Jakob Mainert is research assistant and PhD student at University of Luxembourg since Sept. 2013. He is member of the psychometricians’ team responsible for the assessment of complex problem solving skills, led by ATTRACT research fellow Dr. Samuel Greiff.
Jakob studied Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience at the Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany, worked for the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, lead by Prof. Dr. Ulman Lindenberger and the Institute for Leadership and Human Resource Management (I-FPM) of the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, under Prof. Dr. Heike Bruch.
His research interests are cognitive abilities and their relationship to occupational performance and innovation on the individual, group and organizational level. Furthermore he is interested in cognitive and strategic skill trainings and organizational stocks and flows of learning.