The Lab is a joint initiative between ETH Zurich and Swiss Mobiliar. It is a research group associated with the Chair of Technology Marketing at ETH Zurich’s Department of Management, Technology, and Economics (MTEC) and is funded as part of Swiss Mobiliar’s corporate commitment to society.
Steering Committee
Prof. Dr. Florian von Wangenheim
ETH Zürich (ETHZ)
Patric
Deflorin
Head of Market Management, Mobiliar
PD Dr. Sebastian Tillmanns
ETH Zürich (ETHZ)
Marta Kwiatkowski
Head of Societal Engagement, Mobiliar
Prof. Dr. Elgar Fleisch
ETHZ and University of St. Gallen (Guest)
Thomas Walther
Head of Data & Analytics, Mobiliar (Guest)
Our Team
Dr. Joseph Ollier
Scientific Director
jollier@ethz.ch
Michaela Benk
PhD candidate and researcher at the Mobiliar Lab for Analytics
MA Computer Linguistics
Focus: Trust in human-machine interactions and interpretable AI
mbenk@ethz.ch
Melanie Baumgartner
PhD candidate and researcher at the Mobiliar Lab for Analytics
MSc Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience
Focus: Digital interventions for mental resilience
mbaumgart@ethz.ch
Rayna Ney
PhD candidate and researcher at the Mobiliar Lab for Analytics
MSc Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Focus: Digital interventions for mental resilience
rayney@ethz.ch
Dr. Raphaël Weibel
Researcher at the Mobiliar Lab for Analytics.
Project lead “Impact”
MSc Computer Science
Focus: VR, MR and AR research
raweibel@ethz.ch
Dr. Sybilla Merian
Associated Researcher, Chair of Marketing, University of Zurich
MSc Economics
sybilla.merian
@business.uzh.ch
Dr. Victor Schinazi
Associated researcher, Assistant Professor of Psychology at Bond University
Focus: Design and evaluation of digital stress interventions
vschinaz@bond.edu.au
Dr. Patrick Bachmann
Associated Researcher, Post-Doc at the Technology Marketing Chair,
ETH Zurich
pbachma@ethz.ch
Alumni
Dr. Andrea Ferrario, former Scientific Director (2018-2023)
Dr. Jasmine Kerr, former Researcher and PhD Candidate
Dr. Mara Nägelin, former Researcher and PhD Candidate
Dr. Gundula Heinatz Bürki, former Director
Dr. Irena Pletikosa, former Scientific Director (before 2018)
Dr. Stefan Mau, former Researcher and PhD Candidate
Dr. Daniel Mueller, former Researcher and PhD Candidate
Dr. Funk Te, former Researcher and PhD Candidate
Dr. Cristina Kadar, former Researcher and PhD Candidate
Dr. Raquel Rosés, former Researcher and PhD Candidate
Michael Schaffner, former Research Assistant
Research Network
Chair of Management Information Systems (MIS) at the ETHZ department of Management, Technology, and Economics (MTEC)
Chair of Cognitive Science (COG) at the ETHZ department of Humanities, Social and Political Sciences (GESS)
Faculty of Society & Design at the Bond University
Computational Science & Engineering Laboratory at ETHZ
School of Computing and Information Systems at the University of Melbourne
Department of Mathematics at ETHZ
Department of Mathematics at the Politecnico di Milano
Institute of Biomedical Ethics and History of Medicine (IBME) at the University of Zurich
Department of Psychology – Gerontopsychology at the University of Zurich
Chair of Clinical Psychology of Adulthood at the University of Vienna
Collegium Helveticum, a joint research initiative of University of Zurich, ETHZ and the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHDK)
Department of Neurology at the Indiana University School of Medicine
Department of Psychology at the Minnesota Epilepsy Group
Department of Psychology at the University of Arizona
Institute for Data Science at the University of Greifswald