Department of Psychology – Applied Psychology: Life-Management

 

Staff members of the Chair of Applied Psychology: Life-Management


Head

Alexandra M. Freund, Prof. Dr.

A. M. Freund
Professor
freund@psychologie.uzh.ch
Homepage
Phone +41 44 635 72 00
Fax +41 44 635 72 09
Room BIN 3.A.05
  • Processes of developmental regulation; successful development
  • Motivation across the life span
  • Development of self-related cognitions and emotions across the life span
  • Lifelong Learning


Administrative support


Tamara Herz, Dipl.-Psych.*

T. Herz
Administration
life-management@psychologie.uzh.ch
Phone +41 44 635 72 01
Fax +41 44 635 72 09
Room BIN 3.A.04


Senior researcher


Jana Nikitin, Dr. phil.

J. Nikitin
Senior teaching and research assistant
nikitin@psychologie.uzh.ch
Homepage
Phone +41 44 635 72 02
Fax +41 44 635 72 09
Room BIN 3.A.22
  • Social motivation
  • Motivational processes in transitions
  • Approach and avoidance motivation


PostDocs


Michaela Knecht, Dr. sc. ETH

Michaela Knecht
Postdoctoral researcher
m.knecht@psychologie.uzh.ch
Homepage
Phone +41 44 635 72 05
Fax +41 44 635 72 09
Room BIN 3.A.12
  • Life-domain balance
  • Work-life conflict and health
  • Managing multipe roles

Martin Tomasik, Dr. phil.

Martin Tomasik
Postdoctoral researcher
tomasik@psychologie.uzh.ch
Homepage
Phone +41 44 635 72 07
Fax +41 44 635 72 09
Room BIN 3.A.08
  • Age differences in goal engagement and disengagement
  • Biopsychosocial contexts of goal enagagement and disengagement
  • Social, motivational and emotional aspects of life-span developmental psychology
  • Globalisation and social change

David Weiss, Dr. phil.

David Weiss
Postdoctoral researcher
d.weiss@psychologie.uzh.ch
Homepage
Phone +41 44 635 72 04
Fax +41 44 635 72 09
Room BIN 3.A.07
  • Self and identity
  • Motivation across the life span
  • Developmental regulation and social categorization


Doctoral students


Miriam K. Depping, Dipl.-Psych.*

M. Depping
Assistant
m.depping@psychologie.uzh.ch
Homepage
Phone +41 44 635 71 88
Fax +41 44 635 72 09
Room BIN 3.A.03

Kathrin Krause, Dipl.-Psych.*

K. Krause
Assistant
k.krause@psychologie.uzh.ch
Homepage
Phone +41 44 635 72 06
Fax +41 44 635 72 09
Room BIN 3.A.13
  • Procrastination
  • Goal focus
  • Motivation and self-regulation across the lifespan
  • E-Learning and life-long learning

Josua Schmeitzky, MSc

J. Schmeitzky
Doctoral student
j.schmeitzky@psychologie.uzh.ch
Homepage
Phone +41 44 635 72 25
Fax +41 44 635 72 09
Room BIN 3.A.03
  • Goal disengagement
  • Goal focus
  • Motivation across lifespan

Simone Schoch lic. phil.*

S.Schoch
Doctoral student
s.schoch@psychologie.uzh.ch
Homepage
Phone +41 44 635 71 90
Fax +41 44 635 72 09
Room BIN 3.A.03
  • Motivation across the lifespan
  • Approach and avoidance motivation
  • Social motivation


Technical support


Thomas Blumer, lic. phil.*

Thomas Blumer
IT administrator
it.ang@psychologie.uzh.ch
Phone +41 44 635 71 97
Fax +41 44 635 72 09
Room BIN 3.A.04
  • IT administration
  • IT support
  • webmaster

Martin Pletscher, lic. phil.*

M. Pletscher
Research coordinator
m.pletscher@psychologie.uzh.ch
Phone +41 44 635 71 85
Fax +41 44 635 72 09
Room BIN 3.A.01

Enrique Wintsch, lic. phil.*

E. Wintsch
Psycho-technical assistant
enrique.wintsch@psychologie.uzh.ch
Phone +41 44 635 71 66
Fax +41 44 635 72 09
Room BIN 3.A.25


Associate Professors


M. Riediger
Michaela Riediger, PD Dr.
Leader of the Max Planck Research Group "Affect Across the Lifespan"
Max Planck Institute for Human Development
Lentzeallee 94
D-14195 Berlin
Germany
riediger@mpib-berlin.mpg.de
Homepage
Phone +49 30 824 06 411

  • Emotional development form adolescence to old age
  • Age differences in emotional abilities
  • Motivational conflicts across the lifespan


Former members


B. Demiray
Burcu Demiray Batur, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral researcher
b.demiray@psychologie.uzh.ch
  • Goal orientation and goal focus across the adult life span
  • Autobiographical memory across the adult life span
  • Self development and well-being
M. Dobricki
Martin Dobricki, Dr. phil.
Scientist
"Human Perception, Cognition and Action" Department at the Max-Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics
martin.dobricki@tuebingen.mpg.de
Homepage
  • Project «From School to University: Life Plans and Explicit/Implicit Gender Role Attitudes»
R. Gasser
Regula Gasser, Dr. phil.
Research coordinator


Marie Hennecke
Marie Hennecke, Dr. phil.
now postdoctoral researcher at University of Virginia
marie.hennecke@gmail.com
  • Motivation and self-regulation across the lifespan
  • Process and outcome focus
  • Affective influences on self-regulation
S. Kourilova
Sylvie Kourilova, MA
Scholarship holder
Academy of Sciences of the Czch Republic, Brno Masaryk University, Faculty of Social Studies, Brno, Czech Republic
homepage
  • Memory Bias for Age-related Information
  • Language effects in Intergroup Context
  • Social Representations of Nationality
Roberto La Marca
Roberto La Marca, Dr. phil.
Assistant
r.lamarca@psychologie.uzh.ch
  • JACOBS-Project «Goal Focus and Weight Loss»
  • IMOTE-Project «Internetbasierte Motivationsförderung und Ernährungstraining bei Jugendlichen»
L. Miesler
Linda Miesler, Dipl.-Psych.*
Research assistant
Center for Business Metrics, University St. Gallen, Switzerland
Homepage
  • E-Learning
M.Mustafic
Maida Mustafic, Dr. phil.
Postdoctoral researcher at University of Trier
mustafic@uni-trier.de
Homepage
  • Motivation across the lifespan
  • Goal-related information processing
  • Process and outcome focus
J. O. Ritter
Johannes O. Ritter, Dr. phil.
Universität Ehrfurt
johannes.ritter@uni-erfurt.de
Homepage
  • Meaninig of value orientations for the development
  • Restriction in choice
  • Social-cognitive processes of development regulation
C. Röcke
Christina Röcke, Dr. phil.
Postdoctoral researcher
c.roecke@psychologie.uzh.ch
  • Emotion and motivation across the lifespan
  • Adaptive role of goal focus
  • Intraindividual variability
  • Interplay of emotion and cognition
C. Seiger
Christine P. Seiger, Dr. phil.
Research assistant in organisazional assessment and training
christine.seiger@zhaw.ch
Homepage
  • Interplay of work and family
  • Life transitions in adulthood
  • Social support
C. Senko
Corwin Senko, Dr. phil.
Assistant professor
SUNY New Paltz
senkoc@lan.newpaltz.edu
  • Achievement motivation and goal-setting processes
  • Intrinsic motivation
  • Students' learning strategies
S. Walter
Stefan Walter, lic. phil.*
Research Assistant
stefan.walter@psychologie.uzh.ch
  • Project «Loss avoidance and aging: Age-related differences in attending to positive and negative information relevant to a decision»
B. S. Wiese
Bettina S. Wiese, Prof. Dr.
Professor
RWTH Aachen University
wiese@psych.rwth-aachen.de
Homepage
  • Career development and career transitions
  • Interplay of work and family
  • Self-regulation and action regulation across the life-span
Jochen P. Ziegelmann
Jochen P. Ziegelmann, Dr. phil.
Freie Universität Berlin
jochen.ziegelmann@fu-berlin.de
Homepage
  • Guest until December 2009

* equivalent to M.A. or M.Sc.