UC Santa Barbara has a cross-departmental lecture series on Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences (QMSS). On June 7th, 2023, I will be giving a talk on variance-based Structural Equation Modeling as part of this lecture series! I’m excited to provide you with an overview about this method which I have been using as a […]
Read MoreIt’s August 20th, 2023, and my visit here at UCSB will be over in 10 days time. It has been a very busy, intellectually stimulating and enjoyable time. Since the start of my Outgoing Phase March 1st, 2023, I have met great scholars and enjoyed many interesting conversations also with graduate students here at UCSB. […]
Read MoreBeing back in Vienna, I had the great opportunity to present my research to the greater public. On Sept 29th, 2023, I participated in the European Researchers Night! It was a great afternoon/ evening with lot’s of interesting conversations. Children and adults were stopping by and asked very interesting questions about my research and how […]
Read MoreExchanging knowledge is of key importance in science in general. It is also a fundamental goal of the time I’m spending at UC Santa Barbara. On May 25th, 2023, I had the honor to give a talk on Geographic-Aware Augmented Reality in the Colloquium of the Geography Department at UCSB. My talk focused on the […]
Read MoreThere are a lot of challenges you face with when you run human subject studies. One of them deals with making the actual research tasks more fun. Here’s a gamified way of asking people about what they know about a location: The authors of this paper present Google StreetView images on a website. People then […]
Read MoreOne of the things I like most about science is that you learn about new things literally several times a day… So here’s one of my latest examples, one that I find quite scary: As you know I’m studying the impact of how well people know a neighborhood on how they find their way from […]
Read MoreBecoming familiar is clearly related to getting to know the city, town, village we live in. One of the many fascinating facets of my research is that it relates to an everyday phenomenon. Since I came to Santa Barbara in late February, I have constantly experienced how I became continuously more familiar. I also experienced […]
Read MoreMy project is a featured news story (in German) on TU Wien’s homepage today… Take a look at https://www.tuwien.at/tu-wien/aktuelles/news/news/die-wissenschaft-des-spazierengehens
Read MoreI’m scheduled to leave Vienna to the UCSB in four weeks time! A test of the equipment I’m going to bring there was more than needed! Stay tuned to see a pic how the equipment looks like when being worn….
Read MoreI will use this blog to report on my Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Fellowship as part of the EC’s H2020 actions (Beneficiary: TU Wien, Partner Organization: UC Santa Barbara). Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the project start is postponed until March 2022. Stay tuned for the latest developments! In the meantime enjoy the pages I’ve setup!
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