© D. Thiel

Jun.-Prof. Dr. Philipp Schäpers

Division Psychology of Entrepreneurship
Room: 54
Fliednerstraße 21
48149 Münster

Phone: +49 251 83 38485
E-Mail: philipp.schaepers@uni-muenster.de

Research Interests

  • Selection & Assessment
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Digitalization
  • Diversity Management
  • Employer Branding
  • Personality Assessment

Publications

Publications list

  • Short CV

    Professional Experience

    Since April 2021
    Assistant Professor for Psychology of Entrepreneurship at University of Münster

    September 2020 - March 2021
    Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Psychological Assessment, Differential and Personality Psychology) at Freie Universität Berlin

    September 2018 - June 2020
    Senior Research Associate // Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Organisational Behaviour and Human Resources) at Lee Kong Chian School of Business (Singapore Management University)

    April 2015 - August 2018
    Research Fellow (Psychological Assessment, Differential and Personality Psychology) at Freie Universität Berlin

    Januar 2015 - August 2018
    (Freelance) Consultant at FEEDBACKPEOPLE Managementberatung GmbH

    Education

    April 2015 - April 2019
    Ph. D. Psychology (Freie Universität Berlin)
    Titel: Situational Perception in Situational Judgment Tests:
    The Role of the Situation Description in Situational Judgment Tests
    Grade: Summa Cum Laude

    October 2012 – December 2014
    Master of Science Psychology (Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster)

    October 2009 – September 2012
    Bachelor of Science Psychology (Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster)

  • Grants

    July 2025 - June 2026
    Immersive Technologies in Human Resource Management
    Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC)
    • Role: Antragsteller / Principal Investigator

    March 2024
    Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development – Mick Marchington Applied Research Grant
    • Role: Collaborator, Supervisor

    June 2022 - May 2023
    EXIST-grant for the start-up "WellBe"
    • funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research
    • role: Grant proposal and mentor

    March 2021 - March 2022
    EAWOP Early Career Research Mentoring Grant

    September 2019 - August 2021
    “Company-Level Political Affiliation and Its Link with Company Attractiveness”(19-C207-SMU-009).
    • funded by the Ministery of Education, Singapore and Singapore Management University
    • Role: Co-PI (Principal Investigator: Filip Lievens, Ph.D.)

  • Awards

    • Journal of Applied Psychology 109(1): Editor's Choice (01/2024)

    • Teaching Award: University of Münster, Department of Psychology. Seminar: „Personalauswahl: Recruiting und Assessment“ (Winter term 22/23, Winter term 23/24)

    • Teaching Award: Freie Universität Berlin, Department of Psychology. Seminar „Diagnostische Verfahren A“ (2021)

    • Honorable mention: Dissertation Award of the European Association of Psychological Assessment (2020)

  • Reviewer

    Editorial Board:

    • Journal of Business and Psychology (JBP)
    • International Journal of Selection and Assessment (IJSA)

    Ad hoc Reviewer:

    • Current Research in Ecological and Social Psychology (CRESP)
    • Computers in Human Behavior (CHB)
    • European Journal of Psychological Assessment (EJPA)
    • International Journal of Selection and Assessment (IJSA)
    • Journal of Applied Psychology (JAP)
    • Journal of Business and Psychology (JBP)
    • Journal of Economic Psychology (JOEP)
    • Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (JPSP)
    • Journal of Personnel Psychology (JOPP)

    • Personnel Psychology (PPSYCH)

    • Small Business Economics (SBE)
    • Journal of Cleaner Production (JCP)
    • Thinking Skills and Creativity
    • Industrial and Organizational Psychology (IOP)
    • SoSci Panel
    • Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)

  • Memberships

    • Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs)
    • European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology (EAWOP)
    • International Test Commission (ITC)
    • Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP)