Prof. Dr. Nicki Marquardt

Nicki Marquardt is Professor of Cognitive, Work and Organizational Psychology at Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences in Kamp-Lintfort. There he teaches on the Psychology (Industrial and Organizational Psychology, B.Sc) and International Management and Psychology (M.Sc) courses, which he helped to design and develop as study program manager. After studying business psychology in Lueneburg and Edinburg/Texas (USA), he worked at the Institute of Experimental Industrial Psychology at the Leuphana University of Lueneburg, where he completed his doctorate on the topic of unconscious processes in ethical management decisions. Since 2006, he has also been working as an independent organizational consultant and trainer for error prevention, human factors and safety culture in the aviation, automotive and medical industries. Nicki Marquardt publishes in renowned journals and speaks at international conferences on his main areas of work and research, such as human error, situational awareness, crew resource management, safety culture, mental readiness, implicit cognition and business ethics.

• Schürmann, V., Bodemer, D., & Marquardt, N. (2025). Exploring the use of regular reflections in student collaboration: a case study in higher education. Frontiers in Education, 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2025.1526487.
• Schürmann, V., Bodemer, D., & Marquardt, N. (2025). Applying debriefings in the context of higher education: How joint reflection fosters students’ collaborative problem solving. Social Psychology of Education, 28, 62. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11218-024-09991-3.
• Schürmann, V., Marquardt, N., & Bodemer, D. (2024). Conceptualization and Measurement of Peer Collaboration in Higher Education. Small Group Research, 55(1), 89–138. https://doi.org/10.1177/10464964231200191.
• Schuermann, V., Marquardt, N., & Bodemer, D. (2024). Conceptualization and Measurement of Peer Collaboration in Higher Education: A Systematic Review. Small Group Research, 55(1), 89–138. https://doi.org/10.1177/10464964231200191.
• Marquardt, N. (2023). Changing implicit and explicit moral attitudes by ethics training. In International Journal of Psychology (Vol. 58, Issue Suppl. 1, pp. 112).
• Marquardt, N., Stierle, K. E., van der Velden, E.-M., & Schürmann, V. (2023). Mental Readiness in Emergency Response Tasks. Performance Improvement Quarterly, 36(3), 111–123. https://doi.org/10.56811/piq-21-0011.
• Marquardt, N., Hoebel, M., & Lud, D. (2021). Safety culture transformation-The impact of training on explicit and implicit safety attitudes. Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing & Service Industries, 31(2), 191–207. https://doi.org/10.1002/hfm.20879.
• Marquardt, N. (2019). Situation awareness, human error, and organizational learning in sociotechnical systems. Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing & Service Industries, 29(4), 327–339. https://doi.org/10.1002/hfm.20790.
• Marquardt, N., Hannig, C., & Hannig, S. (2016). Mental Readiness and Performance under Stress. In International Journal of Psychology (Vol. 51, pp. 766).
• Marquardt, N., Gades, R., & Robelski, S. (2012). Implicit social cognition and safety culture. Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing & Service Industries, 22(3), 213–234. https://doi.org/10.1002/hfm.20264.
• Marquardt, N., Robelski, S., & Jenkins, G. G. (2011). Designing and evaluating a crew resource management training for manufacturing industries. Human Factors & Ergonomics in Manufacturing & Service Industries, 21(3), 287–304. https://doi.org/10.1002/hfm.20234.
• Marquardt, N., & Hoeger, R. (2009). The Effect of Implicit Moral Attitudes on Managerial Decision-Making: An Implicit Social Cognition Approach. Journal of Business Ethics, 85(2), 157–171. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-008-9754-8.

Human Error

Situation Awareness

Crew Resource Management

Safety Culture

Mental Readiness

Implicit Cognition 

Business Ethics