Wolfgang FASTENMEIER
CURRICULUM VITAE
Born 1957 in Munich, Germany
Qualifications
- Diplom-Psychologe, Dr. phil./PH.D.
Professional activities
- Owner of the private firm and research institute mensch-verkehr-umwelt (mvu), Institute for Applied Psychology. Mvu aims at advancing the transfer of psychological knowledge. Methods and expertise into practice. By an integrated view of man, technology and environment, innovative solutions in research, consulting and training are developed. Fields of application are road traffic and work sites.
- Main activities in road traffic are driving task analysis procedures, development of error counting methods and traffic conflicts methods for in-car observation, field studies on the safety effects of new in-vehicle devices, work on driver information needs, motives and determinants of mobility, traffic mode choice, man-environment-interaction, etc.
- A special focus is directed on so-called “problem groups” in road traffic: children, young and old traffic participants. Therefore establishment of a “Working group: Age-adequate Mobility”.
Main areas of interest
- Road traffic safety
- Human Factors
- New in-vehicle devices
- Work and engineering psychology
- Mobility and intermodality
Recent publications
- Fastenmeier, W. (Hrsg.) (1995). Autofahrer und Verkehrssituation - Neue Wege zur Bewertung von Sicherheit und Zuverlässigkeit moderner Straßenverkehrssysteme (Mensch-Fahrzeug-Umwelt, Bd. 33). Köln: Verlag TÜV Rheinland.
- Fastenmeier, W. & Gstalter, H. (2000). Distraction effects created by new in-vehicle systems. International Conference on Traffic and Transportation Psychology ICTTP. Bern, 4.-7. September 2000, Bern.
- Fastenmeier, W. & Gstalter, H. (2003). Entwicklung und Anwendung einer neuen Methodik zur Fahraufgabenanalyse. VDI-Berichte, 1768, 197-213. Düsseldorf: VDI-Verlag.
- Gstalter, H. & Fastenmeier, W. (2004). Is employees achievement motivation and performance affected by commuting stress? In J.A. Rothengatter & R.D. Huguenin (Eds.), Traffic and Transport Psychology. Theory and Application (pp. 543-458). Amsterdam: Elsevier.
- Fastenmeier, W., Gstalter, H. & Lehnig, U. (2004). Mobilität in der Alltags- und Erlebnisfreizeit. Erscheinungsformen, Ursachen und Beeinflussungsmöglichkeiten. Heidelberg, Kröning: Asanger.
- Fastenmeier, W. & Lehnig, U. (2005). A new approach to analyse the misuse problem of Child Restraint Systems. 3rd International Conference “Protection of children in cars”, 1.-2.12.2005, München.
- Gstalter, H. & Fastenmeier, W. (2005). Anforderungen der Fahraufgabe und tatsächliches Fahrverhalten. Ergebnisse eines Soll-/Ist-Vergleichs mit der neuen Analysemethode SAFE. Zeitschrift für Verkehrssicherheit, 51, 76-82.
Address:
MENSCH-VERKEHR-UMWELT
Institut für Angewandte Psychologie
Thalkirchner Str. 76, D-80337 München
Tel. +49-89-530 261 63
Fax. +49-89-530 262 24
email: info@mensch-verkehr-umwelt.de
www.mensch-verkehr-umwelt.de
Last updated: 2005-11-14