Markus Canazei

Markus Canazei, MMSc PhD, is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Clinical Psychology I, University of Innsbruck, Austria. His office is located at Innrain 52f, 5th floor, and he welcomes consultations by appointment. His research integrates clinical psychology, chronobiology, and applied lighting science to enhance mental health, stress management, and occupational well-being.

Education & Training

• Dipl.-Ing. (Engineering degree, Austria)
• MMag. (Magister degree, Austria)
• MMSc (Master of Medical Science)
• PhD (field implied: psychology / chronobiology)

Research Interests

Dr. Canazei’s work centers on light-based interventions for mental health, circadian regulation, and digital therapeutics. He investigates how personalized lighting systems, bright-light therapy, and app-based CBT can mitigate stress, burnout, and affective disorders across diverse populations—from university students to geriatric in-patients and professional drivers in extreme environments.

A second major strand explores psychodrama psychotherapy, especially in borderline personality disorder, analyzing change processes through hermeneutic single-case designs.

Publication Trends

Across 40+ peer-reviewed articles (2011-2025), his output reveals a clear trajectory: early laboratory studies on lighting ergonomics evolved into large-scale clinical trials during the COVID-19 pandemic, followed by cutting-edge mobile-health RCTs and psychodrama process research. Thematic clusters include (1) workplace and in-vehicle lighting for alertness and stress reduction, (2) digital CBT and psychoeducation for students, (3) circadian studies in dementia and depression, and (4) qualitative-hermeneutic investigations of psychotherapy mechanisms.

Awards & Honors

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Supervision & Funding

He currently supervises master’s theses and co-supervises doctoral theses at the University of Innsbruck. Multiple projects are supported by third-party grants, although exact grant titles and funding agencies are not disclosed in the source material.

Laboratory & Collaborations

Dr. Canazei collaborates with interdisciplinary teams spanning engineering, chronobiology, nursing, and occupational medicine. His laboratory facilities support human-factor lighting simulations, ambulatory actigraphy, and psychotherapeutic process recording.