On the 23rd of April 2024 Kim Nørgaard Helmersen is partaking in a colloquium at the Royal Danish Academy in the event of the release of the magazine “Magasin for Bygningskunst og Kultur”, published by the Institute of Architecture and Culture at the Royal Danish Academy. The theme of the edition of the magazine is “Stop Building?”.
Presentation at ESSEC Business School
Federico Magni has been invited to present his work “Threatened by AI? The Chain Effect of AI as Producer on Creativity Evaluations and Willingness to Pay” at ESSEC Business School to their Experimental and Behavioral Workshop series on Wednesday 24th April, 2024.
The article "Why should I care?" Understanding technology developers' design mindsets in relation to prospective work design" by Aniko Kahlert and Gudela Grote has been published in the European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology.
In The Washington Post's sports column, the author SallyJenkins writes about the troubles of the Washington football (American) team, and quotes Gudela Grote's article “Managing Uncertainty in Work Organizations”.
Brown bag seminar by Dr. Heather Yang
Dr. Heather Yang's (Università Bocconi) seminar on “Who resists algorithmic advice? Cognitive style correlates with algorithmic aversion” is taking place on Friday 24th November at 12.00 in room WEV H326. Please contact Federico Magni (fmagni@ethz.ch) for registering.
In today's fast-paced world of work, uncertainty is a constant companion. From technological advancements to changing market dynamics, it is something we all face daily. Rather than fearing uncertainty, what if we could harness its potential?
The chair received funding by the Mobility Initiative for the research project “Designing explainable ML-based systems for collaborative work in the railways” in collaboration with Siemens Mobility and the Swiss National Railways, and doctoral student Lena Schneider working on it. It started in Sepember 2022 and runs for 36 months. For this project we are hiriing a Postdoctoral Researcher. See add here:
The chair of Work and Organizational Psychology invites to a summer school on uncertainty at work in Ascona, Switzerland, from June 18 to 23, 2023. Deadline for a delaration of interest is November 1st, 2022, and should be sent to uncertaintysummerschool@ethz.ch. Link to conference page:
The chair has received a new SNF grant for the project "When more uncertainty is better: Interventions for promoting effective uncertainty regulation at work" starting April 1, 2022 and running for 48 months. For this project we are hiring a doctoral student - please follow the link to get to the add and application form.
Key results on our longitudinal study on remote working and virtual collaboration during the COVID-19 related lockdown in Spring 2020 are featured in the ETH Zurich Annual Report 2020 (pages 46-47). For further information and upcoming scientific publications on the topic, please contact Prof. Dr. Gudela Grote (ggrote@ethz.ch) or Dr. Sc. Nadine Bienefeld (nbienefeld@ethz.ch)
