Vita

since october 2022 retired

    2010 and 2016: Visiting Scholar at the Evans School of Public Affairs of the University of Washington, Seattle, U.S.A.
    since 2009: University Professor for Psychological Decision Research and Methods at Leuphana University Lüneburg, Germany
    2006 - 2009: Adjunct Professor at the University of Bergen (Norway), Faculty of Psychology
    2004 - 2005: Dean of the Department of Business Psychology
    2001 - 2009: Professor of Business Psychology, first at the University of Applied Sciences North East Lower Saxony, then at the University of Lüneburg.
    2001: Senior Researcher at the Institute for Knowledge Media IWM in Tübingen, Germany.
    1997 - 2001: Employee at the Research Center Information Technology (GMD) in Darmstadt; Head of the CSCL Competence Center
    1990 - 1997: Research Assistant at the Institute of Psychology of the TU Berlin

Education and training

    1997: Habilitation (venia legendi for psychology)
    1990: Doctorate (Dr. phil.) at the TU Berlin
    1984: Diploma in Psychology, FU Berlin

Research Interests

  • Behavioral Decision Making
  • Emotion and Moral
  • Human-Computer-Interaction
  • E-Learning

Publications

Journal contributions

  1. Expected climate change consequences and their role in explaining individual risk judgments.
    Thea Gregersen (Author) , Rouven Doran (Author) , Gisela Böhm (Author) , Hans-Rüdiger Pfister (Author) , 15.02.2023 , in: PLoS ONE, 18, 2 , 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  2. Laypeople’s Affective Images of Energy Transition Pathways
    Gisela Böhm (Author) , Rouven Doran (Author) , Hans-Rüdiger Pfister (Author) , 10.10.2018 , in: Frontiers in Psychology, 9, OCT , 15 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Dispute and morality in the perception of societal risks: extending the psychometric model
    Gisela Böhm (Author) , Claudia Bassarak (Author) , Hans-Rüdiger Pfister (Author) , 04.03.2017 , in: Journal of Risk Research, 20, 3 , p. 299-325 , 27 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Positive Empathy and Prosocial Behavior: A Neglected Link
    Nils-Torge Telle (Author) , Hans-Rüdiger Pfister (Author) , 01.04.2016 , in: Emotion Review, 8, 2 , p. 154-163 , 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. The influence of time headway on subjective driver states in adaptive cruise control
    Felix Siebert (Author) , Michael Oehl (Author) , Hans-Rüdiger Pfister (Author) , 01.07.2014 , in: Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 25, A , p. 65-73 , 9 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

Contributions to collected editions/anthologies

  1. Don't be upset! Can cars regulate anger by communication?
    Sabine Wollstädter (Author) , Mark Vollrath (Author) , Hans-Rüdiger Pfister (Author) , Rainer Höger (Author) , 01.01.2012 , p. 223-234 , 12 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologiesArticle in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  2. Emotionale Zustände des Fahrers und die Auswirkungen auf das Fahrverhalten: Eine Simulatorstudie
    Berit Frehse (Author) , Ernst Roidl (Author) , Hans-Rüdiger Pfister (Author) , Rainer Höger (Author) , 01.01.2011 , p. 143 , 1 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologiesPublished abstract in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  3. E-collaborative knowledge construction in chat environments
    Michael Oehl (Author) , Hans-Rüdiger Pfister (Author) , 01.01.2010 Hershey, PA , p. 54-72 , 19 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologiesContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearch

  4. Das Emotionsspektrum von Autofahrern im Straßenverkehr
    Berit Frehse (Author) , Felix Siebert (Author) , Michael Oehl (Author) , Ernst Roidl (Author) , Janina Suhr (Author) , Hans-Rüdiger Pfister (Author) , Rainer Höger (Author) , 01.01.2010 , p. 371-372 , 2 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologiesPublished abstract in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

  5. Das Driving Emotion Wheel: Welche Emotionen hat der Autofahrer?
    Berit Frehse (Author) , Felix Siebert (Author) , Michael Oehl (Author) , Ernst Roidl (Author) , Janina Suhr (Author) , Hans-Rüdiger Pfister (Author) , Rainer Höger (Author) , 01.01.2010 , p. 279 , 1 p.

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/anthologiesPublished abstract in conference proceedingsResearchpeer-review

Activities

  1. 51. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie
    Wiebke Melcher (Speaker) , Hans-Rüdiger Pfister (Speaker)

    Activity: Conference PresentationsResearch

  2. Zeitwahrnehmung der sehr fernen Zukunft.
    Gisela Böhm (Coauthor) , Hans-Rüdiger Pfister (Speaker)

    Activity: Conference PresentationsResearch

  3. Comfortable Time Headways under Different Visibility Conditions
    Felix Siebert (presenter) , Fares Wallis (Coauthor) , Rainer Höger (Coauthor) , Hans-Rüdiger Pfister (Coauthor)

    Activity: Presentations (poster etc.)Research

  4. Bestimmung des subjektiven Risikoschwellenwertes von Time Headways mittels des Grenzverfahrens der Psychophysik
    Felix Siebert (Coauthor) , Michael Oehl (Coauthor) , Hans-Rüdiger Pfister (Coauthor)

    Activity: Presentations (poster etc.)Research

  5. Using the Method of Limits to Assess Comfortable Time Headways in Adaptive Cruise Control
    Felix Siebert (presenter) , Michael Oehl (Coauthor) , Hans-Rüdiger Pfister (Coauthor)

    Activity: Presentations (poster etc.)Research

Courses

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