Take part now: Current volunteer searches at the University of Siegen
Our scientists and young researchers are regularly looking for test subjects for their studies and surveys. As a study participant, you become part of research at the University of Siegen and actively support scientific progress. You can find a selection here.
Current studies at a glance
- Schools II - Department of Psychology
- Contact person: M.Sc. Psych. Nik Hulsmans
- What it's about: The mostly unconscious attitude that helps us to classify our experience into temporal categories (past, present, future) influences not only our actions and the decisions we make, but also our well-being or the risk of mental/physical illness. We want to investigate the connection between this attitude and well-being in more detail.
- Contact: nik.hulsmans@uni-siegen.de
- Target group: Students aged 18 and over
- Duration: Participation is possible until 10.07.2026
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Further information:
- To the website
- Schools II - Department of Psychology (Chair of Psychological Diagnostics and Differential Psychology)
- Contact person: Dr. Alexandra Zapko-Willmes
- This is what it's all about: In the study "How do people navigate their everyday lives?" (NaviTag), we are investigating how people organize their everyday situations and how this is related to characteristics of their personality and the respective situations. Participation is via smartphone and comprises an initial questionnaire and short daily surveys over a period of 14 days. In the first survey phase, households in Siegen were randomly selected and invited by flyer. In the current second survey phase, the study was opened up to all other interested parties.
- Contact: alexandra.zapkowillmes@uni-siegen.de
- Target group: All persons aged 18 and over
- Duration: Participation is possible until 31.07.2026.
- Directly to the survey
- Schools II - Department of Psychology
- Contact person: Nadine Stelzer
- This is what it's all about: As part of a psychological online study, we are investigating how artificial intelligence as a "stress coach" can help people to deal with stress in their everyday working or student life in a more structured and reflective way. Over a period of two weeks, participants use an AI-supported stress coach and answer short questionnaires. Participation is anonymous, completely online & data protection compliant.
- Contact: nadine.stelzer@uni-siegen.de
- Target group: People aged 18 and over (employees and students of the University of Siegen)
- Duration: Participation is possible until 20.05.2026, places are limited
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Further information: Artificial intelligence as a stress coach | University of Siegen
- Directly to the survey
- Schools II - Department of Psychology
- Contact person: Ronja Müller-Späth
- This is what it's all about: How should counseling sessions between doctors and patients be designed so that people actually implement health recommendations in their everyday lives? This is what the study "Dementia prevention in everyday life" is investigating as part of the PaTH (Participation, Treatment Adherence & Health) research project. Participants receive a free consultation on dementia prevention - with specific, realistic recommendations for action, adapted to their individual life situation. Participants then complete an anonymous questionnaire for the consultation.
- Contact:
E-mail: praevention@psychologie.uni-siegen.de
Telephone: 0271 740 4555 (manned: Mon: 13.30-14.30 and Thu: 16.30-17.30) - Target group: People aged 18 and over (dementia prevention starts early!)
- Duration: Participation is still possible until July 2026
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Further information:
- Faculty I: Faculty of Arts and Humanities
(Collaborative Research Center 1472 "Transformations of the Popular") - Contact person: Prof. Dr. Angela Schwarz
- What it's about: The aim of the project is to trace the various forms of popular history that generally exist in our society. It also addresses the question: How do (international) gamers perceive the representation of history and historical settings in digital games?
- Contact: schwarz@geschichte.uni-siegen.de
- Target group: (International) gamers of all ages who enjoy playing digital games with a historical setting.
- Directly to the survey
- School of Education Architecture and the Arts
- Responsible: Dr. Alla Machulska, Johanna Bück
- What is it about: Investigating how unconscious (implicit) processes change in different contexts
- Contact: johanna.bueck@uni-siegen.de
- Target group: Anyone aged 18 and over who is not abstinent from alcohol and does not currently suffer from a mental illness
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Further information:
- School of Education, Architecture and the Arts
- What it's all about: Filling out some questionnaires on personality and habits, measuring physiological parameters (ECG, EDA, pupil), viewing erotic images
- Contact: biostudy@psychologie.uni-siegen.de
- Target group: People aged 18 and over, generally healthy / no chronic or psychiatric illnesses (within the last two years)
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Further information:
- Collaborative Research Center "Media of Cooperation"
- Project group "Unsolicited/requested observation in interaction"
- Contact persons: Stephan Habscheid, Dagmar Hoffmann, Tim Hector, Niklas Strüver
- What it's about: In order to gain closer insights into everyday life with smart devices, the research team would like to accompany households as they set up and use smart home devices and record them on video. Depending on the extent of participation, an expense allowance of between 30 and 180 euros is possible.
- Target group:
- Households with smart speakers, smart kitchen appliances (e.g. a Thermomix), networked electronics (e.g. light bulbs, thermostats, door locks or sockets), digital energy controls for a solar panel or similar devices/applications.
- Households that do not yet use such devices but plan to purchase them and would like the research team to help them set up and use them.
- All members of the household must be at least 16 years old.
- Further information and registration
- Contact: ipa-studie@uni-siegen.de
- School of Economic Disciplines, Business Information Systems, Business Law
- Experience & Interaction Design working group
- Contact person: Dorothee Clasen
- What it's about: The project deals with how people can make authentic, self-determined decisions through the use of new technologies
- Target group: Adult, fluent German speakers who do not work and/or study at the University of Siegen
- Duration: max. 1.5 hours
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Further information:
- School of Education Architecture and the Arts
- Responsible: Prof. Dr. Simon Forstmeier, Dipl.-Psych. Hajo Lenz
- Target group: International students at German universities
- Duration: approx. 30 minutes
- Directly to the survey
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Further information:
- Partners: Universities of Siegen, Bonn, Münster and Paderborn
- Contact / Project coordinator: Marius Albers,
0176/69229033 - Target group: People aged 70 and over or between 30 and 45 from the municipalities of Hemer, Menden and Balve as well as from the urban areas of Bergneustadt, Koblenz (and Mayen-Koblenz district; on the right bank of the Rhine), Kreuztal, Meinerzhagen, Olpe and Winterberg.
- Further information on the project
- School of Education, Architecture and the Arts
- Responsible: Anna Masling and Anne Möbert
- Further information on the search for test persons
- School of Education Architecture and the Arts
- Responsible: Prof. Dr. Simon Forstmeier, Pia Brettschneider
- Further information: https://www.enkellos.de
