Über den Autor Wiencke, Markus (Hrsg.)
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Markus Wiencke holds a PhD in psychology and an MA in social and cultural anthropology from the Freie Universitat Berlin. He has training as a systemic therapist and counselor. In his work at the Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (BAuA) in Berlin, he focuses on structures and strategies for health and safety at work. Previously, he was visiting research fellow for the Healthy at Work (GiB) project at the Leuphana University of Luneburg, Germany. Further, he has worked as the therapeutic head of ward for a psychiatric clinic and as a management consultant. He has written on the social and cultural dimensions of health (promotion), based on his fieldwork in Germany, Brazil, Chile, India, and Tanzania. Mirella Cacace holds a PhD in economics and currently works as postdoctoral researcher at the Research Center on Inequality and Social Policy (SOCIUM) at the University of Bremen, Germany. Her previous positions include analyst with RAND Europe and visiting professor at the Leuphana University of Luneburg, Germany. In 2008 and 2009, she was a Harkness Fellow in International Health Policy and Practice, sponsored by the Commonwealth Fund, and hosted by Columbia University in New York City. Her main areas of research concern institutional economics and international healthcare systems, especially in Germany and the United States. Sebastian Fischer has been a postdoctoral researcher at the Leuphana University of Luneburg, Germany, where he also received his PhD in organizational psychology. He researched the influence of situational characteristics on employees with different personalities. His research focuses on explaining employee behaviors and feelings ranging from stress and withdrawal from work to innovative and proactive behaviors. Recently, he joined market research focusing on outcome perspectives of innovation rather than on processes. "
