Senior Researcher
Dr. Parichehr Scharifi
Room: A619
T + 49 30 314 29 877
Mobile + 49 17 62 328 2330
Curriculum Vitae
Dr. Parichehr Scharifi has finished her Ph.D. in 2023 at TU-Berlin She has analyzed the effect of intervention manuals for rehabilitation of DUI (Driving under the influence) offenders in groups with the focus of the resources (Grawe, 1999) and empowerment of the DUIs participations.
Since 2010, she has been working as a traffic psychologist and behavioral therapist in Germany. She finished her study in clinical psychology in 1995 in Iran. After six years of working as a researcher at the University of Social Welfare and the Ministry of Health in the field of rehabilitation and prevention of psychological diseases, with a focus on drug abuse, she has decided to continue her profession in Germany and started studying health and clinical psychology at the University of Leipzig in 2001. After finishing her study in 2006, she continued her further education in psychotherapy (behavioral therapy) with a focus on scheme therapy and ACT in Berlin and Leipzig. During her further education, she learned traffic psychology at Dekra Academy in Berlin and worked as a traffic psychologist for Dekra Academy in different cities in Germany. She translated the main book of traffic psychology (Verkehrspychologie im automobilen Straßenverkehr) from German to Persian language in 2011 and sent it to the first National Congress of Traffic Safety in Iran. After introducing and publishing this book in Iran, she had some workshops for the University of Social Welfare, in cooperation with UNICEF Iran. Currently, she is a researcher at the Technical University of Berlin. She has writing and managing some projects in Iran, Germany and Africa and with the friendly cooperation of the “German Traffic Safety Control”, the “Institute of Educational Measures Hamburg”, UNICEF, UNDP and the Traffic Psychology International Organization. The last researches at TU Berlin was leading the work package Usability and UX in highly automated shuttles in Berlin, and TRANS-SAFE; Transformin Road Safety in Africa.
2018 – 2022
Ph.D. student in health and traffic-psychology, University Leipzig, TU Berlin
2010 – 2011
Continuing Education as Professional Trainer in Traffic Psychology, Dekra Academy, Berlin
2008 – 2015
Continuing Education of Psychotherapy (behavioral, schema therapy and ACT), IPT Leipzig, DGVT Berlin and University of Bern
2006 – 2008
Scientific assistant, University Leipzig, Health Psychology dep.
2006
Diplom - Psychologe (M. Sc. In Psychology)
2002 – 2006
Student, clinical and health psychology, University Leipzig
1990 – 1995
Student, clinical psychology, Azad University Tehran, Iran
1988
Graduated High School (natural science), Teheran, Iran
2023
Teacher at CBS International Business School
2022 – present
Scientist at the Technical University of Berlin – Habitat Unit
2018 – 2022
Scientist at the Technical University of Berlin (ZTG) – Usability and UX in highly automated Shuttle
2015 – present
Psychotherapist and Traffic Psychologist in private practice
2016 – 2017
Part-time therapist in cardiological rehab. center, Berlin
2010 – 2018
Traffic psychologist at Dekra Academy Berlin
2011 – 2018
State-approved trainer of special courses for alcohol, drug and traffic offenders
2011 – 2016
Psychological consultant of Women-Center in Berlin
2009 – 2013
Clinical psychotherapist in different psychosomatic medical hospitals, Leipzig, Kassel and Berlin
2022 – present
TRANS-SAFE - Transformin Road Safety in Africa, TU-Berlin
2018 – 2022
Shuttle & Co, Usability and UX in highly automated shuttles, TU Berlin
2011
Invited Referent in the first national conference of Road Safety, Iran
2013
Invited Referent “ Workshop in Traffic Psychology for social workers”, Iran
2011
Forschungsprojekt Ressourcendiagnostik, Leipzig
2006 – 2007
Neuropsychiatric Undergraduate Research Practis (Vigilanz, EEG und fMRT)
1998 – 1999
Rapid Assessment Survey of Drug Abuse in Iran (Koop. UNDCP)
2023
Lecturer in CBS – Cologne International Business School
2010 – present
Lecturer, stress management in hospitals and private practice
2021
Guest-Lecturer, Acceptance and Usability Methods in Autonomous Shuttle, Technical University of Dresden
2019
Guest-Lecturer, smoking cessation program
2018
Guest-Lecturer, The role of traffic psychologists for safe mobility in Kaunas, Lithuania (Erasmus+)
Since 2016
Lecturer of the therapy method “Acceptance and Commitment Therapy” (ACT), Institute for Mindfulness, Berlin
Since 2015
Publishing different articles concerning traffic psychology issues for “German Magazine of Traffic Safety” with focus on empirical resources-analyzing in Traffic-psychological interventions
2013
Coordinator of scientific and governmental exchange (Traffic Psychology), delegation from Iran in cooperation with UNICEF-Tehran
2013
Guest-Lecturer, University of Applied Science Coburg, Institute of Intercultural Psychology
2011
Translator of the book “Traffic Psychology in Automobile Traffic. An introduction to overviews” from German into Persian language
Stefano De L., et al. (2021): Transportation Systems for Smart, Sustainable, Inclusive and Secure Cities", IntechOpen Ltd
Scharifi, P., Liemandt, T., Kollbach, B. & Reschke, K. (2017): Results of Empirical Resource Analysis in Traffic Psychology Interventions (IFT Course, DEKRA Academy GmbH) – a pilot study. Magazine for Traffic Safety 63, 2, pp. 88-92.
Scharifi, P., Liemandt, T., Reschke, K. & Kollbach, B. (2016): Empirical resource- analysis in Traffic psychological interventions (IFT course, DEKRA Academy GmbH) – a pilot study. Magazine for Traffic Safety, 62, 3, pp. 89-91.
Scharifi, P. (2011): Translation of the Book “Verkehrspsychologie im automobilen Straßenverkehr, Konrad Reschke u.a. 2008“ https://www.civilica.com/PdfExport-TRAFFICSAFETY01_086=نگاهی-به-روانشناسی-ترافیک-در-آلمان.pdf