Professional competence areas:
- Alienation and existential indifference
- Meaning in life
- Meaning in work
- Psychology of Religion, Spirituality and Secularity
- Suffering and mortality awareness
Responsible for the following subjects:
- Master thesis
Subject code: AVH8010 - Religionspsykologi for helsefaglig praksis
Subject code: RPSY5020 - Facing Life and Death - In Phillipians and today
Subject code: TEOL6745
I joined MF as Professor of Existential Psychology in October 2020. Since 2024, I am also Fellow at the Humanistic University Berlin, Germany. After studying psychology, theology, religious studies and philosophy in Göttingen (GER), London (UK), Heidelberg (GER) and Cambridge (UK), I obtained my doctorate in Psychology at the University of Trier (GER) and my habilitation in Psychology at the University of Innsbruck (AT), where I founded the Existential Psychology Lab. My research focuses on existential issues such as meaning in life, attitudes toward death and suffering, alienation, religious/spiritual/secular worldviews and their practical significance for individuals, organisations, society and the environment. Numerous international publications, collaborations, functions, talks. Latest books: "The Psychology of Meaning in Life" (Routledge, 2021); "Sinn finden" (w. K. Trotier, Ullstein, 2024). Website: https://tatjanaschnell.com