Tanja Manser


Fonction: Förderprofessorin
Bureau: C-4.114
Téléphone: ++41 26 300 74 83
Courriel: tanja.manser

 

Research interests

  • Coordination and Teamwork
  • Management of Complexity / Uncertainty
  • Macroergonomics / Socio-technical Systems Design
  • Task Analysis / Work Analysis Methodology
  • Safety Climate in Hospitals
  • Work and Safety in Complex Systems

Education

 
2008                               
 Habilitation in Psychology with a special focus on Work and Organizational Psychology, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
2002  Ph.D. in Psychology, University Zurich, Switzerland
1998  Diploma in Psychology, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Germany
 

Employment history

 
since 12/2010: SNSF Professor, Industrial Psychology and Human Factors, Department of Psychology, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
2009-2010: Senior Research Fellow - Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship, Industrial Psychology Research Centre (Prof. Rhona Flin), School of Psychology, University of Aberdeen, UK
2005-2009: Senior Research Associate and Director of the „Human Performance and Safety in Complex Systems"-Unit, Center for Organizational and Occupational Sciences (Prof. Dr. Theo Wehner), ETH Zurich, Switzerland
2003-2005: Post-doctoral Fellow, Department of Anesthesia, School of Medicine, Stanford University, and at the Patient Simulation Center of Innovation, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, (Prof. David, M. Gaba, M.D.), Palo Alto, USA
1998-2003: Research Associate, Institute of Work Psychology (Prof. Dr. Theo Wehner), ETH Zurich, Switzerland
 

Administrative Services

Services for the Government

2008-present                      
Committee Member Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Commission, Swiss Federal Office of Energy 
2009-present Chair of the joint Task Force on "Safety Climate Assessment in Nuclear Industry" of the Federal Nuclear Power Safety Inspectorate and the Swiss Federal Nuclear Safety Commission

 

Services for Journals

Editorial Board Member "Simulation in Healthcare" since 2005

Ad-hoc reviewer for the following journals:
Acta Anesthesiologica Scandinavica; American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology; Behavior, Research Methods, Instruments & Computers; Cognition, Technology, and Work; Ergonomics; European Journal of Psychology of Education; European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology; Human Factors; Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making; Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied; Journal of the American College of Surgeons; Organization Studies; Quality and Safety in Healthcare; Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine; Simulation in Healthcare; Zeitschrift für Arbeitswissenschaft

 

Services for Professional Organizations

2011 President, Swiss Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SGAOP)

2006-present

Executive Committee Member of the Swiss Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SGAOP)
2007-2008 Committee Member "Research and Development", Society for Simulation in Healthcare
2008-present Human Factors expert on the PaSOS incident analysis team (www.pasos-ains.de), German Society of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
2008-present Member of the Sub-Committee "Patient Safety", European Society of Anaesthesiology
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