Susanne Mayr

Professor Susanne Mayr holds the Chair of Psychology and Human-Machine Interaction at the Faculty of Social and Educational Sciences, University of Passau, since 2015. Her research focuses on the psychological and technical challenges of human-machine communication, data protection, privacy, and fundamental cognitive psychology.

• Investigates user awareness of the right to data portability under GDPR, collaborating with computer science and business information systems colleagues.
• Leads the BMBF-funded project GreifbAR, exploring user interactions with real tools in virtual environments.
• Chairs the University of Passau's Ethics Committee, addressing ethical and safety aspects of research.
• Coordinated a 2018/2019 lecture series on societal impacts of digitalization, including topics like big data, robot psychology, and self-optimization.

Her work emphasizes user-centered design, digital literacy, and interdisciplinary collaboration to bridge psychological and technical dimensions of emerging technologies.