Johannes Kraus

Assistant Professor for Applied Cognitive Psychology

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Dr. rer. nat.

Room: 06 - 339
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Fax: ++49 - (0)6131 - 39 - 39268
Email: Mail
Consulting hour: By arrangement
Visitor adress:
Psychologisches Institut
Wallstrasse 3, floor 6, room 06-339.

Postal address:
Institut of Psychology
Johannes Gutenberg-University
Wallstrasse 3, floor 6.
D-55122 Mainz

Secretary:
Phone: ++49 - (0)6131 - 39 - 39267
Fax: ++49 - (0)6131 - 39 - 39268
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  • 2023 Junior professorship for Applied Cognitive Psychology
  • 2020 - 2023 Postdoctoral researcher in the department Human Factors at Ulm University
    Head of subject area Human-Robot-Interaction
  • 2020 PhD (Dr. rer. nat.) at Ulm University with the thesis „Psychological Processes in the Formation and Calibration of Trust in Automation“
  • 2014 - 2020 Research assistant at the Department of Human Factors of Ulm University
  • 2013 - 2014 Employee at the Spiegel Institut Mannheim with focus on usability and user experience in the car
  • 2010 - 2013 M.Sc. Psychology at University of Mannheim
  • 2007 - 2010 B.Sc. Psychology at University of Mannheim
  • Trust in Intelligent Systems/AI:
    • Dynamic trust processes in human-machine interaction
    • Psychological variables, e.g. anxiety, technology-related attitudes
    • Role of user personality
    • Measurement of trust variables
    • Role of errors, transparency and explainability
    • Role of perceived fairness, security and privacy
  • Human-Robot Interaction, e.g., inclusive interaction design
  • Driver-Vehicle Interaction
  • Anthropomorphism:
  • Technology Acceptance

Projects

Principal Investigator of the Competence Center for the Investigation and Evaluation oft he Human-Robot Interaction in Public Spaces (ZEN-MRI, www.zen-mri-de)