Dr. Jacqueline Frick - Personal Homepage

Organisational unit: Economics and Social Sciences Social Sciences in Landscape Research Phone: +41 44 7392 563 Fax: +41 44 7392 215 Room: Bi HL D 21 E-Mail: Address: Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL Zürcherstrasse 111 8903 Birmensdorf

Present Activities

My research currently focuses on perceived landscape quality. I am interested in people's perceptions, needs and expectations regarding landscape quality and landscape development, in particular in the living environment. Furthermore, I investigate social aspects in landscape development processes, for example in the context of park projects. A third area of research, which has re-emerged recently, is how people process complex information, in particular with regard to risks in the context of natural hazards.

Current Research Projects:

- Knowledge-based approach to build a culture of risk prevention in Europe (KULTURisk) >>>

- Waldmonitoring Soziokulturell (WaMos 2) >>>

- Die Akzeptanz der Akzeptanz von Grossschutzgebieten >>>

- Landschaftsbeobachtung Schweiz >>>

Former WSL Research Projects:

- Evaluation des Potentials der MAP D-PHASE Visualisierungsplattform zur Verbesserung von Situationsbeurteilungen durch ihre Nutzer >>>

- Einstellungen der Bevölkerung zum Projekt "Regionaler Naturpark Pfyn-Finges" >>>

- Raumkonzept Schweiz: Zielvorgaben für die Landschaftsentwicklung >>>

- Ansprüche an den Lebensraum und das Potential der Konsensfindung für eine nachhaltige Raum- und Mobilitätsentwicklung >>>

Scientific Interests

Environmental psychology: Perceived quality of environments, landscape quality, residential quality, place attachment, environmental knowledge, attitude change, behavioral change, environmental education

Social psychology: social influence, group processes, social identity, knowledge, attitude and behavior

Methodological interests: Structural equation modeling, online research, probabilistic test theory

Academic Education

1993 - 2000   University of Zurich: Studies of Psychology, Psychopathology and Social and Preventive Medicine at the University of Zurich, main subject Social Psychology.

Diploma Thesis: "Einstellungsänderung in Kleingruppen: Computersimulation von Gruppenpolarisierung auf der Basis des 'Elaboration Likelihood Model' (ELM). [Attitude change in small groups: Computer simulation of group polarization based on the 'Elaboration Likelihood Model' (ELM).]" >>>

2000 - 2003   University of Zurich: PhD studies (mentors: Florian G. Kaiser, Harald A. Mieg & Heinz Gutscher)

PhD Thesis: "Umweltbezogenes Wissen: Die Struktur, Einstellungsrelevanz und Verhaltenswirksamkeit verschiedener Wissensformen. [Environmental knowledge: Structure, relevance for attitudes, and behavioral effectiveness.]" >>>

Research Experience

1999 - 2003   Research fellow at the Chair of Human-Environmental Interaction (MUB), Swiss Federal Instiute of Technology (ETH), Zurich.

SNF-Project (1999-2003): Konvergentes Wissen als Prädiktor ökologischen Verhaltens: Eine Bestandesaufnahme in der Deutschschweizer Bevölkerung. >>>

2003 - 2006   Post-doc position at WSL, Section Landscape and Society

Since Juli 2006   Research fellow at WSL, Group Social Sciences in Landscape Research