Business Psychology & Applied Psychology - Forschungscluster an der CBS

Research Cluster: Business Psychology & Applied Psychology

Business Psychology & Applied Psychology deals with psychological aspects in the work environment, e.g. to improve the performance of companies, as well as with applied psychology, which practically applies psychological research results to analyze human behavior.

EuroWARCHILD

Project participant: Prof. Dr. habil. Ingvill Constanze Ødegaard

In the context of Peace and Institutions, the EuroWARCHILD initiative was launched, which will be carried out from 2021 to 2026 in cooperation with the University of Oslo and the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO). This project is funded by the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program (ERC Consolidator Grant 2020). The aim of EuroWARCHILD is to develop methodological innovations. It will combine theory development, life history interviews and text analysis to investigate how a child born in war could become a security problem and what these circumstances can mean for a child. This project is the first to comprehensively examine different groups of war children in a European context. These studies are carried out across different conflicts, security situations and generations. EuroWARCHILD is therefore able to influence policy development and raise awareness of children born in war in many European countries. The project aims to explore the experiences and needs of three generations of children born during the war in Europe: Children conceived by enemy soldiers during the Second World War, children conceived through conflict-related sexual violence during the Bosnian War, and children born to European foreign fighters for ISIS/ Daesh. One question to be answered is: How can we ensure that children born in war do not have to pay for the sins of their parents? Political debates about how to deal with the plight of children born to foreign fighters for ISIS/Daesh make this question an acute issue in Europe today. European debates are polarizing. Some argue that socializing these children will turn them into the next generation of terrorists, while others argue that they must be considered innocent and have the right to citizenship in European countries and state protection. The question of how to understand the needs and rights of these children, how to deal with them and do justice to their burden and history. This raises the fundamental question of how such children are understood in our society - as innocent individuals or as a security threat?

It is also important to remember that past historical mistakes are not repeated. After the Second World War, children fathered by enemy soldiers were shamed, victimized and isolated. It is known that some of the children conceived through conflict-related sexual violence during the 1992-1995 Bosnian War were rejected and adopted, while others remained with their mothers under difficult circumstances. These war children were silenced for a long time, but over time they have come together to form vocal groups fighting for their right to be seen, heard and recognized. Their core message is that they are not responsible for the sins of their parents, that they are not the enemy.

Business Psychology & Applied Psychology_scholarly business research

Improving the reporting of scholarly business research

Project participant: Prof. Dr. Céline Rojon

The aim of the project was to find out how management and organizational research in general and systematic literature reviews in particular can be made more accessible to key stakeholders - other academics, industry practitioners and policy makers - in order to achieve a higher impact in society. It examined whether the format and content of abstracts of systematic literature reviews can influence the dissemination and application of scientific research findings to reduce the gap between evidence and practice in evidence-based management.