Prof. Dr. Daniela Eberhardt

Work at ZHAW

Position

Dean and Managing Director at Departement Applied Psychology and Member of the Executive Board at ZHAW

Focus

Organisational psychology, leadership, human resources management/personnel psychology, social sustainability, generational management

Experience

• Dean and Managing Director of the Department of Applied Psychology
  ZHAW - Zurich University of Applied Sciences
  08 / 2024 - today
• Member of the Board of Trustees and Foundation Committee; employer representative
  City of Zurich Pension Fund
  03 / 2016 - 01 / 2025
• Director of Human Resources Management and Member of the Executive Board Finance Department
  City of Zurich
  09 / 2015 - 07 / 2024
• Head of IAP Institute for Applied Psychology and Deputy Director of the Departement of Applied Psychology
  ZHAW - Zurich University of Applied Sciences
  04 / 2008 - 08 / 2015
• Lecturer and Deputy Head of the Human Capital Management Center
  ZHAW - Zurich University of Applied Sciences, School of Management and Law
  10 / 2001 - 03 / 2008
• Leadership and Organizational Developer
  Atraxis, SAir Groupe
  11 / 1998 - 10 / 2001
• Research Associate
  Universities of Konstanz, Speyer, Kaiserslautern (Germany), and PennState (USA)
  04 / 1989 - 10 / 1998

Education and Continuing education

Education

• PhD
  University of Constance
  04 / 1995 - 12 / 1997
• Certified Psychologist / Master of Sciences in Psychology
  University of Constance
  10 / 1988 - 04 / 1994
• Degree in Public Administration (BSc)
  Federal University of Applied Sciences, Mannheim
  09 / 1985 - 08 / 1988

Continuing Education

• Certified Board Member
  ZfU International Business School
  11 / 2020
• Occupational pensions
  Swiss Pension Fund, Lucerne
  12 / 2016
• Leadership in Universities - Higher Education Management
  KFH und COHEP
  03 / 2013
• Practitioner Certificate in Consulting and Change
  Tavistock, London
  11 / 2007
• Communication and counselling training according to and with Schulz von Thun
  IWL seminars
  08 / 2003

Network

Membership of networks

• NetworksConference on Applied Psychology of the Universities of Applied Sciences Switzerland, swissuniversities; Deputy Chair
• Swiss Society for Psychology, Member of the Board SGP
• International Association of Applied Psychology IAAP
• FSP - Federation of Swiss Psychologists
• ZüPP - Cantonal Association of Zurich Psychologists
• SBAP.- Swiss Professional Association for Applied Psychology
• Swiss Association of Female Academics

Social media

Daniela Eberhardt

Affiliations

Past Affiliations

Mitglied Stiftungsrat und Stiftungsausschuss der Pensionskasse Stadt Zürich: Member of the Board of Trustees
Member of the Foundation Council and Foundation Committee, Zürich
08 / 2024 - 01 / 2025

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