Ambassadors

Speaker

Dr. Christina Bauer

 

Mail: christina.bauer@univie.ac.at

 

I am working as a post-doc researcher at the Department of Occupational, Economic and Social Psychology. I investigate how identity-based processes put stigmatized individuals at a disadvantage and how psychologically wise interventions can help those individuals succeed. 

I joined to the ECR Working Group in 2021.

Responsible for: speaker, communication with the deanery of the Faculty.

Department of Occupational, Economic and Social Psychology

Teresa Koch

 

  

 

 

Mail: teresa.koch@univie.ac.at

 

I am working as a predoc researcher at the Department of Occupational, Economic and Social Psychology. I focus on children’s and adolescents’ digital maturity and how a beneficial use of digital technologies can be encouraged. My research is part of the EU Horizon 2020 project DIGYMATEX.

I joined the ECR Working Group in 2022.

Responsible for: Workshops and Development

 

Department of Cognition, Emotion, and Methods in Psychology

 

Burcu Bayram  

 

 


Mail: burcu.bayram@univie.ac.at

I am currently working as a PhD student at the deparment of Cognition, Emotion, and Methods in Psychology. In my research, I focus on how auditory spatial and temporal predictions are represented in the brain.

I joined to the ECR Working Group in 2022.

Responsible for: webpage management, newsletter

Nina Vapoutic

 

 


Mail: nina.vapoutic@univie.ac.at 

I am a postdoctoral researcher in the Environmental Psychology group within the department of Cognition, Emotion, and Methods in Psychology. My interest lies in how people cope with scientific knowledge in their everyday lives, and more specifically I am involved in two research projects: in the first one, I am investigating risk perception of 5G technologies in experts and general public, and in the second one, I am investigating public perception and policy support regarding marine pollution.

I joined to the ECR Working Group in 2022.

Responsible for: mental health among ECRs, writing retreat

 

Boryana Todorova 

 

 

 

 

 

Mail: boryana.todorova@univie.ac.at

I am currently a PhD student at the Department of Cognition, Emotion, and Methods in Psychology, working for the Social, Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience Unit. The focus of my research is decision-making in regard to sustainability & climate change and its underlying neural processes.

I joined to the ECR Working Group in 2021.

Responsible for: external communication

 

 

Leonie Fian

 

 

 

 

Mail: leonie.fian@univie.ac.at

I am currently working as a PhD student in the Environmental Psychology research group at the Department of Cognition, Emotion, and Methods in Psychology. My research focuses on exploring how microplastics in food and drinking water are perceived by different stakeholder groups and how this is related to acceptance of policies aiming to tackle plastic pollution.

I joined the ECR Working Group in 2022.

Responsible for: Mental health among ECRs

 

Department of Clinical and Health Psychology

Melanie Michna

 

 

 

Mail: melanie.michna@univie.ac.at

I am working as a PhD student at the Department of Clinical and Health Psychology (Clinical Social Neuroscience Unit). My research is about sexual objectification of men and women, its proximate cognitive and neural mechanisms, empathy and (pro)social behaviour.  

I joined to the ECR Working Group in 2020.

Responsible for: workshops, poster session

Stefanie Hirsch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mail: s.hirsch@univie.ac.at

I am working as a predoc at the Department of Clinical and Health Psychology in the Outpatient Unit for Research, Teaching and Praxis. In my research I focus on the negative impact of ethnic discrimination on psychobiological processes. Additionally, I am investigating the potential of an intervention to empower immigrant women to cope with discriminatory events in their daily life.  

I joined to the ECR Working Group in 2021.

Responsible for: Diversity & Inclusion

Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology

Elisabeth Graf

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mail: graf.elisabeth@univie.ac.at

I am currently working as a predoc at the Department for Developmental and Educational Psychology. In my research, I focus on academic emotions, specifically on the role of discrete emotions in civic learning.

I joined to the ECR Working Group in 2020.

Responsible for: external communication, open science journal club

Fiona Rupprecht

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mail: fiona.rupprecht@univie.ac.at

I am working as a post-doc researcher at the Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology. In my research, I am focusing on how adults approach and prepare for their own aging, deal with the passage of time, the finitude of life, and ultimately, death.

I joined the ECR Working Group in 2021.

Responsible for: Workshops and Development