Education

1998 PhD, University of Berne

1993 Licence en psychologie générale, University of Lausanne

Professional experience

Since 2003 Professor, University of Neuchâtel

2002 – 2003 Visiting Scholar, University of Neuchâtel, Prof. Dr. F. Tschan

2000 – 2002 Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University, US, Prof. Dr. H. H. Clark

1999 – 2000 Lecturer, University of Basel

1997 – 2000 Researcher, SNSF research project, Selbstverwirklichung als postmoderne Entwicklungsaufgabe, Prof. Dr. A. Grob, University of Basel

1995 – 1998 Researcher, SNSF research project, Handlungsbezogene Gedächtnisprozesse sozialer Systeme, Prof. Dr. M. von Cranach

1993 – 1996 Teaching assistant (PhD student), University of Berne, Prof. Dr. M. von Cranach

Research interests

• Coordination in collaborative work and task-related communication
• Belief in conspiracy theories
• Social interaction in selection interviews
• Interplay of language and non-verbal communication (gesture)
• Coordinating joint action in humans and great apes

Currently funded projects

• Storytelling and first impressions in face-to-face and algorithm-powered digital interviews. Adrian Bangerter, principal investigator, Marianne Schmid Mast & Phil Garner, co-principal investigators, 1 Feb 2021 – 31 May 2026. Funded by Swiss National Science Foundation (CHF 700,342)
• Co-PI SNSF NCCR Evolving Language : https://evolvinglanguage.ch/

Tilston, O., Holler, J., & Bangerter, A. (2025). Opening social interactions: The coordination of approach, gaze, speech, and handshakes during greetings. Cognitive Science, 49(2), e70049.

Bangerter, A., Mayor, E., Muralidhar, S., Kleinlogel, E. P., Gatica‐Perez, D., & Schmid Mast, M. (2023). Automatic identification of storytelling responses to past‐behavior interview questions via machine learning. International Journal of Selection and Assessment, 31(3), 376-387.

Bangerter, A., Genty, E., Heesen, R., Rossano, F., & Zuberbühler, K. (2022). Every product needs a process: unpacking joint commitment as a process across species. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 377(1859), 20210095.

Miani, A., Hills, T., & Bangerter, A. (2022). Interconnectedness and (in) coherence as a signature of conspiracy worldviews. Science Advances, 8(43), eabq3668.

Brosy, J., Bangerter, A., & Sieber, J. (2021). Laughter in the selection interview: Impression management or honest signal? European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 30(2), 319-328.

Bietti, L. M., Tilston, O., & Bangerter, A. (2019). Storytelling as adaptive collective sensemaking. Topics in Cognitive Science, 11(4), 710-732.

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