Dr.-Ing. Maria Freese

Group leader “Work Research
& Industry 5.0“
Dr.-Ing. Maria Freese
Chair of Production Systems and Automation
Since May 2023, Maria Freese has been working as a group leader at the Chair of Production Systems and Automation at the Otto von Guericke University in Magdeburg. She obtained her Bachelor in Psychology and master’s degree in Human-Technology-Interaction from the Otto von Guericke University in Magdeburg. From 2013 to 2017, Maria Freese worked as a doctoral candidate at the German Aerospace Center in Braunschweig. After this, she worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands (2018 – 2023), except from January to August 2022, when she worked as a researcher at Raccoon Serious Games (commercial serious gaming company) in the Netherlands.
Professional distinctions and memberships
Aug 2023 – ongoing |
Associate Editor, Journal of Simulation and Gaming |
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Jul 2023 |
Best Workshop Award, International Simulation and Gaming Association Conference |
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Dec 2022 – ongoing |
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Jury member, German Simulation and Gaming Award |
Dec 2021 – ongoing |
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Board member, Swiss Austrian German Simulation and Gaming Association |
Jul 2021 – ongoing |
Member, International Simulation and Gaming Association |
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Jun 2021 |
German Simulation and Gaming Award |
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Sep 2016 |
FameGame Competition Winner, Simulation Technology and Training Conference & International Simulation and Gaming Association Conference |
- Decision-making processes and possible influencing factors (such as emotions) in human-human and human-technology interactions
- Development, use, and evaluation of serious games to analyse and design complex systems
- Human-centered design of systems (ergonomics)
Other publications
Google Scholar - Dr.-Ing Maria Freese
ORCiD - Connecting research and researchers - Dr.-Ing Maria Freese
2023
Book chapter
About dinosaurs in laboratories - evaluation of the serious game cards for biosafety
Freese, Maria; Bekebrede, Geertje
In: Simulation and gaming for social impact - Cham : Springer International Publishing ; Harteveld, Casper . - 2023, S. 52-65 - ( Lecture notes in computer science; volume 13622)
Book chapter
Stop work - serious games as intervention method to enhance safety behavior
Freese, Maria; Vliet, Karen
In: Simulation and gaming for social impact - Cham : Springer International Publishing ; Harteveld, Casper . - 2023, S. 134-148 - ( Lecture notes in computer science; volume 13622)
Peer-reviewed journal article
Empfehlungen zur curricularen Integration von Planspielen in Wirtschafts-Studiengänge
Zürn, Birgit; Trautwein, Friedrich; Freese, Maria
In: Zeitschrift für Hochschulentwicklung - Wien : ÖGHD, Bd. 18 (2023), S. 167-185