Anja Feierabend

Anja Feierabend serves as a Lecturer at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts within the School of Business, specifically affiliated with the Institute for Business and Regional Economics and the Department of Corporate Development, Management and Human Resources. She concurrently holds the position of Project Manager for the Swiss HR Barometer at the University of Lucerne's Center for Human Resource Management.

Her academic foundation includes a psychology degree with neuropsychology specialization followed by a doctorate in human relations from the University of Zurich's Faculty of Business and Economics. This educational trajectory underpins her dual expertise in psychological frameworks and business administration.

Feierabend's research focuses on critical human resource challenges including workplace meaning construction, innovation resilience, digital transformation impacts across generations, and equity implementation. Her work bridges theoretical organizational behavior with practical corporate health management solutions, particularly examining how psychological safety enables both ethical courage and productive innovation. The Swiss HR Barometer series she co-edits reveals evolving workplace dynamics where digitalization intensifies generational tensions while increasing demands for meaningful work experiences.

Her publication trends demonstrate consistent longitudinal analysis of Swiss workplaces since 2012, showing how misconduct reporting mechanisms correlate with psychological safety climates, how job crafting buffers cynicism, and how digital integration strategies must accommodate generational value differences. Recent work emphasizes the paradox of seeking meaning in work while navigating organizational nonsense.

Through HR ConScience GmbH, which she co-founded and manages, Feierabend implements corporate health initiatives. Since 2018, she has contributed to national policy as an active member of the Federal Office for Gender Equality's expert group on equal pay, conducting federal procurement audits that translate academic equity frameworks into actionable compliance standards.