curriculum vitae

Education - degrees
2015 - 2021 Ph.D, Psychology, University Bern, supervised by Prof. Fred W. Mast, Submission of the Thesis: January 2021, Defense March 2021
2011 - 2014 M.Sc. in Psychology, University Bern, main focus Cognitive Psychology, Perception and Methodology
2011 Internship in a neurological rehabilitation clinic, München, Germany (August - September)
2011 Internship in a day care center for cognitively impaired children, St.Petersburg, Russia (March - June)
2007 - 2010 B.Sc in Psychology, University Bern

Education - further courses
2025 Parameterising Agent-Based Models with Empirical Data - A  workshop for empirical integration, organized by the Caterfly - Network - one-day workshop
2025 Adding Agent-Based Modelling to Your Methodological Toolbox, organized by the Caterfly - Network - half-day workshop
2024 On the Context-Sensitive Selection and Adaptation of Formats in Transdisciplinary Research - Towards an International Perspective - half-day online workhop
2024 Data Simulation Workshop with Lisa Debruine - two day workshop
2024 Decoloninzation in Contemporary Science and Research: Unveiling Histories, Challanging Practices - three-day workshop
2024 7th International Research Workshop on Archetype Analysis in Sustainability Research - two-day conference
2024 Data Simulation Workshop with Lisa Debruine - two day workshop
2024 Decoloninzation in Contemporary Science and Research: Unveiling Histories, Challanging Practices - three-day workshop
2024 7th International Research Workshop on Archetype Analysis in Sustainability Research - two-day conference
2023 CAS didactics of higher education: planning, administring and evaluating exams - three-day workshop
2023 CAS didactics of higher education: planning, administring and evaluating exams - three-day workshop
2022 Interdisciplinary lecture series "Economic growth, growth criticism and (post-)growth society from the 19th century to the present", University of Bern
2022 Interdisciplinary lecture series "Economic growth, growth criticism and (post-)growth society from the 19th century to the present", University of Bern
2022 Interdisciplinary conference series "Is a socio-ecological market economy enough? Possibilities and limits of sufficiency policy", Institute for Interdisciplinary Research
2022 First annual Global Scientifc Conference on Human Flurishing
2021 Computational Psychiatry Corse, Tutorials in active inference and metacognition
2021 IPU Workshop “Understanding and supporting ecofriendly actions and sustainable lifestyles”
2020 Machine Learning Seminar with Prof. Felix Wichmann
2019 Communication Skills for Scientists - Story Telling and Distilling, (Post)Doc Program Transferable Skills, University of Bern
2018 Scientific writing course, University of Bern by Dr. Tal
2017 Bayesian multi-level models with R and brms, by Dr. Paul Bürkner
2016 Bayesian data analysis, by Prof. John Krushke
2015 Bayesian statistics with JASP, by Eric-Jan Wagenmakers

Employment
since 2023 Module leader „Personal development and complementary studies“, Mono Master in Sustainability Transformations, Centre for Development and Environment
since 2023 Postdoc in the COMMONPATHS project, Centre for Development and Environment
2015-2023 Assistant at the Institute of Psychology in Bern, Department of Cognitive Psychology, Perception and Methodology, supervised by Prof. Fred Mast
Coordination, programming and realisation of experiments, data analysis, supervision of students in different projects (Bachelor, Master, Forschungsatelier, Experimental practice)
2014 - 2018 Assistant at the Swiss Distance University, module for (visual) perception, Module direction: Dr. Marina Groner, Dr. Janek Lobmaier and Dr. Matthias Hartmann
Lecture administration and communication with students, preparation and evaluation of weekly exams for 40-60 students, occasionally delivering part of the lectures
2015 - 2017 Tutor for „Exercise Course Statistics“ II and III at the Institute of Psychology in Bern, supervised by Dr. Boris Mayer
Teaching groups of around 40 students as part of the introductory statistics courses/lectures
2011 - 2013 Research assistant at the Institute of Psychology in Bern, Department of Cognitive Psychology, Perception and Methodology, supervised by Dr. Corinna Martarelli
Preparation of experimental stimuli, acquisition of  (child) participants, and realisation of experiments

Teaching
University of Bern „IntroductionR“, course in the Master in Sustainability Transformations, CDE, 2024
„Communication about Climate Change - big and small“, course in the Master in Sustainability Transformations, CDE, 2024, together with Paul Goodenough and Mrs. Frollein
„Environmental Psychology: Understanding Human - Nature Interactions“ as part of lecture series „Polycrisis in the anthropocene: Barriers and leverage points for global sustainability“, course in the Master in Sustainability Transformations, CDE, 2024, 2025
„Human cognitive makeup: getting to know our software for global problemsolving“, course in the Master in Sustainability Transformations, CDE, 2024
„Evidence-based career development“, course in the Master in Sustainability Transformations, CDE, 2024
“How can I argue for a sustainable future?”, workshop, ESD network, 2023
“Understanding and communicating data”, self-developed Proseminar, 2023
“Psychology and sustainability: What do we need to act?”, self-developed proseminar, funded by the ESD network of the University of Bern, Syllabus at: https://osf.io/78ct6/, 2022, 2023
„Exercise Course Statistics II and III”, weekly practice sessions accompanying the mandatory statistical classes for Psychology, Bachelor and Master level
“Scientific Work” (Bachelor) Tutorial
Supervision of Bachelor- and Master students
Swiss Distance University Supervision of Bachelor students in the module for perception
Preparation and evaluation of weekly exams, preparation and support for lectures

Grants
Doctoral students workshop Fund for organizing a workshop on Bayesian multi-level models with Dr. Paul Bürkner. Awarded in 2017, sum: 4550 CHF
Fund for participation compensation Funding for PhD candidates to recompensate participants of experiments. Awarded in 2022, sum: 2080 CHF
COMET Career Programme Funding for female researchers in successfully pursuing their academic careers: individually customized programme to enhance skills, know-how and motivation. Awarded in 2024, sum: 3500 CHF

Personal competences
Langages German (native language)
English (fluent)
Spanish (fluent) 
Italian (intermediate, lived in Rome in 2013/14)
French (intermediate)
Russian (elementary, lived in St. Petersburg in 2011)
Digital skills  Advanced (bayesian) statistical analysis and data visualisation in R
R Markdown / Quarto
Programming of experiments in MATLAB, Python and PsychoPy
Git
Moodle
Excel, Word, Powerpoint

Outreach activities