Prof. Dr. Katrin Fischer

    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 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
    • Lecture Decision Research, DAS Corporate Development
    • Human behaviour in complex systems
    • Safety management in organizations
    • Judgement and decision making

    Projects

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    Profile

    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)

    • 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

  • Institute

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    FHNW School of Applied Psychology

    FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland
    School of Applied Psychology

    Riggenbachstrasse 16

    CH - 4600 Olten