Luke Bölling
Dad & Research Associate
University of Hagen, Psychology Judgment, Decision Making, Action
Welcome!
I am a research associate at the University of Hagen, digital transformation enthusiast and experimental psychologist with interest in programming and data science. My research focuses on how we act together in a digital world: with robots, with AI, with our virtual avatars. As a fortunate (young) father, start-up co-founder and researcher I like optimizing processes in respect to mental well-being and everyday-life-challenges - UX and Human-Centered-Design is a universal approach to every hindrance in life.
My work orientates itself around the intersecting point of psychology and information technology. Understanding Joint Action in a Digital World will be crucial for the upcoming development in e.g. AR and VR. How is interacting with the digital world comparable to interacting in the real world? Has a computer partner the same quality as an human partner. Furthermore, I am focused on using open-source-software-based solutions to tackle common problems of human-machine interactions: Getting data, understanding user behavior, and finding new technology-aided approaches to problems of today’s digital and cognitive challenges emerging from interacting without physical presence or with non-human co-actors.
Download my resumé.
- Interacting in digital contexts
- Usability and Cognition
- Software Development / Data Science
- Product Management with Data-driven User Research
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PhD student in Psychology, Joint Action in Digital Worlds, since 2021
University of Hagen
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MSc in Psychology: Cognitive Neuroscience, 2020
University of Muenster
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BSc in Psychology, 2016
University of Muenster
Skills
A brilliant solution to the wrong problem can be worse than no solution at all: solve the correct problem.
Teaching
Advisorship/Lecturer-Work in Judgment, Action and Decision-Making
| Semester | Title | Level | Type | Students | Status |
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| Summer 2022 | Joint Action with intelligent digital assistants in car cockpit | BSc | 1.Advisor - Emp. BA-Theses | 5 | upcoming |
| Summer 2022 | The influence of intentionality on Joint Action with Digital Agents | BSc | 1.Advisor - Emp. BA-Theses | 5 | upcoming |
| Summer 2022 | Programming Online-Experiments with PsychoPy | BSc | Course/ Workshop | 144 in 6 batches | upcoming |
| Summer 2022 | Joint Action in Digital Worlds | MSc | 1.Advisor - Exp. MA-Theses | 2 | WIP |
| Summer 2022 | “Digital Distractions": Cognitive effects of digital learning and working environments | BSc | 1.Advisor - Lit. BA-Theses | 4 | WIP |
| Summer 2022 | Cognitive effects of digital avatars in joint action | BSc | 1.Advisor - Lit. BA-Theses | 4 | WIP | Summer 2021 | Research Internship | BSc | Internship Advisor | 1 | finished |
| Winter 2021 | Human Factors | BSc | Course/Lecture | 48 in 2 batches | finished |
| Winter 2021 | Research Internship | BSc | Internship Advisor | 1 | finished |
| Summer 2021 | Automatically activated action tendecies by presented and anticipated sensory information in a virtual lane-assisted car driving experiment | MSc | 1.Advisor - Exp. BA-Theses | 1 | finished |
| Summer 2021 | The Social Simon Effect | BSc | 1.Advisor - Exp. BA-Theses | 10 in 2 Experiments | finished |
| Summer 2021 | Human Factors | BSc | Course/Lecture | 72 in 3 batches | finished |
Experience
Responsibilities include:
- Research Work and Online-Experiment-Advisor (PsychoPy-Pavlovia)
- Teaching Work in B.Sc. Psychology and M.Sc. Psychology
- Multiple Thesis-Advisorships per semester
- Advising Research Interns and Student Helpers
- Organisation of Digital Tools in the department
Responsibilities included:
- UX- and Product-Management
- Software-Development
- Administrational Work as Co-Founder
Responsibilities included:
- Courses on various UX-Topics with focus on preparing participants for the “Certfied Professional for User-Experience”
- Development of internal evaluation software and apps
- Managing/Administration of tools (e.g. LimeSurvey)
Responsibilities included:
- VR and AR Research Visit with several publications
- Working with newest technological equipment
- Giving Methodological expertise for computer science experiments
Other Activities
Active Member - German User Experience Professionals Association (External Link)
Work-Group - User Research
Admin for Online-Experiments-Slack DGPS-FG-AP (External Link)
Community-Management for German Psychologist working with Online-Experiments.
Publications & Citeables
Consulting
I am open to work as a freelancer or speaker. Please feel free to contact me.
I can offer workshops and talks on User-Experience and Human-Centered-Design for software development departments or research faculties
I am open for data-science-related freelance-projects with focus on Data-Dashboard-Development or UX-Tooling
If you need help to digitalize processes or structuring an agile infrastructure for your business, contact me.