Hello, my name is
NickKabrel
Understanding the human side of AI at work. My research examines how generative AI shapes human learning, cognition, and behavior at work, and how organizational contexts influence the ways people use and work with AI.
Researcher, University of Zurich
DSI Excellence Fellow
Disciplines
- Work & Organizational Psychology
- Human–AI Interaction
- Organizational Change
Rigorous research + collaboration & advisory for companies
My research examines how generative AI shapes human cognition, learning, and behavior in organizational settings. I am interested in both the psychological processes involved in working with AI and the organizational conditions that influence how these technologies are adopted and used.
Current main project The psychological impact of AI in organizations
A multi-study research project on how working with AI affects people psychologically in real organizational settings — moving from in-depth qualitative insight to the experience of AI use as it happens in everyday work.
- Funding
- Ad personam, 4 years
- Design
- Multi-study, mixed methods
- 1
Study 1 · Completed
Qualitative study
In-depth qualitative study of how employees experience working with AI.
- 2
Study 2 · In preparation
Longitudinal study of real-world AI use
An event-based longitudinal study capturing real-world AI use at work and the momentary psychological experiences that accompany it.
- 3
Study 3 · Planned
Third study
Building on the first two studies; details to follow.
2026 npj Digital Medicine. A framework for integrating conversational AI into real-world mental health care alongside, not instead of, human clinicians.
2026 Nature Reviews Psychology. Comment.
2025 Perspectives on Psychological Science. A neurocognitive model of how people change, linking conceptual and neurobiological levels of explanation.
