A Saxon is Germany's best professor
The German University Association has awarded the "University Teacher of the Year" prize, endowed with 10,000 euros, to Prof Dr Bertolt Meyer. Meyer holds the Chair of Work, Organisational and Business Psychology and is spokesperson for the "Hybrid Societies" special research area at Chemnitz University of Technology (TU Chemnitz). According to the TU, Meyer's research interests include the fusion of humans and technology and diversity. He himself was born without a left forearm and wears a bionic prosthesis.
The President of the University Association, Prof Dr Lambert T. Koch, praised Meyer's research, which is often about breaking down stereotypes and overcoming barriers. Meyer also facilitates unbiased encounters and brings people with different attitudes and contrary positions together as the presenter of two science programmes on ARTE and Deutschlandfunk. In the "Agree to Disagree" series, the psychologist engages in dialogue with people from various scientific disciplines on socially controversial topics such as automation and genetic engineering. In the "People of Science" podcast, he brings a wide audience closer to people who move and are moved by science."Bertolt Meyer, who lives and loves diversity, makes science accessible and understandable. He himself is an unconventional type who also likes to explore unusual paths outside the university. As a passionate lover of electronic beats, he is a sought-after musician and DJ who plays at parties and in trendy clubs," Koch continues. Meyer will receive the award on 25 March 2024 at the "Gala of German Science“ in Berlin.
Meyer comes from Hamburg. After studying psychology at the University of Hamburg and the Humboldt University of Berlin, he completed his doctorate at the Humboldt University of Berlin in 2008 with a scholarship from the German National Academic Foundation. From April 2014, he substituted for the Chair of Economic, Organisational and Social Psychology at Chemnitz University of Technology, as he had done in the 2012/2013 winter semester, before being appointed to the Chair of Organisational and Business Psychology on 1 July 2014.
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