Niklas Johannes is a behavioural scientist. He works as a postdoctoral researcher in the Adolescent Well-Being in the Digital Age programme, where he studies effects of technology on well-being and performance.
Dr Niklas Johannes
Postdoctoral Researcher
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Niklas is a postdoctoral researcher in the Adolescent Well-Being in the Digital Age programme. In his work he studies the effects of digital technology on well-being and performance using experiments, experience sampling, and large-scale data sets.
He obtained his PhD in Behavioural Science from the Behavioural Science Institute at Radboud University Nijmegen in the Netherlands. Here, he studied a similar topic, investigating whether and how permanent connectedness through smartphones affects cognitive control and well-being. He also studied the motivation behind smartphone use and tested behavioural trainings to reduce the appeal of smartphone apps.
Before his PhD, he obtained a MSc in Communication Science from the University of Amsterdam and a BA in Media and Communication and German Literature from the University of Mannheim.
Research Interests
Technology, Well-Being, Performance, Meta-Science, Open Science
Research
Current projects
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Programme on Adolescent Well-Being in the Digital Age
Participants: Professor Andrew Przybylski, Dr Matti Vuorre, Dr Niklas Johannes
This programme addresses the assumptions that the overall mental well-being of young people is undergoing a pronounced period of decline and that digital technologies might be driving this trend.
Integrity Statement
I conduct my research in line with the University's academic integrity code of practice.