Author: Raphael Weibel

Publication in the Journal of Biomedical Informatics

What does the way you move your computer mouse say about your stress levels? Find out in our recent publication in the Journal of Biomedical Informatics: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbi.2023.104299 This work is co-authored by our Lab’s Mara Nägelin, Raphael Weibel, Jasmine Kerr and Andrea Ferrario, together with Florian Wangenheim, Victor Schinazi, Christoph Hölscher and Roberto La Marca.

Open position: Scientific Director

Curious how new technologies can improve human-computer interactions and bring value to society? Shape our Lab’s future research as designated Scientific Director. Find more information here

Publication at CSCW 22

New publication – The manuscript “‘Is It My Turn?’ Assessing Teamwork and Taskwork in Collaborative Immersive Analytics” by Michaela Benk, Raphael Weibel, Stefan Feuerriegel and Andrea Ferrario has been accepted at CSCW 22. Read it here: https://arxiv.org/abs/2208.04764

Corona as a catalyst but not cause

What are the underlying drivers for the increasing mental health challenges among youths? Read about why Corona is a catalyst but not cause in today‘s NZZ article by Erika Meins and Florian von Wangenheim (to the link or download).

Back to the Office?

An interview by the Austrian public radio Ö1 with Erika Meins about why a change of location is good for our performance and well-being. Listen to the interview here:

The dark side of remote working

Why returning to the office is good for our performance as well as our well-being. Jasmine Kerr and Erika Meins explain the science behind it. Read the article in the NZZ (in German) or the reprint in ETH’s Zukunftsblog (in English).

Trust in AI as the Key

An interview with Erika Meins on the relevance of trust for AI in Apropos, Mobiliar’s employee magazine, 1/2021.

Work interruptions lead to biological stress

Our latest publication highlighting the effects of two major work stressors, social stress and work interruption, was covered in today’s ETH News. Results suggest that while work interruptions increase the biological stress responses to social stress, they do not increase the psychological stress responses. Additionally, work interruptions made participants appraise the social stress as less…
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Publication in Psychoneuroendocrinology

The manuscript “The effects of acute work stress and appraisal on psychobiological stress responses in a group office environment” by the Jasmine Kerr, Mara Nägelin, Raphael Weibel and Andrea Ferrario (Mobiliar Lab for Analytics at ETH and Chair of Technology Marketing, ETH), has been accepted for publication in Psychoneuroendocrinology. The lab team collaborated with co-authors…
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When and Where Does Crime Arise in Cities?

Cristina Kadar’s (former PhD-Student of the Mobiliar Lab for Analytics) work was recently featured in ETH News. In collaboration with researchers from NYU and the University of Cambridge she investigated the use of mobility data to predict crime in cities. https://ethz.ch/en/news-and-events/eth-news/news/2020/07/Uncovering-crime-patterns-using-location-data.html