Dr. Clara Weber

Work at ZHAW

Position

Senior Lecturer for Applied Environmental and Architectural Psychology

Teaching

• Urban Psychology Professional Training Course CUREM UZH
• Neuroinclusive Work Environments
• Applied Psychology UP1-1.Environmetnal Psychology MSc (Methods & Interventions) MSc Applied Psychology
• Qualities of Interior Spaces BSc FM
• Master Thesis MSc REFM
• Research Plan MSc REFM
• Applied Research Methods MSc REFM

Education and Continuing education

Education

• PhD / Environmental Psychology
  University of Surrey, UK
  09 / 2014 - 01 / 2019
• Master of Science / Environmental Psychology
  University of Surrey, UK
  09 / 2011 - 11 / 2013
• Dipl.-Ing. (BSc + MSc) / Architecture
  Technical University Berlin
  10 / 2004 - 01 / 2011
• Erasmus / Architektur / Psychologie
  IUAV di Venezia, Italy
  09 / 2008 - 09 / 2009

Network

ORCID digital identifier

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-8813-3689

Awards

• Visiting Researcher Grant Cornell University
  Swissnex
  11 / 2023
• Early Career Researcher Grant
  ZHAW Research Coordination Office
  04 / 2022
• 1st Prize gif Research Award (PhD/Habilitation)
  gif Society of Property Researchers
  12 / 2020
• Russell-Wickes Award
  University of Surrey
  12 / 2015
• Erwin-Stephan Award for Academic Excellence
  Techical University Berlin
  04 / 2011

Social media

• LinkedIn
• Research Gate

Media presence

• Weber, C., Häne, E., Wieber, F., Krieger, B., & Doyle, N. (2025). Sensory Challenges Survey with ADHD/ADD in Office Environments. In K. Sargent (Ed.), Designing Neuroinclusive Workplaces: Advancing Sensory Processing and Cognitive Well-Being in the Built Environment. Wiley.
• Rosenstein, B. (2023). Neurodiversity in the Workplace. Leader to Leader. Wiley.
• Birkbeck University of London, video summary of paper Weber et al. (2022). Physical Workplace Adjustments to Support Neurodivergent Workers: A Systematic Review. Applied Psychology
• Weber, C. (2021, July). Stress am Arbeitsplatz: Das macht gute Büros aus. Süddeutsche Zeitung, 157, 8.
• Interview on research with neurodivergent individuals: Wie erreicht man Menschen im Autismus-Spektrum? In ZHAW (Hrsg.), Freiheit, Grenzen, Forschung (Issue 63, S. 50–51). ZHAW Impact.

Projects

• Assessing The Impact of Physical Environments on Patient's Personal Recovery and Well-Being in Psychiatric Units / Team member / ongoing
• Designing for Neurodiversity: A Co-Created Living Lab on Sensory Rooms in Higher Education / Project leader / ongoing
• Care for Rare – A Guideline Review Towards Inclusive Work Environments for Neurodiverse Workers / Project leader / ongoing
• Attentional and Restorative Effects of Green Work Environments: A Counterbalanced Within-Subject Experiment Examining Sensory Processing Difference / Project leader / completed
• Beyond Grey Walls: A Living Lab Unveiling the Benefits of Biophilic Design in University Classrooms / Team member / completed
• Towards Sensory-Inclusive Office Environments for Workers with ADD/ADHD / Project leader / completed
• Office Environments – Sensory-inclusive office environments for neurodivergent workers / Project leader / completed
• Immediate Support for School Stress: A Digital Feedback System for Adolescents Immediate help with school stress. A Digital feedback system for adolescents / Team member / completed
• Student Requirements in Hybrid Learning Environments / Project leader / completed
• Further Psychometric Validation of the Privacy At Work Inventory (PAW): Dimensionality in Different Office Types / Project leader / completed
• Sensory Processing, Office Features and Burnout Symptoms in an Office Worker Population – A Pilot Study / Project leader / completed
• Housing Conditions, Privacy, and Aggression during Covid-19 lockdown in the UK / Project leader / completed
• The Sensory Workplace Puzzle: Which Stimuli Are Perceived as Most Disruptive by Autistic Employees? / Project leader / completed
• An interview study on factors at work affecting job retention in autistic employees / Team member / completed
• Care for Rare – Towards Inclusive Work Environments for Neurodiverse Workers / Project leader / completed
• Healing architecture in mental health-care facilities / Project leader / completed
• Homeworking during COVID-19 lockdown: Relationships between physical and social environments at home, work fatigue, musculoskeletal pain, and future teleworking inclinations / Project leader / completed
• Workplace Concept for industrial maintenance / Deputy project leader / completed

Publications

Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed

• Anderson, T., Ratcliffe, E., Gatersleben, B., & Weber, C. (2026). Physical environments of favourite urban places enable place attachment through afforded meaningful experiences. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 111(102977). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2026.102977
• Ratcliffe, E., Clarke, R. M., Gabriel, A., Weber, C., Musselwhite, C., Haddad, H., Grassini, S., Lymeus, F., Barz, C., Tam, K.-P., & Gatersleben, B. (2026). Research trends in environmental psychology : a bibliometric analysis of peer-reviewed publications, 2004-2024. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 110(102927). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2026.102927
• Wheele, T., Lindkvist, C., Haugen, T., Weber, C., & Windlinger Inversini, L. (2025). “We are learning the hybrid communication culture”: curating atmospheres of social connection for university students. Facilities, 43(7-8), 532–549. https://doi.org/10.1108/F-02-2024-0029
• Lindkvist, C., Nenonen, S., & Weber, C. (2025). Guest editorial: Higher education: academic spaces for working and learning in the COVID-19 legacy. Facilities, 43(7/8), 419–425. https://doi.org/10.1108/f-05-2025-166
• Wheele, T., Lindkvist, C., Weber, C., Haugen, T., & Windlinger, L. (2024). Beyond the screen : student experiences of social connection in a hybrid university learning environment. Learning, Media and Technology, 51(1), 117–132. https://doi.org/10.1080/17439884.2024.2406963
• Wheele, T., Lindkvist, C., Haugen, T., Weber, C., & Windlinger, L. (2024). Curating hybrid-style university experiences : framework development for student social connectedness using interaction design and placemaking. Education Sciences, 14(9), 1004. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci14091004
• Weber, C., Gatersleben, B., Jagannath, S., Füchslin, B., & Costa Delabrida, Z. N. (2024). Crowding and aggression during the COVID-19 lockdown in the United Kingdom : the relationship between residential density, subjective crowding, privacy, and aggression. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 2024(96). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2024.102335
• Weber, C., Golding, S. E., Yarker, J., Teoh, K., Lewis, R., Ratcliffe, E., Munir, F., Wheele, T., & Windlinger Inversini, L. (2023). Work fatigue during COVID-19 lockdown teleworking : the role of psychosocial, environmental, and social working conditions. Frontiers in Psychology, 14(1155118). https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1155118
• Wheele, T., Weber, C., Windlinger, L., Haugen, T., & Lindkvist, C. (2023). A narrative literature review using placemaking theories to unravel student social connectedness in hybrid university learning environments. Buildings, 13(2), 339. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13020339
• Weber, C., Golding, S. E., Yarker, J., Lewis, R., Ratcliffe, E., Munir, F., Wheele, T. P., Häne, E., & Windlinger, L. (2022). Future teleworking inclinations post-COVID-19 : examining the role of teleworking conditions and perceived productivity. Frontiers in Psychology, 13(863197). https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.863197
• Weber, C., Monero Flores, V., Wheele, T. P., Miedema, E., & White, E. V. (2022). Patients’ health & well-being in inpatient mental health-care facilities : a systematic review. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12(758039). https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.758039
• Weber, C., Bébié Gut, P., Riebli, A., & Windlinger Inversini, L. (2022). Eine explorative Untersuchung der Einflüsse von ABW-Büromerkmalen auf die Wahrnehmung der Organisationskultur. Gruppe. Interaktion. Organisation. Zeitschrift für Angewandte Organisationspsychologie (GIO). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11612-022-00631-y
• Weber, C., Krieger, B., Häne, E., Yarker, J., & McDowall, A. (2022). Physical workplace adjustments to support neurodivergent workers : a systematic review. Applied Psychology: An International Review, 73(3), 910–962. https://doi.org/10.1111/apps.12431
• Weber, C., & Gatersleben, B. (2021). Office relocation : changes in privacy fit, satisfaction, and fatigue. Journal of Corporate Real Estate, 24(1), 21–39. https://doi.org/10.1108/JCRE-12-2020-0066
• Weber, C., Golding, S. E., Ratcliffe, E., Yarker, J., Lewis, R., & Munir, F. (2020). Homeworking during COVID-19 lockdown : relationships between the physical and social environments at home, work-related burnout, and musculoskeletal pain. Health Psychology Update, 29(3), 55–56. https://doi.org/10.53841/bpshpu.2020.29.3.41

Books, peer-reviewed

• Lindkvist, C., Nenonen, S., & Weber, C. (2025). Higher education : academic spaces for working and learning post COVID-19. Emerald. https://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/issn/0263-2772/vol/43/iss/7/8
• Weber, C. (2019). Privacy fit in open-plan offices : its appraisal, associated outcomes & contextual factors [Doctoral dissertation, University of Surrey]. https://doi.org/10.15126/thesis.00850409

Book chapters, peer-reviewed

• Soucek, R., Weber, C., Gunkel, J., & Degenhardt, B. (2023). Diary studies : capturing real-time experiences in the workplace. In C. Tagliaro, M. Orel, & Y. Hua (Eds.), Methodological Approaches for Workplace Research and Management (pp. 82–94). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003289845-6
• Weber, C., Gatersleben, B., Degenhardt, B., & Windlinger Inversini, L. (2021). Privacy regulation theory : redevelopment and application to work privacy. In R. Appel-Meulenbroek & V. Danivska (Eds.), A Handbook of Theories on Designing Alignment between People and the Office Environment (pp. 68–81). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003128830-6
• Inalhan, G., Yang, E., & Weber, C. (2021). Place attachment theory. In R. Appel-Meulenbroek & V. Danivska (Eds.), A Handbook of Theories on Designing Alignment between People and the Office Environment (pp. 181–194). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003128830-16

Written conference contributions, peer-reviewed

• Weber, C., Radtke, K., Rüegger, L., van Meel, D., & Windlinger, L. (2026). Sensory sensitivity shapes perceived restorativeness responses to passive indoor greenery exposure : a counterbalanced within-subject experiment. 5th Transdisciplinary Workplace Research (TWR) Conference, Zurich, Switzerland, 2-5 September 2026.
• Weber, C., Zysset, A., Klein Swormink, A., Kunz, D., Truninger, D., & Wieber, F. (2025, September 3). Immediate help for school stress : digital feedback system for adolescents. 7th Digital Health Lab Day, Winterthur, Switzerland, 3 September 2025. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-34810
• Weber, C., Bebie Gut, P., Häne, E., Wieber, F., Krieger, B., & Doyle, N. (2025, June 1). Sensory-inclusive office environments for workers with ADHD : a preliminary study. International Conference of Environmental Psychology (ICEP), Vilnius, Lithuania, 15-18 June 2025. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-34809
• Daugeard, C., Weber, C., & Hölscher, C. (2025, June 1). Designing for recovery : developing and validating tools to assess psychiatric care environments. International Conference of Environmental Psychology (ICEP), Vilnius, Lithuania, 15-18 June 2025. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-34817
• Jagannath, S., Weber, C., Gatersleben, B., Füchslin, B., & Nara Costa Delabrida, Z. (2025, June 1). Crowding and aggression during the covid-19 lockdown in the united kingdom : the relationship between residential density, subjective crowding, privacy, and aggression. International Conference of Environmental Psychology (ICEP), Vilnius, Lithuania, 15-18 June 2025.
• Tam, M., Gatersleben, B., & Weber, C. (2024). The influence of video communication on the informal interactions between dispersed workers : the role of space [Conference paper]. In A. Smith, A. Reid, M. Jowkar, & S. Jaradat (Eds.), Proceedings of the 4th Transdisciplinary Workplace Research (TWR) Conference (pp. 108–128). TWR Network. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-32536
• Wheele, T., Lindkvist, C., Weber, C., Windlinger Inversini, L., & Haugen, T. (2023). Studying the influence of technology on the social connectedness of students : a hybrid university learning environment (HULE) [Conference paper]. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 1176(012009). https://doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/1176/1/012009
• Weber, C., & Gatersleben, B. (2020). Do changes in the work environment predict changes in privacy appraisal and associated outcomes? : a longitudinal study [Conference paper]. Future Workspaces : Proceedings of the Transdisciplinary Workplace Research (TWR) Conference 2020, 96–106. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-20948
• Weber, C., Gatersleben, B., & Uzzell, D. (2019, September). The same environment but different privacy experiences : exploring the impact of contextual factors on privacy fit in an ABW office. International Conference of Environmental Psychology (ICEP), Plymouth, United Kingdom, 4-6 September 2019.
• Weber, C., Gatersleben, B., & Uzzell, D. (2019, September). The measurement of privacy at work : development and evaluation of the privacy at work inventory (PAW V.1). International Conference of Environmental Psychology (ICEP), Plymouth, United Kingdom, 4-6 September 2019.

Other publications

• Weber, C. (2024). ADHD : sensory-inclusive offices. Transfer, 2024(2), 9. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-32486
• Weber, C., Häne, E., Wieber, F., Krieger, B., & Doyle, N. (2024). Sensory-inclusive office environments for workers with ADHD/ADD : a preliminary study (C. Weber, Ed.). ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-31531
• Werkmann-Karcher, B., Zirkler, M., Windlinger Inversini, L., & Weber, C. (2023). Flexibilisierung der Arbeit in Raum und Zeit. In B. Werkmann-Karcher, A. Müller, & T. Zbinden (eds.), Personalpsychologie für das Human Resource Management (pp. 245–279). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-65308-1_13
• Weber, C., Monero Flores, V., Miedema, E., White, E., & Wheele, T. (2022, August 23). Patients’ health & well-being in inpatient mental health-care facilities : a systematic review. 5th Architecture Research Care and Health Conference (ARCH22), Delft / Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 22-24 August 2022.
• Weber, C., & Windlinger Inversini, L. (2021). A health-perspective on working from home during COVID-19. Transfer, 2021, 8. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-32863
• Weber, C. (2021). Stressfaktor Grossraumbüro : was gute Büros ausmacht. Sueddeutsche Zeitung, 157(8), 16. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-26199
• Weber, C. (2020). Erkenntnisse für das Homeoffice. Impact, 51, 15. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-32790
• Häne, E., Monero Flores, V., Lange, S., Bébié Gut, P., Weber, C., & Windlinger Inversini, L. (2020). Office workplaces in universities and hospitals : literature review. ZHAW Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-20372

Oral conference contributions and abstracts

• Weber, C., Häne, E., Pisaturo, D., Bébié Gut, P., Bolzern, M., Wieber, F., Krieger, B., Baur, N. A., Kühne, S. J., Robin, D., & Doyle, N. (2026, January 21). Context-dependent sensory stress appraisal and coping in office environments : a socio-ecological study among adults with ADHD. Symposium on (Neuro)diversity in the Workplace, Leuven, Belgium (Online), 21 January 2026.
• Anderson, T., Ratcliffe, E., Gatersleben, B., Weber, C., Subiza-Pérez, M., & Bornioli, A. (2025, June 3). Examining the influence of the physical characteristics of restorative environments on place attachment : an international comparison. International Conference of Environmental Psychology (ICEP), Vilnius, Lithuania, 15-18 June 2025.
• Ratcliffe, E., Gatersleben, B., Weber, C., Guimaraes Gabrie, A., Musselwhite, C., Haddad, H., Grassini, S., & Lymeus, F. (2025, June 3). Research trends in environmental psychology : a bibliometric analysis of peer-reviewed publications over the last 20 years. International Conference of Environmental Psychology (ICEP), Vilnius, Lithuania, 15-18 June 2025.
• Weber, C., & Yarker, J. (2025, June 1). Sensory processing in office environments : association with burnout, well-being, and environmental satisfaction. International Conference of Environmental Psychology (ICEP), Vilnius, Lithuania, 15-18 June 2025.
• Weber, C., Krieger, B., Häne, E., Yarker, J., & McDowall, A. (2024). Physical workplace adjustments to support neurodivergent workers : a systematic review [Conference presentation]. Proceedings of the 4th Transdisciplinary Workplace Research (TWR) Conference, 309.
• Weber, C., & Yarker, J. (2024). The role of psychological privacy in the office environment : interactions between psychosocial and environmental resources and demands [Conference presentation]. Proceedings of the 4th Transdisciplinary Workplace Research (TWR) Conference, 310.
• Weber, C., & Yarker, J. (2024). The impact of sensory processing on office workers’ wellbeing, burnout symptoms, and satisfaction in diverse office environments [Conference presentation]. Proceedings of the 4th Transdisciplinary Workplace Research (TWR) Conference, 312.
• Weber, C., Häne, E., Yarker, J., Lewis, R., Munir, F., Wheele, T., Capol, S., & Krieger, B. (2024). A guideline review on physical workplace accommodations for neurodivergent office workers [Conference presentation]. Proceedings of the 4th Transdisciplinary Workplace Research (TWR) Conference, 306–307.
• Weber, C., & Krieger, B. (2023, October 9). Care for rare – physical workplace adjustments to support neurodivergent workers : a systematic review. EPFL Lausanne Health Days, Lausanne, Switzerland, 9 October 2023. https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=1DyfDah6LuM
• Anderson, T., Ratcliffe, E., Gatersleben, B., & Weber, C. (2023, September 4). Exploring place attachment and contributing features of the physical environment in favourite urban places : preliminary findings. 7th Annual Conference of the British Environmental Psychology Society (BrEPS), Surrey, United Kingdom, 4-5 September 2023.
• Bornioli, A., Vermeulen, S., Ratcliffe, E., Anderson, T., Pasanen, T., & Weber, C. (2023, June 20). Sentiment analysis of favourite indoor and outdoor urban places : restorative experiences in seven countries? International Conference of Environmental Psychology (ICEP), Aarhus, Denmark, 20-23 June 2023.
• Ratcliffe, E., Subiza-Pérez, M., Bornioli, A., Pasanen, T., Lee, K., Weber, C., Anderson, T., & Korpela, K. (2022, July 6). Favourite places in Western cities : why are they valued, and what restorative benefits do people gain from them? 27th International Association for People-Environment Studies (IAPS) Conference, Lisboa, Portugal, 4-8 July 2022. https://www.iaps2022.com/_files/ugd/2058a7_ea17f653283b40c28398c54b72c21225.pdf
• Weber, C., & Gatersleben, B. (2020). Do changes in the work environment predict changes in privacy appraisal and associated outcomes? : a longitudinal study. Transdisciplinary Workplace Research (TWR) Conference, Frankfurt, Germany, 16-19 September 2020.
• Weber, C. (2019). The meaning and measurement of privacy at work : development and evaluation of the privacy at work inventory (PAW). 19th EAWOP Congress : Abstract Book. http://www.eawop.org/ckeditor_assets/attachments/1285/eawop-2019_abstract-book_rev2_compressed-2.pdf
• Weber, C. (2019). The privacy appraisal model. 19th EAWOP Congress : Abstract Book. http://www.eawop.org/ckeditor_assets/attachments/1285/eawop-2019_abstract-book_rev2_compressed-2.pdf
• Yarker, J., Weber, C., & Hermans, C. (2019). New approach to investigating employee wellbeing : considering the role of the physical environment and the psychosocial work environment. 19th EAWOP Congress : Abstract Book. http://www.eawop.org/ckeditor_assets/attachments/1285/eawop-2019_abstract-book_rev2_compressed-2.pdf
• Weber, C., Gatersleben, B., & Uzzell, D. (2018). The meaning and measurement of privacy at work : development and evaluation of the Privacy at Work Inventory (PAW). 25th International Association People-Environment Studies (IAPS) Conference, Rome, 9-13 July 2018.
• Weber, C. (2018). Why privacy impairment leads to stress and fatigue at work and what we can do about it. 3rd IFM Symposium on Workplace and Sustainable FM, Wädenswil, 5 October 2018.
• Weber, C., Gatersleben, B., & Uzzell, D. (2018). The privacy appraisal model. 25th International Association People-Environment Studies (IAPS) Conference, Rome, 9-13 July 2018.
• Weber, C., Gatersleben, B., & Uzzell, D. (2018). The Privacy Appraisal Model for Open Plan Offices : why privacy impairment leads to stress and fatigue at work and what we can do about it. Workplace Trends Research Spring Summit, London, United Kingdom, 8 March 2018. https://youtu.be/QDzBaJUQ1KE

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