Psychology of Digitalisation

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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 paper at CHI '23

Borgert, N., Reithmaier, O. D., Jansen, L., Hillemann, L., Hussey, I., & Elson, M. (2023). Home is where the smart is: Development and validation of the Cybersecurity Self-Efficacy in Smart Homes (CySESH) scale. CHI '23: Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (Article No. 507). https://doi.org/10.1145/3544548.3580860.

Borgert, N., Reithmaier, O. D., Jansen, L., Hillemann, L., Hussey, I., & Elson, M. (2023). Home is where the smart is: Development and validation of the Cybersecurity Self-Efficacy in Smart Homes (CySESH) scale. CHI '23: Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (Article No. 507). https://doi.org/10.1145/3544548.3580860.

Jobs

PhD position

New position as a doctoral candidate in the project „Informed self-determination in digital health apps" (with Prof. Thomas Berger) for 4 years. Deadline is March 31, 2023.

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Publications

New paper in AMPPS

Hallinan, D., Boehm, F., Külpmann, A., & Elson, M. (2023). Information Provision for Informed Consent Procedures in Psychological Research Under the General Data Protection Regulation: A Practical Guide. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.1177/25152459231151944

Hallinan, D., Boehm, F., Külpmann, A., & Elson, M. (2023). Information Provision for Informed Consent Procedures in Psychological Research Under the General Data Protection Regulation: A Practical Guide. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 6(1). https://doi.org/10.1177/25152459231151944

Publications

New preprint

Hallinan, D., Boehm, F., Külpmann, A. I., & Elson, M. (2023). (Un)informed consent in Psychological Research: An empirical study on consent in psychological research and the GDPR. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/ugxam

Hallinan, D., Boehm, F., Külpmann, A. I., & Elson, M. (2023). (Un)informed consent in Psychological Research: An empirical study on consent in psychological research and the GDPR. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/ugxam