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Professor of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure, University of Zurich

Criminal law and criminal procedure • forensic psychiatry and psychology • criminology • evidence-based criminal law

Professor of Phonetics & Speech Sciences, University of Zurich

Voice biometrics, forensic phonetics, and machine learning • challenges posed by synthetic speech and deepfake technologies • forensic voice research

Director of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital of Psychiatry Zurich

Forensic risk assessment • personality traits and neuropsychological characteristics of offenders, particularly psychopathy • quality management of forensic assessments • characteristics and needs of patients with schizophrenia who are at high risk of violence • prevention strategies in forensic psychiatry

Professor of Criminology, University of Zurich and ZHAW

Juvenile delinquency • violent crime – offending and victimization • extremism • fear of crime • punitiveness • policing research • social science research methods

Professor of Cognitive Psychology, Neuroscience and Neuropsychology, University of Oslo & University of Zurich

Biometric and forensic dimensions of human data • digitalization and AI in forensics and neuroscience • voice communication and social vocal signals • affective neuroscience and systems neuroscience of the limbic system • clinical neuroscience of neurological and psychiatric disorders

 Research Fellow in Legal Psychology at the University of Zurich and the University of Tartu

Legal psychology with a focus on investigative interviewing: deception detection and credibility assessment

Specialist in Juvenile Crime Prevention, Baden City Police | Prevention Department | ProAktive Youth Prevention

Juvenile Delinquency • Crime Prevention • Preventive Measures • Crime Reduction

Professor of Empirical Communication and Media Research

Effects of social media use on well-being • broader effects of media use • digital, new, and social media • online privacy • open science

Dr. phil., Research Assistant, Lectureship in Military Psychology & Military Education at the Military Academy at ETH Zurich

Military psychology • psychological assessment and personnel selection • assessment centers and personnel development • research methodology and statistics • decision-making and response behavior • interpersonal influence and negotiation research

Senior Researcher, ZHAW

Statistical methods • machine learning • network analysis • spatiotemporal crime forecasting and predictive policing

Senior Researcher at the Center for Cognitive and Decision Sciences, University of Basel

Psychology • cognitive and decision sciences, with a particular focus on risk- and safety-related judgment and decision-making • neuroimaging • virtual reality

Professor of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure, including Economic and Administrative Criminal Law, University of Zurich

Criminal law and criminal procedure • summary penalty proceedings and simplified proceedings • legal aspects of autonomous driving • economic crime and money laundering • open science in legal research

Assistent Professor of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure, University of Zurich

Substantive Criminal Law • Criminal Procedure • Juvenile Criminal Law • Migration Criminal Law • Transnational Organized Crime

Professor of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure, University of Zurich

Innovative technologies and criminal liability risks • (international) criminal law • white-collar criminal procedure • road traffic law • security and police law

Senior Physician and Project Lead in the Department of Forensic Psychiatry, University Hospital of Psychiatry Zurich

Forensic psychiatry and risk assessment • statistical modelling and meta-analyses • neuroimaging • mitochondria • depression

Contact: lisa.holper@bli.uzh.ch