzept, Nutzen und Anwendungsmöglichkeiten. Zeitschrift für Studium und Beratung, 4, 9-14.

Hell, B., Leitner, U., Pajarinen, A., & Pässler, K. (2009). Entwicklungsperspektiven für internetbasierte Tests zur Studienorientierung. Zeitschrift für Studium und Beratung, 2, 44-48.

Pässler, K., Hell, B. & Schuler, H. (2014). Berufliche Interessen und kognitive Fähigkeiten: Sind differenzielle Zusammenhänge nachweisbar und welche Rolle spielt das Geschlecht? In C. Tarnai & F. Hartmann (Hrsg.), Berufliche Interessen. Beiträge zur Theorie von J. L. Holland. Münster: Waxmann.

Hell, B. & Pässler, K. (2011). Eignungsdiagnostik im Dienste der Berufsberatung oder der Personalauswahl? Eine Literaturanalyse der zwischen 1945 und 2009 veröffentlichten deutschsprachigen Forschungsarbeiten. In P. Gelleri & C. Winter (Hrsg.), Potenzial der Personalpsychologie (S. 9-20). Göttingen: Hogrefe.

Pässler, K., & Kornblum, A. (2015, September). A self-assessment for prospective students of psychology- characteristics and findings. Paper presented at the 14th Annual Conference of the Swiss Psychological Society (SGP), Geneve, Switzerland.

Pässler, K., & Hell, B. (2015, May). Greater male variability – Is there evidence for sex differences in variability in vocational interests? Paper presented at the 27th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science (APS), New York, US.

Pässler, K., Beinicke, A., &  Hell, B. (2014, December). Intelligence and interests: A meta-analysis. Paper presented at the 15th Annual Conference of the International Society for Intelligence Research (ISIR), Graz, Austria.

Pässler, K., &  Hell, B. (2014, July). Beyond Holland's RIASEC model: Why six interest dimensions might not be enough. Paper presented at the 17th European Conference on Personality (ECP), Lausanne, Switzerland.

Pässler, K., Hell, B. & Kleinmann, M. (2013, September). Ein hochschulübergreifendes Self-Assessment für den Studiengang Psychologie: Inhaltsvalide Interessenskalen als Grundlage der Vermittlung von Passungsinformationen. Vortrag auf der 12. Arbeitstagung der Fachgruppe Differentielle Psychologie, Persönlichkeitspsychologie und Psychologische Diagnostik, Greifswald.
Pässler, K., Beinicke A., & Hell, B. (2012, July). Differential validity and differential prediction in interest inventories. Paper presented at the 8th Conference of the International Test Commission (ITC), Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Pässler, K., Hell, B. & Schuler, H. (2011, September). What should I study (was-studiere-ich.de)? Use and validity of an online self-assessment for German Universities. Paper presented at the 11th Conference of the European Association for Psychological Assessment (EAPA), Riga, Latvia.
Pässler, K. & Hell, B. (2010, September). Studienerfolgsprognose: not much more than g? Vortrag auf dem 47. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie, Bremen.
Päßler, K. (2009, September). Selbsttests zur Studienorientierung. Vortrag bei der Fachtagung der Gesellschaft für Information, Beratung und Therapie an Hochschulen  (GIBeT), Heidelberg.