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Anand van Zelderen is a Post-Doctoral Research Associate at the University of Zurich’s Center for Leadership, where he specializes in Organizational Behavior and Virtual Reality. He has established and now manages the Center’s 'Future Work Metaverse VR Laboratory,' a hub for innovative research aimed at understanding how employees think, feel, and behave in immersive virtual environments. His work investigates the potential of the Metaverse to drastically alter the everyday working lives of employees. Anand is particularly focused on leveraging virtual reality technology to study aspects of organizational leadership and employee emotions, while also exploring the adoption of new technology among workers. He has a keen interest in maximizing the efficacy of virtual reality technology for scientific research, actively working on a long-term project to create an open metaverse for organizational researchers worldwide. Prior to his current position, Anand completed his PhD at KU Leuven, where his research concentrated on talent management practices, investigating how employees and non-talents react to various talent management strategies. His findings have attracted significant attention from the business community, leading to invitations as a keynote speaker at conferences for HR managers in Belgium.
Department of Law