RELAN - Relation Analysis

About the RELAN author: Dr. Rainer Maderthaner

Dr. phil., Associate Professor, retired
University of Vienna
Faculty of Psychology
Department of Cognition, Emotion, and Methods in Psychology

Compressed CV:

• 1967-1974 Study of Psychology and Sociology
• 1971-1974 Scientific Assistant at the Institute of Psychology
• 1974 Doctor's degree (Ph.D.)
• 1974 Assistant Professor at the Institute of Psychology
• 1988 Venia docendi in psychology (authority to be lecturer on psychology at university)
• 1990 Birth of daughter Lydia
• 1990 - 2010 Member of the advisory committee of the Ministry of Health and Consumer Protection
• 1990 - 1993 Member of the managing committee of the Austrian Union of Psychologists (Berufsverband Österreichischer Psychologen, BÖP)
• 1990 - 2000 Lecturer at the Department of Media and Communication Sciences (Institut für Publizistik und Kommunikationswissenschaften)
• 1991 Visiting professor at the Institute of Psychology in Graz ("Architectural and Settlement Psychology")
• 1993 - 1997 Lecturer at the Technical University Vienna ("Human Ecology")
• 1993 - 1995 Scientific expert of the Viennese International Future Conference ("Wiener Internationalen Zukunftskonferenz")
• 1995 - 2005 Member of the managing committee of the "Austrian Society for Cognitive Sciences (ASoCS)"
• 1998 - 2002 Further education courses on Communicational Psychology at the Institute of Occupational Training in Vienna (Berufsförderungsinstitut Wien)
• 1999 - 2000 Member of the scientific committee of the euroconference "Quality of Life, Sustainability and Environmental Changes". Contracting organisation: Austrian Research Centers Seibersdorf (ARCS), now Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT)
• 2001 - 2004 Head of the Department for General Psychology
• 2003 - 2009 Head of the Advisory Board of LA 21 in Vienna
• 2003 - 2009 Lecturer at the Trainer Improvement Courses (Austro Control)
• 2007 - 2010 Deputy Dean of Studies (Vizestudienprogrammleiter)
• 2006 - 2012 Lecturer at the Technical University of Vienna (“Architectural Psychology”)
• 2012 - 2020 Visiting Professor at the Alpen-Adria Universität Klagenfurt (“General Psychology”, “Methodological, Historical and Epistemological Basics of Psychology”)
• 2010 - 2020 Lecturer at the Ferdinand Porsche Fern-Fachhochschule, Wr. Neustadt (“General Psychology”)
• Since 2009 Lecturer at the Department of Biology of the University of Vienna (“Methods of Social Sciences”)

Main Fields of Research:

Multivariate data analysis (“Relation Analysis”), General Psychology, Ecological and Architectural Psychology, Health Psychology

Memberships:

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs), Conservation Psychology (Division 34, APA), Berufsverband Österreichischer Psychologen (BÖP), Austrian Society for Cognitive Sciences (ASOCS)

Publications (8 Highlights):

• Maderthaner, R. (1978). Komplexität und Monotonie aus architekturpsychologischer Sicht. Der Aufbau,6, 257-262.
• Maderthaner, R. (1999). Ökopsychologische Bewertung des Raumes und der Landschaft. In: Schneider-Sliwa, R., Schaub, D. & Gerold, G. (Hg.), Angewandte Landschaftsökologie, Grundlagen und Methoden, S.511-526. Berlin: Springer.
• Maderthaner, R. (2003). Wissenschaftsgrundlagen der Psychologie. Einführung in die Rahmenbedingungen der Psychologie sowie in ihre ethischen, wissenschafts-theoretischen, wissenschaftshistorischen und methodologischen Grundlagen. Wien Facultas.
• Maderthaner, R. (2009). Allgemeine Psychologie 1 und 2 (Course book for the undergraduate studies of the Ferdinand-Porsche-Fern-FH, 87 pages)
• Maderthaner, R. (2012). Bedürfnisorientierte Evaluation von Bauten. Wege zu einer nutzungsadaptiven Planung. KONstruktiv 287, 11-14.
• Maderthaner, R. (2021). Psychologie UTBbasics. 3. Auflage. Wien: UTB-facultas.
• Maderthaner, R. (2021). Begriffe der Psychologie. Wien: UTB-facultas.
• Maderthaner, R. (2022). Relationsanalyse (RELAN) - Aussagenlogische, statistische und kausale Analyse von Daten: Springer Nature.

Contributions to Scientific Conferences/Meetings (6 highlights):

• Maderthaner, R. (2004). Analyse und Simulation von Theorien. In E. Bänninger-Huber, H. R. Bliem & B. Juen (Hrsg.), Abstract Band der 6. Wissenschaftlichen Tagung der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Psychologie in Innsbruck: Innsbruck (S. 35). STUDIA Verlag.
• Maderthaner, R. (2007). What is Conscious and Unconscious. Vienna Conference on Consciousness 2007, 5. Okt. 2007, Biozentrum, Universität Wien.
• Maderthaner, R. (2008). Relation Analysis - A proper way for testing hypotheses logically. In: Dalbert, C. (Ed.), Abstracts of the XXIX International Congress of Psychology (ICP 2008). Berlin: Psychology Press.
• Maderthaner, R. (2012). Ästhetik und Ausdruckswirkung von Bauwerken. Tagungsband der 10. Tagung der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Psychologie in Graz. Graz: ÖH-Uni Graz.
• Maderthaner, R. (2014). Nachhaltigkeit aus der Perspektive der Psychologie. GO Eco Social 2014 Masterarbeiten Workshop.
• Maderthaner, R. (2016) Ästhetik, Kommunikation und Partizipation als Faktoren des Wohlbefindens in Städten. Well-being Forschung in Österreich, Statistik Austria, 15. - 16.2.2016, Wien.

Societal Impact / Interaction with Society / Transfer of Knowledge (6 highlights):

• 2003 - 2012 General psychology instructions for air traffic controller (Austro Control Academy, Vienna)
• 2008 - “On the significance of perception psychology for visually handicapped and blind persons” (Pro-Retina-Plus-Workshop, March 27th 2008, Wien)
• 2006 - Professional Expertise: Landscape Perception (ÖIR-Platform, 19. Jan. 2006, Wien)
• 2010 - “Aesthetics -Wellbeing - Health”. Lecture at the British Embassy (Prime Time of Astra Zeneca, 19.5.2010)
• 2011 - Professional Expertise: The Sustainable Public Space - Der “nachhaltige Urbane Platz”. (Municipal Department 22 - Environmental Protection in Vienna (MA 22)
• 2012 - 2013 “Foundations of Emotion, Attitudes and Behavior” and “Basics of Psychological Aesthetics”. Lectures at the Institute for Banking and Finance (University Zürich)

Number of supervised final theses period 1988 to 2016:

Diploma: more than 150
Doctoral thesis: 5

The RELAN Team

The RELAN software package was realised with contributions by

Mirjam Uher - RELAN GUI, proof-reading of documentation - LinkedIn
Alexander Hohenecker - Web, RELAN startup program, application infrastructure - Homepage