Work & Organizational Psychology and Traffic Psychology

The aim of the doctoral program is to create a new type of specialists in the field of work, organizational and traffic psychology, who will be ready to create advanced non-technical as well as technical innovations, for example in the form of certified methodologies, patents or software. The specialists oriented in research, who will be graduates of the study program, will work mainly in the applied sector, or for this sector in the academic sphere, within multidisciplinary and international teams.

The graduate is equipped with the knowledge of personality psychology and social psychology. S/he knows the role of personality and group dynamics in the work process and in transport, understands the interactions between personality and the social environment. S/he is able to describe and evaluate the influence of personality traits and processes on the occurrence of negative phenomena (e.g., aggression and other forms of counterproductive behavior) in transport and in the workplace. The graduate will master the general principles of psychological diagnostics and will possess deeper knowledge and advanced skills of diagnostic approaches and methods specifically used in the field of work, management and organizational psychology and in traffic psychology.