Karin Moser

Honorary Professor Karin Moser is a distinguished academic in the School of Psychology at the University of Queensland, with extensive affiliations across multiple institutions including the University of Bern (Affiliate Professor), Swiss Distance University (Full Professor in Social and Organisational Psychology), LSBU Business School in London (Full Professor in Organisational Behaviour), and the University of Cambridge (Professorial Affiliate at the Winton Centre for Risk & Evidence Communication). Her academic career spans numerous prestigious appointments across Switzerland, the UK, Germany, the USA, and Singapore.

Professor Moser's research focuses on human cooperation, communication, and decision-making at work, with particular interest in understanding successful collaboration across organizational and national borders, diverse cultural backgrounds, and through digital technologies. Her work spans several interconnected domains including knowledge sharing and expertise transfer, the future of work in remote and hybrid environments, decision-making processes, trust and identity in online interactions, wellbeing and self-regulation at work, and the influence of digital technologies on work behaviors. She employs interdisciplinary approaches drawing from social and organizational psychology, behavioral economics, and cognitive science, utilizing experimental studies, surveys, interviews, and workplace interventions.

Her recent publications demonstrate a strong trend toward examining the psychological and behavioral impacts of digital transformation in the workplace, with significant contributions on social mindfulness, virtual collaboration, and decision-making in online contexts. Her 2024 publications particularly highlight the nuances of virtual meetings, trust in medical information online, and the differentiation between prosocial behaviors, individualism, and competition in social contexts. Her work has practical applications across healthcare, organizational management, and public policy domains.

Professor Moser actively supervises PhD students including Ajeyomi Ademola, Sara Altaf, Stefano Marmani, Andreas Scheel, and Amy Shady, and has received substantial research funding from diverse sources including the European Commission, research councils, and private sector organizations. She has established the Moser Lab (www.karinmoser.net) which serves as a hub for her research activities and collaborations.

Her research has significant real-world impact, notably her REF2021 Impact Case Study on 'Improving Multi-Stakeholder Cooperation, Information-Sharing and Decision-Making on European Asylum and Migration among the 30 EU+ Countries,' which demonstrates how her work translates into practical solutions for complex organizational challenges. She has also developed executive training programs on managing virtual work and has been featured in major international media outlets including the BBC, Financial Times, Wired Magazine, and GQ.