Cognitive Psychology and Human Factors
Cognitive Psychology and Human Factors
Cognitive Psychology and Human Factors 

M. Sc. Psych. Josephine Halama

Portrait: Josephine Halama
Josephine Halama
Research Assistent

CV

Professional Experience

  • Since 10/2019: Research assistant | TU Chemnitz, Professorship of Cognitive Psychology and Human Factors
  • 10/2016 - 09/2019: Research assistant | TU Chemnitz, Professorship of Cognitive and Engineering Psychology
  • 07/2013 - 12/2015: Student/research assistant | TU Chemnitz, Professorship of Clinical Psychology
  • 05/2013 - 03/2015: Student/research assistant | TU Chemnitz, Professorship of Cognitive and Engineering Psychology

Qualification

  • 10/2014 - 09/2016: Master of Science in Psychology | TU Chemnitz (Titel of Master thesis: "Heuristical and empirical investigation of the user experience of permission applications and derivation of user-centered design recommendations")
  • 10/2011 - 09/2014: Bachelor of Science in Psychology | TU Chemnitz (Titel of Bachelor thesis: "The relationship between user-relevant network parameters and the quality of experience - evaluation of a study on the mobile Internet")

 

Research Interests

  • Value Sensitive Design
  • Autonomous Driving
  • Blockchain
  • Privacy (Paradox)
  • Mobile Applications
  • Mental Workload in Industry 4.0

 

Research Projects

 

Teaching

  • WS 2024/25:  Seminar anxiety and obsessive-compulsive disorders, PTSD
  • WS 2024/25: Seminar cognition “judgment and decision making”
  • SoSe 2024: Seminar cognition “judgment and decision making”
  • WS 2022/23: Seminar Empirical and experimental practical course (Topic: Cognitive Load Theory and Blockchain)
  • SoSe 2021: Seminar Empirical and experimental practical course (Topic: Cognitive Load Theory and Blockchain)
  • WS 2020/21: Seminar Empirical and experimental practical course (Topic: Cognitive Load Theory and Blockchain)
  • SoSe 2020: Seminar Empirical and experimental practical course (Topic: Privacy Paradox)
  • WS 2019/20: Seminar Empirical and experimental practical course (Topic: Privacy Paradox)
  • WS 2015/16: Student tutor at Chemnitz University of Technology (Professorship of Clinical Psychology, lecture mental disorders)
  • SoSe 2015: Student tutor at Chemnitz University of Technology (Professorship of Clinical Psychology, lecture interventions)

 

Publications

Journal Papers

Conference Papers

  • Frenzel, T. & Halama, J. (2023). Investigation of anthropomorphic system design features for sense of agency in automation technologies. In D. de Waard, V. Hagemann, L. Onnasch, A. Toffetti, D. Coelho, A. Botzer, M. de Angelis, K. Brookhuis, and S. Fairclough (Eds.), Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Europe Chapter 2023 Annual Conference (pp. 157-173). Verfügbar unter: http://hfes-europe.org (ISSN 2333-4959)
  • Halama, J., Thüring, M., Brandenburg, S.  (2023). The effects of type of road and driver personality on drivers’ automation use: an on the road study with Tesla’s autopilot. In: T. Ahram & C. Falcão (eds) Human-Centered Design and User Experience. AHFE (2023) International Conference. AHFE Open Access, vol 114. AHFE International, USA. http://doi.org/10.54941/ahfe1004279
  • Halama, J., Ebert, N., & Mach, S, (2021). Faktoren für das Verständnis und die Nutzungsintention der Blockchain-Technologie. Scientific Reports der Hochschule Mittweida. ISSN 1437-7624.
  • Döbelt, S., Halama, J., Fritsch, S., Nguyen, M.-H., & Bocklisch, F. (2020).  Clearing the Hurdles: How to Design Privacy Nudges for Mobile Application Users. In A. Moallem (ed.). Second International Conference on HCI for Cybersecurity, Privacy and Trust, HCI-CPT 2020, Held as Part of the 22nd HCI International Conference, HCII 2020, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 19-24, 2020, Proceedings, 326-353, Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-50309-3.
  • Hensch, A., Neumann, I., Beggiato, M., Halama, J., & Krems J. F. (2020). How Should Automated Vehicles Communicate? – Effects of a Light-Based Communication Approach in a Wizard-of-Oz Study. In: N. Stanton (Ed.). Advances in Human Factors of Transportation. AHFE 2019. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 964, pp. 79-91. Springer, Cham. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-20503-4_8.
  • Hensch, A., Halama, J., Ackermann, C., Beggiato, M., Neumann, I., & Krems, J. (2018). Kommunikation zwischen Fußgängern und Fahrzeugen. Querungsintentionen und Interaktionsverhalten im Niedriggeschwindigkeitsbereich. In VDI (Eds.). Fahrerassistenzsysteme und automatisiertes Fahren 2018, VDI-Berichte 2335 (p. 323-336). Düsseldorf: VDI-Verlag GmbH. ISBN 978-3-18-092335-2.
  • Halama, J. & Döbelt, S. (2017). The Integration of Diverse User Data to derive User Requirements. In: Eibl, M. & Gaedke, M. (Hrsg.), INFORMATIK 2017, pp. 2329-2334. Bonn: Gesellschaft für Informatik.

 

Presentations/ Posters/ Conference Proceedings

  • Halama, J. (2024). Interactionof Autonomous Vehicles andVulnerableRoad Users:Isan Equal Treatment Fair? Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Europe Chapter, April 16-19, Lübeck, Germany.
  • Hoth, V., Günther, F., Halama, J., & Brandenburg, S. (2024). Responsible Experience Designfor Privacy on the Web: Results of an Ethical Co-Design Study. Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Europe Chapter, April 16-19, Lübeck, Germany.
  • Frenzel, T., & Halama, J. (2023). The impact of anthropomorphic system design features for sense of agency in automation technologies. Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Europe Chapter, April 26-28, Liverpool, UK.
  • Halama, J. (2023). Designing for the Greater Good. Application ov Value Sensitive Design in Automated Driving. Summer School for Human Factors, 25.09.2023, Chmenitz University of Technology.
  • Halama, J. (2023). Value Sensitive Design, Sustainability and the Interaction of Vulnerable Road Users and Autonomous Cars. Transition Days 23.11.2023, Chemnitz University of Technology.
  • Halama, J., & Frenzel, T. (2023). Blockchain: Do people really need to understand it in order to use it? Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Europe Chapter, April 26-28, Liverpool, UK.
  • Döbelt, S. & Halama, J. (2023). Clean up my Phone: Field Trial Results of a Privacy Tool Increasing Transparency about App Behavior. International Symposium on Technikpsychologie, February 15th, 2023, Darmstadt, Germany.
  • Frenzel, T., & Halama, J. (2023). Sense of agency in digital media usage: The interplay of decisional control, action outcome valence and locus of control. 65th Conference of Experimental Psychologists, March 26-29, Trier, Germany.
  • Halama, J., & Frenzel, T. (2023). It could be so easy: Privacy by design of cookie consent pop-ups. 65th Conference of Experimental Psychologists, March 26-29, Trier, Germany.
  • Halama, J., Ebert, N., & Mach, S, (2021). Faktoren für das Verständnis und die Nutzungsintention der Blockchain-Technologie. Blockchain Autumn School BAS2021, Blockchain Sientific Track, 15.09.2021. doi: 10.13140/RG.2.2.33700.76163
  • Halama, J., Hofmann, L., Klose, C., Seifert, N., Telega, K., & Bocklisch, F. (2021). Explanation of the Privacy Paradox through Social Norms and Personal Beliefs.  In A. Huckauf, M. Baumann, M. Ernst, C. Herbert, M. Kiefer, & M. Sauter (Eds.), TeaP 2021 - Abstracts of the 63th Conference of Experimental Psychologists. Lengerich: Pabst Science Publishers
  • Kreißig, I., Hensch, A.-C., Beggiato, M., Halama, J., & Krems J. F. (2021). Enlightening communication – An exploratory study on light-based signals in automated driving. Proceedings of the 7th HUMANIST Conference, Greece, 26-27 October 2021. ISBN 978-2-9531712-6-6.
  • Halama, J., Döbelt, S., & Bocklisch, F. (2020).  The Influence of an App's Risk on Trust, Distrust and Intention to Use. In C. Dobel, C. Giesen, L. A. Grigutsch, J. M. Kaufmann, G. Kovács, F. Meissner, K. Rothermund, & S. R. Schweinberger (Eds.), TeaP 2020 - Abstracts of the 62th Conference of Experimental Psychologists. Lengerich: Pabst Science Publishers.
  • Neumann, I., Hensch, A., Beggiato, M., Halama, J., Krems, J.F. (2019). Einleuchtend?! Evaluation lichtbasierter Kommunikation zwischen automatisierten Fahrzeugen und anderen Verkehrsteilnehmern. In M. Vollrath & Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie (Hrsg.), "Mehr Mensch im Verkehr?": Abstracts 3. Kongress Fachgruppe Verkehrspsychologie, Saarbrücken, 05.-07.3.2019 (p. 25). Universitätsbibliothek Braunschweig.
  • Döbelt, S. & Halama, J. (2018). Mobiler Datenschutz: Nutzerzentrierte Gestaltung der AndProtect-App. In: R. Dachselt & G. Weber (Eds.), Mensch und Computer 2018 - Workshopband. Bonn: Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. doi:10.18420/muc2018-ws09-0547
  • Halama, J. (2017). Human-Computer Interaction and Online Users Trust and Distrust. In Proceedings of the 3rd Berlin Summer School Human Factors 2017, Berlin, Germany. ISSN: 1439-7854.

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