Maria Dickson-Spillmann
ETH Zürich
Maria Dickson-Spillmann
Professur f. Consumer Behavior
CHN J78
Universitätstrasse 16
8092 Zürich
Who I am
My background is Clinical Psychology and among my research interests are psychological factors in somatic diseases. In 2007, I spent six months working as a research assistant at the Respiratory Research Unit in Plymouth.
After my return to Switzerland I started a PhD entitled "Consumer's mental models of food risks" at the ETH Zurich. I am exploring why consumers perceive certain aspects of food (e.g. overnutrition, bacteria, chemicals) as more dangerous than others. My research is mainly survey-based.
Education:
Since August 2007
PhD student in psychology at the chair of Consumer Behavior, Institute for Environmental Decisions, University of Zurich and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Switzerland
October 2003 – December 2006
Master of Science in Psychology, University of Zurich, Switzerland
October 2001 – September 2003
Basic studies in psychology, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Professional Expereince
January 2007 – July 2007
Research assistant at the Respiratory Research Unit, Peninsula Medical School, Plymouth, United Kingdom
June 2005 – July 2007
Student assistant in post-gradual further education in psychiatry for Zurich, Central and North Eastern Switzerland
August 2003 – August 2006
Student research assistant at COAT (Center of Applied Technologies in Neuroscience), Basel, Switzerland
January 2006 – March 2006
Internship at the Psychosomatic Clinic, Rheinfelden, Switzerland
November 2005 – December 2005
Internship at the Drug Rehabilitation Clinic, Munsterlingen, Switzerland |
