Prof. Dr. Tobias Schröder

Tobias Schröder is the President's representative and Vice President for Studies and Teaching at the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam as well as acting Vice President for Research and Transfer. He studied psychology and economics in Gießen, Berlin and Hagen. He is also a research professor at the Potsdam University of Applied Sciences.

Academic and professional career

• Since 2014, research professor (W2) at the Potsdam University of Applied Sciences, research/teaching on social and cognitive science aspects of sustainable urban development, establishment of an interdisciplinary research institute and a master's degree programme on the topic of "Urban Future"; since 2015, member and since 2017, deputy chair of the Academic Senate; since 2016, trusted lecturer of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation.
• 2010 - 2014 Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, Cognitive Science Program (with Prof. Dr. Paul Thagard); Affiliate Researcher at the Waterloo Institute for Complexity and Innovation and member of the Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy
• 2010 - 2013 Member of the Cluster of Excellence "Languages of Emotion" at the Freie Universität Berlin
• 2008 - 2010 Research associate at Freie Universität Berlin, Department of Futures and Educational Research (Institut Futur); Head of the BMBF project "Integrated Transfer Strategy for Sustainable Development
• 2005 - 2008 Doctoral student at the Chair of Organisational and Social Psychology, Humboldt University Berlin (with Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Scholl); cooperation with Prof. Dr. David R. Heise, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA; 2009 doctorate in Dr. rer. nat.

Academic training

• 1999 - 2005 Studies in psychology and economics in Gießen, Berlin and Hagen (focus: Organisational and social psychology, environmental psychology and economics); graduated with a degree in psychology from the Humboldt University in Berlin.
• 1998 A-levels at the Gymnasium Nordenham

Professional experience outside academia

• 1999 - 2010 Staff member of a member of the German Bundestag (part-time job with varying hours and interruptions)
• 2005 - 2010 Self-employed consultant, partly in cooperation with the business psychology consultancy PfO Partnerschaft
• 2003 - 2004 Volkswagen de México: 6-month internship in management development and leadership training
• 1998 - 1999 Civilian service (Städt. Clinics Oldenburg (Oldb.))