Career to date
since 09/2012
Professor at the FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland,
School of Applied Psychology, Institute for Research and Development of Collaborative Processes.
Main focus: 'Virtual Cooperation and Communication'
09/2010–08/2012
Lecturer at the FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland,
School of Applied Psychology, Institute for Research and Development of Collaborative Processes.
Main focus: 'Virtual and Global Cooperation'
since 11/2008
Project management for the SNF-DoRe project 'EMVT – Effectiveness Management for Virtual Teams', FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, School of Applied Psychology, Institute for Research and Development of Collaborative Processes
06/2007–08/2010
Member of academic staff at FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, School of Applied Psychology, Institute for Research and Development of Collaborative Processes
03/2009–12/2009
Project management for 'Relaying Information on Errors in Virtual Teams', Suzanne and Hans Biäsch Foundation for Applied Psychology
06/2007
Doctorate (PhD) at the University of Kiel
Dissertation title: 'Motivational and Incentive Systems in Computer-supported Groups'
08/2004–05/2007
Member of academic staff at the University of Kiel, Germany, Institute of Psychology, Chair for Occupational, Organisational, and Market Psychology (Professor Udo Konradt)
08/2004–05/2007
Doctoral scholarship from the German Research Foundation (DFG) as part of the postgraduate programme 'Loosely Coupled Systems and Electronic Business' (Professor Sönke Albers), University of Kiel
07/2006–10/2006
Research posting (Visiting Scholar) at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA.
(cooperation partner: Professor Andrea Hollingshead)
11/2002–07/2004
Member of academic staff at the University of Göttingen, Germany, Chair for Social and Communication Psychology (Professor Margarete Boos, University of Göttingen)
10/2002
Awarded Diploma in Psychology at the University of Göttingen
10/1997–10/2002
Degree for Diploma in Psychology at the University of Göttingen.
Main specialism: Occupational, industrial, and organisational psychology