Dr. Lorenz Affolter

Profile

Dr. Lorenz Affolter Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter

  • Address Berner Fachhochschule
    Business School
    Institut New Work
    Brückenstrasse 73
    3005 Bern

Activities

  • New Work

  • New Work

  • Health and Resilience

  • Human Centered Organization

  • Leadership

  • Resilienz

Teaching

  • 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

  • Sustainable Careers

  • Mental Health at Work

  • Mental Health of Students

CV

  • 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)
  • 2020-2024 Doctorate Institut for Work and Organizational Psychology, University of Bern

Projects

Publications

  • 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

  • Leitung Kommission Positive Psychologie und Coaching (Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Positive Psychologie)

Language skills and intercultural knowledge

  • English - Full professional proficiency
  • German - Native or bilingual proficiency
  • French - Full professional proficiency