Prof. Dr. Dandan Pang

Master of Science Digital Business Administration

BFH-Diagonal

Agility and New Work

People and Collaborations

Angewandte Glücksforschung

Positive workplace/organization

Mindfulness and mindfulness-based interventions

Character strengths and strengths-based interventions

Future of Work

Mindful together: Interpersonal mindfulness and its benefits on social interactions at work. 06.2021–06.2022, CHF 23’840. Bern University Research Foundation. Role: PI.

Using Big Data to understand cultural differences of well-being between China and the US. 07.2020 – 08.2020, CHF 7,200. Swiss National Science Foundation. Role: PI.

Age in signature strengths use at work: The moderating role of future time perspective. 02.2019 – 01.2021. Sub-project of the National Innovation Network AGE-NT funded by the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research, and Innovation (SERI). Role: Co-PI.

Signature strengths across different occupations. 01.2019 – 02.2019, CHF 1,600. GRC Travel Grant, Graduate Campus of the University of Zurich. Role: PI.

The mutual support model of mindfulness and character strengths and a new perspective on emotion regulation of mindfulness. 165465, 03.2016 – 01.2019, CHF 180,768. Swiss National Science Foundation. Role: PI.

Toward character strengths from language exploration in social media. 165465/2, 02.2018 – 07.2018, CHF 14,000. Swiss National Science Foundation. Role: PI.

Social skills group intervention and loneliness among college students in China. 091055842, 04.2009 – 04.2010, CNY 10,000. Chinese National Creative Research Program for Undergraduate Students. Role: PI.

Investigations and reflections on the current educational condition of the children of migrant peasant-workers in the city after the free compulsory education policy was promulgated. 05.2009 – 09.2009, CNY 1,500, Youth League Committee, Sun Yat-sen University. Role: PI.

Pang, D., Eichstaedt, J. C., Buffone, A., Slaff, B., Ruch, W., & Ungar, L. H. (2020). The language of character strengths: predicting morally valued traits on social media. Journal of Personality, 88, 287-306. doi:10.1111/jopy.12491

Pang, D. & Ruch, W. (2019). Fusing character strengths and mindfulness interventions: Benefits for job satisfaction and performance. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 24, 150-162. doi:10.1037/ocp0000144

Pang, D. & Ruch, W. (2019). The mutual support model of mindfulness and character strengths. Mindfulness, 10, 1545–1559. doi:10.1007/s12671-019-01103-z

Pang, D. & Ruch, W. (2019). Scrutinizing the components of mindfulness: Insights from current, past and non-meditators. Mindfulness, 10, 492-505. doi:10.1007/s12671-018-0990-4

Pang, D. & Proyer, R. T. (2018). An initial cross-cultural comparison of adult playfulness in mainland China and German-speaking countries. Frontiers in Psychology, 9, 421. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00421

Heintz, S., Ruch, W., Platt, T., Pang, D., Carretero-Dios, H., Dionigi, A., ... & Chłopicki, W. (2018). Psychometric comparisons of benevolent and corrective humor across 22 countries: The virtue gap in humor goes international. Frontiers in Psychology, 9, 92. doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2018.00092

Hofmann, J., Heintz, S., Pang, D., & Ruch, W. (2019). Differential relationships of light and darker forms of humor with mindfulness. Applied Research in Quality of Life, Special Issue “Character strengths, well-being, and health in educational and vocational settings”. doi:10.1007/s11482-018-9698-9

Cui, J., Zhang, T., Pang, D., Ungar, H. L., & Guntuku, S. C. (2021). Social media reveals urban-rural differences in stress across China. The 24th ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing.

Igic, I., Krieger. T, Pang. D, & Hirschi. A. (2021). Efficacy of an online self-compassion intervention at work: A randomized controlled study. Academy of Management Proceedings, 10818.

Hirschi, A. & Pang, D. (2020). Career development of older workers and retirees. In S. D. Brown & R. W. Lent (Eds.), Career development and counseling: Putting theory and research to work (3rd ed., pp. 437-469). New York, NY: Wiley.

Pang, D., Li, G., Qian, H., Luo, L., Qiu, P., Yang, W., & Lei, H. (2009). 对在免费义务教育政策颁布后进城务工就业农民随迁子女的教育现状探究及思索 [Investigations and reflections on the current educational condition of the children of migrant peasant-workers in the city after the free compulsory education policy was promulgated]. In S. Huang (Ed.), Hongyi archives (pp. 525-548). Guangzhou, China: Sun Yat-sen University.

Pang, D. (2021/2019, June). Positive Psychology in Career Development. Invited workshop at the Further Education Program for the Swiss Service Center for Vocational Education and Training «Schweizerisches Dienstleistungszentrum Berufsbildung», Bern, Switzerland, June 4, 2019.

Pang, D. (2019, June). Mindfulness: An introduction. Invited workshop presented at the Summer School on Education at Zurich University of Teacher Education, Zurich, Switzerland, June 17-21, 2019.

Pang, D. (2018, November). The art of mindfulness: An introduction. Public panel discussion presented at the Psych-Alumni Fachveranstaltung, Zurich, Switzerland, November 3, 2018.

Pang, D. (2018, October). Mindfulness and positive psychology. Invited workshop presented at the Healthy Research Marketplace Promoting Wellbeing in Academia at UZH, Zurich, Switzerland, October 5, 2018.

Pang, D. (2017, September). Mindfulness and spirituality in an interreligious context. Invited workshop at the Further Education Day of monastery Fahr, Zurich, Switzerland, September 19, 2017.