Psychology of Digitalisation

Welcome to the website of the Psychology of Digitalisation division at University of Bern!

Our research and teaching is focused on three major topics:

Meta-science and behavior research methods, particularly the role of standardisation in psychological research, as well as peer review and scientific quality management
Usable security and privacy, particularly learning and problem solving in hackers, as well as data privacy in digital life
Media use and media effects, particularly effects of computer and video games

News

Publications

New preprint

Alsalti, T., Hussey, I., Elson, M., & Arslan, R. C. (2025, March 31). A case study on norming an intelligence test using Regularised Prediction and Poststratification from a Total Survey Error perspective. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/wnbes_v1

Publications

New paper in Media Psychology

Borgert, N., Hussey, I., Jansen, L., & Elson, M. (2025). Do I Value My Private Data? Exploring Model-Driven Predictions on the Willingness to Use Smart Home Devices. Media Psychology, 1–29. https://doi.org/10.1080/15213269.2025.2463392

Publications

New paper in Nature Human Behaviour

Anvari, F., Alsalti, T., Oehler, L.A. et al. Defragmenting psychology. Nat Hum Behav (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-025-02138-0

Publications

Newly accepted at Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychology

Hussey, I. (2024, August 6). Verification Report: A critical reanalysis of Vahey et al. (2015) “A meta-analysis of criterion effects for the Implicit Relational Assessment Procedure (IRAP) in the clinical domain”. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/xpukj

Contact

University of Bern
Psychologie der Digitalisierung

Fabrikstrasse 8
3012 Bern