Dr. Lorenz Affolter
Profile
Dr. Lorenz Affolter Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter
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Address
Berner Fachhochschule
Business School
Institut New Work
Brückenstrasse 73
3005 Bern
Activities
Responsibilities
Program Director CAS Leadership im Spital SZB
Program Director CAS Leadership im Spital
Focus areas
New Work
New Work
Health and Resilience
Human Centered Organization
Leadership
Resilienz
Teaching
Subjects
Introduction Work and Organizational Psychology (CAS Human Centered Organization)
Resilience (Various Study Programs)
Inner Work (Bachelor Business Administration)
Positive Leadership (Various Study Programs)
Mindfulness at Work (Various Study Programs)
Coaching (Various Study Programs)
Research
Specialisations
Sustainable Careers
Mental Health at Work
Mental Health of Students
CV
Professional experience
- 2024-today CAS Program Director Berner Fachhochschule
- 2020-today Scientific Collaborator Berner Fachhochschule
- 2019-today Consulting (20%) Self-employed
- 2021-2022 Community Manager and Trainer RockYourLife! Schweiz
- 2018-2020 Junior Assistant Institut für Personal und Organisation, Universität Bern
- 2017-2018 Business Developer Max Havelaar Schweiz
- 2016-2017 Client Advisor Credit Suisse Schweiz
- 2014-2015 Event Manager IVE Schweiz (Institute for Value-based Entrepreneurship)
Education
- 2020-2024 Doctorate Institut for Work and Organizational Psychology, University of Bern
Projects
Publications
Living a calling despite the challenges of the gig economy? The role of meaning-making and work alienation
Affolter, L., Spurk, D., & Straub, C. (2025). Living a calling despite the challenges of the gig economy? The role of meaning-making and work alienation. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 104175. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvb.2025.104175
Memberships
External memberships
Leitung Kommission Positive Psychologie und Coaching (Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Positive Psychologie)
Language skills and intercultural knowledge
Language skills
- English - Full professional proficiency
- German - Native or bilingual proficiency
- French - Full professional proficiency