Teaching and Research Area “Occupational Health Psychology”

Aim

Occupational Health Psychology (OHP) is an interdisciplinary field of research that deals with the prevention of work-related stress and work-related illnesses. With its primarily applied research, OHP aims to improve the quality of working life and to protect and promote the safety, health and well-being of employees.

The focus of occupational health psychology is on the primary prevention of organisational risk factors, which are held responsible for the development of work-related stress, as well as illnesses or accidents at the workplace. Intervention measures for the health protection of the employees start in the working environment (structural prevention), in order to minimize the risk exposure. Interventions to promote the health of employees focus on the individual (behavioural prevention), in order to strengthen personal resources and to be able to cope with potential risks better.

Research Topics

  • Research on the relationship between and impact from (mental) demands and strain
  • Development and application of instruments for psychosocial risk assessment
  • Development and evaluation of health promotion and preventive measures

Team

Lead

Univ.-Prof. Dr. rer. soc. Jessica Lang

Staff

  • Samreen Ahmad, student assistant
  • Inga Arbatauskyte, M.Sc., PhD candidate, research assistant
  • Lisa Auweiler, PhD candidate
  • Emelie Baumann, MD candidate
  • Karen Elsner, MD candidate
  • Dipl.-Ing. Ellen Fraune, research assistant
  • Lisa Gerdes, M.Sc., PhD candidate, research assistant
  • Fionula Herbst, MD candidate
  • Silvia Hirthammer, secretary
  • Annika Honings, B.Sc., Project Assistant
  • Ayca Kaptan, PhD candidate
  • Isa Lauber, student assitant
  • Sven Lünzer, PhD candidate
  • Lara Widua Oebel, M.Sc., PhD candidate
  • Dr. rer. medic. Roman Pauli, Post-Doc, reserach assistant
  • Dipl.-Psych. Sven Schuchhardt, PhD candidate
  • Fabio Schwantner, B.A. B.Sc., student assistant
  • Naseeha Siddiqui, student assistant
  • Dipl.-Psych. Lutz Volmer, PhD candidate

Further Links to our research

Leitung

Univ.-Prof. Dr. rer. soc. Jessica Lang

Mitarbeitende 

  • Samreen Ahmad, studentische Hilfskraft
  • Inga Arbatauskyte, M.Sc., Doktorandin, wissenschaftl. Mitarbeiterin
  • Lisa Auweiler, Doktorandin
  • Emelie Baumann, Doktorandin
  • Karen Elsner, Doktorandin
  • Dipl.-Ing. Ellen Fraune, Wissenschaftl. Mitarbeiterin
  • Lisa Gerdes, M.Sc., Doktorandin, wissenschaftl. Mitarbeiterin
  • Fionula Herbst, Doktorandin
  • Silvia Hirthammer, Sekretariat
  • Annika Honings, B.Sc., Projektassistentin
  • Ayca Kaptan, Doktorandin
  • Isa Lauber, studentische Hilfskraft
  • Sven Lünzer, Doktorand
  • Lara Widua Oebel, M.Sc., Doktorandin
  • Dr. rer. medic. Roman Pauli, Postdoc, wissenschaftl. Mitarbeiter
  • Dipl.-Psych. Sven Schuchhardt, Doktorand
  • Fabio Schwantner, B.A., B.Sc., studentische Hilfskraft
  • Naseeha Siddiqui, studentische Hilfskraft
  • Dipl.-Psych. Lutz Volmer, Doktorand

Weiterführende Links aus unserer Forschung