M.Sc. Ole Hätscher

Ole Haetscher
Doctoral Research Associate
Consultation-hour: By arrangement via E-Mail
Phone: +49 (2 51) 83 - 3 41 15
E-Mail: o_haet01 [at] uni-muenster.de
 

 

  • Curiculum Vitae

    Professional Positions

    Since 10 / 2022
    Doctoral Research Associate, Department of Psychological Assessment and Personality Psychology, University of Münster
    Interdisciplinary collaborative project: “Medical tr.AI.ning – intelligent virtual agents for medical Education”

    04 / 2021 – 01 / 2022
    Research Assistant, Department of Statistics and Psychological Methods, University of Münster

    11 / 2016 – 03 / 2019
    Student Research Assistant, German Primate Center, University of Göttingen

    Education

    10 / 2019 – 09 / 2022
    M.Sc. Psychology, University of Münster. Master Thesis: “Machine learning-based classification of depressive symptoms using structural and functional MRI data”

    10 / 2015 – 03 / 2019
    B.Sc. Psychology, University of Göttingen. Bachelor Thesis: “Objektive Rationalität, subjektive Rationalität und Irrationalität bei eskalierendem Commitment”

    Practical & International Experience

    06 / 2022 – 09 / 2022
    Data Science working student; Westphalia DataLab GmbH, Münster, Germany

    03 / 2022 – 05 / 2022
    Data Science internship; Westphalia DataLab GmbH, Münster, Germany

    09 / 2020 – 02 / 2021
    Data Science internship; AXA Data Innovation Lab, Cologne, Germany

    05 / 2019 – 09 / 2019
    Music and education volunteer; Santa Cruz, Galapagos, Ecuador

    03 / 2018 – 05 / 2018
    Marketing internship; STU GmbH, Cologne, Germany

  • Research interest

    In my research, I am primarily interested in how machine learning (ML) methods and large language models (LLMs) can improve the understanding, description, and prediction of individual differences in well-being and social interactions. For example, this includes predicting reactivities to social interactions using ML methods as well as simulating social interactions within agent-based modeling frameworks grounded in LLMs. Furthermore, I am interested in Unusualness—the extent to which an individual’s personality deviates from that of others, either through rare expression of individual personality variables or atypical co-occurrence patterns across multiple variables—and its conceptual and predictive value as a personality construct.

  • Publications

    in press
    2025
    2024

    in press

    Hätscher, O., Klinz, J. L., Kuper, N., Kroencke, L., Scharbert, J., Grunenberg, E., & Back, M. D. (in press). Using machine learning to predict individual differences in psychological reactivities to social interactions. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. pdf OSF

    2025

    Junga, A., Bozdere, P., Hätscher, O., Scherzer, S., Schmidle, P., Schulze, H., Pielage, L., Kockwelp, P., Meyerheim, M., Mergen, M., Risse, B., Marschall, B., Glückselig, T., & Ungru, K. (2025). Rethinking interaction design: Special implications for interaction concepts in medical education using virtual reality. Virtual Reality, 29, 98. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10055-025-01180-7 pdf

    Junga, A., Kockwelp, P., Valkov, D., Schulze, H., Bozdere, P., Hätscher, O., Ahrens, H., Marschall, B., Risse, B., & Holling, M. (2025). Teach the unteachable with a virtual reality (VR) brain death scenario – 800 students and 3 years of experience. Perspectives on Medical Education, 14(1), 44–54. https://doi.org/10.5334/pme.1427 pdf

    Schmidle, P., Metze, D., Hätscher, O., & Braun, S. A. (2025). Ausbildung im Zeitalter der Digitalisierung – Evaluation des digitalen Münsteraner Dermatopathologiekurses. Dermatologie, 76, 434—440. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00105-025-05516-x pdf.

    Willemer, M.-C., Meyerheim, M., Mergen, M., Schulze, H., Eiler, T. J., Mayer, L., Romeike, B., Hätscher, O., Speidel, R., & Junga, A. (2025). Status quo von Virtual Reality in der medizinischen Ausbildung der DACH-Region. GMS Journal for Medical Education, 42(5), 61. https://doi.org/10.3205/zma001785 pdf

    2024

    Junga, A., Schmidle, P., Pielage, L., Schulze, H., Hätscher, O., Ständer, S., Marschall, B., Braun, S. A., & the medical tr.AI.ning consortium (2024). New horizons in dermatological education: Skin cancer screening with virtual reality. Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology & Venerology. https://doi.org/10.1111/jdv.19960 pdf

    Junga, A., Schulze, H., Scherzer, S., Hätscher, O., Bozdere, P., Schmidle, P., Risse, B., & Marschall, B., & the medical tr.AI.ning consortium (2024). Immersive learning in medical education: Analyzing behavioral insights to shape the future of VR-based courses. BMC Medical Education, 24, Article 1413 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-024-06337-7pdf

  • Presentations

    Hätscher, O., Klinz, J. L., Kuper, N., Scharbert, J., Kroencke, L., Grunenberg, E., & Back, M. D. (2024, April 05). A Machine Learning Approach to the Prediction of Individual Differences in Contingencies. [Conference presentation]. 4th World Conference on Personality, Willemstad, Curacao.

    Hätscher, O., Klinz, J. L., Kuper, N., Scharbert, J., Kroencke, L., Grunenberg, E., & Back, M. D. (2023, November 07). A Machine Learning Approach to the Prediction of Individual Differences in Psychological Reactivities. [Conference presentation]. 2nd TRR 318 Conference Measuring Understanding, Paderborn, Germany.

    Hätscher, O., Klinz, J. L., Scharbert, J., Grunenberg, E., & Back, M. D. (2023, September 25). A Machine Learning Approach to the Prediction of Individual Differences in Psychological Reactivities. [Conference presentation]. 17th Conference of the German Psychological Society – Personality Psychology and Psychological Diagnostics (DPPD) Section, Salzburg, Austria.

    Hätscher, O., Junga, A., Schulze, H., Kockwelp, P., Risse, B., Back, M. D., & Marschall, B. (2023, September 16). Zusammenhang von Persönlichkeitsvariablen und Leistung in der virtuellen medizinischen Ausbildung. [Poster presentation]. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Medizinische Ausbildung, Osnabrück, Germany.

    Hätscher, O., Liethmann, L., Klinksieck, J. L., Breil, S. M., Ahrens, H., Geldmacher, T., Sensmeier, J., Marschall, B., & Back, M. D. (2023, July 22). Investigating the Relationship Between Self-Reported Social Skills and Actual Behavior. [Poster presentation]. 8th biennial conference of the Association for Research in Personality, Evanston, USA.

    Hätscher, O., Junga, A., Schulze, H., Kockwelp, P., Risse, B., Back, M. D., Marschall, B. (2023, April 13). Integration of VR into Medical Education. [Conference presentation]. Würtual Reality XR Meeting, Würzburg, Germany.

  • Memberships

    • German Psychological Society (DGPs; associated member)
    • Section of Personality Psychology and Psychological Assessment (DPPD)
    • Section of Methods and Evaluation