Specialised in speech communication and emotion and social psychology
Vox Institute was founded in 1988 as a training and research institute specialized in acoustic, non-verbal and emotional aspects of speech communication.
Establishment of permanent collaboration with GPB (London based company) – continuing up until now.
Establishment of continuous collaboration with Pacific Voice & Speech Foundation – San Francisco USA.
Started providing courses for World Economic Forum. In 2009 started teaching courses at IMD (Lausanne) until now.
Vox research findings presented at several scientific conferences.
Establishment of Vox online assessments of Emotional Climate in organizations.
Start of new voluminous collaboration named “Educational tours” with West Africa (Senegal + 2 neighboring countries)
Branka Zei Pollermann PhD (founder and director) teaches speech communication, leadership and social/emotional intelligence and in Switzerland, France and the UK. She is author of numerous publications. Her academic credentials include: PhD in psychology (University of Geneva), three MAs (general linguistics, psychology, English and Italian languages and literature) and postgraduate studies in speech pathology, phonetics, philosophy and sociology. She held part-time teaching and research positions at: Geneva University – Faculty of psychology (9 yrs.), Geneva University Hospitals (17 yrs.), CERN (7 yrs.), and Zagreb University – Phonetics Institute (7 yrs.).
Dr. Bernd Pollermann – Since 1988 co-director of Vox Institute, in charge of IT evolution/revolution creating numerous programs and tailor-made online applications for clients.
Anne Rocher, for 15 years at Vox Institute, she has been giving individual courses in phonetic correction of foreign accent and prosodic correction.
Matthieu Jost, since September 2017 - to date is a trainer and research collaborator. He teaches Emotion Psychology - applied to the professional context and motivation to work, at training centers in the canton of Vaud and Neuchatel. These courses are designed and developed at Vox Institute.
Dr. Bernd Pollermann – Since 1988 co-director of Vox Institute, in charge of IT evolution/revolution creating numerous programs and tailor-made online applications for clients.
Anne Rocher, for 15 years at Vox Institute, she has been giving individual courses in phonetic correction of foreign accent and prosodic correction.
VOX Institute
Rue des Maraîchers, 17
1205 Geneva, Switzerland
