Prof. Karin Hediger, PhD
Full Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychology
T +41 41 229 58 22
karin.hediger@unilu.ch
Frohburgstrasse 3, Raum 1.B11
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Prof. Dr Karin Hediger is full professor of Child and Adolescent Psychology at the University of Lucerne. After studying psychology at the University of Zurich, she completed her doctorate at the University of Rostock (Germany) in 2012 and habilitated at the University of Basel in 2021, where she was an assistant professor from 2021 to 2024. In 2020, Karin Hediger was appointed professor by the Open University in Heerlen (Netherlands) and has been affiliated with the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute since 2017. She has also worked as a psychotherapist since 2011. Karin Hediger's research focuses on clinical psychology and intervention research with a clear focus on animal-assisted intervention.
Publications
Vested interests
- Board member, International Society for Animal Assisted Therapy, 2015–2022
- Präsidentin, Gesellschaft für Tiergestützte Therapie und Aktivitäten, 2022–
- Professor, Open University, Heerlen, 2020–
- Scientific Advisory Board, Research group "animal assisted interventions" at the University of Applied Sciences Alice Solomon Hochschule Berlin, Germany, 2020–
- Board member, International Association of Human Animal Interaction Organisations, 2018–
- Präsidentin, compas - Institut für natur- und tiergestützte Interventionen, 2018–
- Scientific Advisory Board, Bundesverband Tiergestützte Interventionen e.V., 2018–
- Präsidentin, Institut für interdisziplinäre Erforschung der Mensch-Tier-Beziehung, 2016–
