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Education
- economics and sociology, in Berlin
- psychology, in Berlin, Wien, Hamburg, Darmstadt
- mathematics, in Darmstadt
Degrees
- Vor-Diplom in psychology (B.A. equivalent) at Hamburg (1966)
- Diplom in psychology (M.A. equivalent) at Darmstadt (1968)
- Dissertation Dr.phil. (Ph.D. equivalent) at Darmstadt (1974)
- Habilitation for psychology at Darmstadt (1980)
Career
- Research assisstant, Technische Universität Darmstadt (1968-69)
- Assisstant, Technische Universität Darmstadt (1970-78)
- Professor, Institute of Psychology, Technische Universität Berlin (1979-2010)
Memberships
- Society for Judgment and Decision Making
- European Association for Decision Making
- Advisory Board on Consumer Protection at the SCHUFA Holding AG.
- Zentrum für Interdisziplinäre Risiko- und Innovationsforschung der Universität Stuttgart.
- Universität Stuttgart: Master Online Integrierte Gerontologie.
Selected Research Contracts
- Dept. for Youth, Family, and Health, Federal Government:
Developing and testing a model for pregnancy counseling. - Dept. for Research and Technology, Federal Government: The use of scenarios in technology assessment.
- Research Center Jülich: Variants of private information and communication technology equipment in the future.
- German Research Society (DFG): Cognitive representations of decision problems and subsequent actions.
- German Research Society (DFG): Expectations and explanations.
- German Research Society (DFG): Interactive computer programs for decision support.
- Research Center Jülich (KFA): Need for information and risk aversion.
- European Community: European comparison of the credibility of risk communicators in the chemical industry.
- Academy for Technology Assessment (Akademie für Technikfolgenabschätzung), Stuttgart: Development of a computer program for the interactive assessment and validation of value trees: WinGHOST. With Prof. Dr. Klaus-Peter Timpe.
- German Research Society (DFG): The perception of environmental problems and the evaluation of strategies for preventive measures. With Dr. Peter M. Wiedemann, Research Center Jülich (KFA).
- Berliner Verkehrs-Gesellschaft (BVG): Prevention of suicide in the subway. With Dr.-Ing. Arne Kühnel.
- German Research Society (DFG): The effect of automatization on the mental representation of air traffic in air traffic controllers. With Prof. Dr. Klaus Eyferth.
- German Research Society (DFG): The perception and evaluation of global strategies for dealing with environmental problems - taking biotechnology as an example.
- Academy for Technology Assessment (Akademie für Technikfolgenabschätzung), Stuttgart: The relation between knowledge and values in judgments about biotechnology.
- German Research Society (DFG): Human machine interaction in co-operative systems of flight guidance and air traffic control. German Research Society.
- DaimlerChrysler Aerospace Airbus GmbH, Hamburg: Psychological factors in emergency evacuation of double deck aircraft.
Selected Research Consultancies
- Bundesanstalt für Arbeit, Nürnberg (Federal Agency for Labour)
- Bundesministerium für Post und Verkehr, Bonn (Dept. for Mail and Traffic, Federal Government)
- Forschungszentrum Jülich (KFA), Jülich (Research Centre Jülich)
- Schweizer Nationalfonds (NSF), Bern (Swiss National Science Foundation)
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), Bonn (German Research Society)
- Israel Science Foundation
- National Science Foundation (NSF), Washington, D.C.
Research and Teaching Invitations
- Central Staff Training and Research Institute, Howrah/Calcutta
- Department of Psychology, Univ. of Washington, Seattle / WA
- Decision Research, Eugene / OR
- Institute for Systems and Safety Management, USC, Los Angeles / CA
- Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, Paris
- Centre de Recherche en Psychologie Cognitive, Aix-en-Provence
- Academy of Sciences, Beijing
- Free University of Amsterdam
- School of Behavioral Science, University of Melbourne, Melbourne / Australia
- Dept. of Quantitative Economics, University of Fribourg (Switzerland), guest professor
Other Professional Activities
- Member of the Special Research Unit 24 of the German Research Society "Social and Economical Psychological Decision Research", at the University of Mannheim (1980-1983).
- Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board for the research project "The social compatability of energy supply systems", at the Research Center Jülich (1982-1984).
- Member of the Committee "Energy and the Public" of the 13th World Energy Conference.
- Member of the ERASMUS network of the European Community on "Applied Decision Making" (1990-1996)
- Member of the Organizing Committee of the "1995 Annual Meeting of the Society for Risk Analysis (Europe)", in Stuttgart.
- Member of the Zentrum für Mensch-Maschine Systeme (Center for Man-Machine Systems) at the Technical University of Berlin.
- Chairman of the Department of Psychology, Technical University of Berlin (1982-1983)
- Deputy Dean of the School for Planning and Social Science, Technical University of Berlin (1991-1993)
- Member of the Kommission für Forschung und Wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchs (FNK) at the Technical University Berlin (1995-1999)
- President of the European Association for Decision Making (EADM). 1995-1997.
- Member of the Technical Programme Committee for the ESREL 2000, SARS and SRA-Europe International Conference on "Foresight and Precaution", Edinburgh, May 2000.
- Chairman of the Department of Psychology and Ergonomics, Technical University of Berlin (2002-2007)
- Member of the Committee for Live Organ Transplantation, Berlin/Brandenburg (1999-2010)
- Member of the Organizing Committee of the International Congress of Psychology, Berlin, 2008
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