Kristien Klaka

Professional Experience

since 12/2023: Research associate at the Chair of Industrial/Organizational and Social Psychology, Institute of Psychology TU Braunschweig (Germany)

03/2023 – 07/2023: Psychological research internship, Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering (WZL) of RWTH Aachen University (Aachen, Germany)

06/2022 – 07/2023: Student assistant in the field of recruiting and personnel management, Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT (Aachen, Germany)

04/2021 – 06/2021: Neuropsychological internship, MEDICLIN-Hedon-Clinic (Lingen, Germany)

09/2020 – 10/2020: Criminal psychology internship, Correctional Facility Meppen (Meppen-Versen, Germany)

University Education

10/2018 – 08/2021: B. Sc. Psychology, University of Kassel

• Bachelor’s thesis: „The Dark Core of Personality: Gender Differences in Meat Consumption”

10/2021 – 10/2023: M. Sc. Psychology, RWTH Aachen University

• Master’s thesis: „Fast or Fair Fashion? Experimentally Investigating Psychological Influences on Perceived Sustainability and Consumption Intention”

Trainings

• Soft-skill trainings: Job applications and Assessment Centers

Conference Proceedings

Klaka, K., Ritter, M. & Kauffeld, S. (2025, May). Enhancing Green Team Performance Through Video-Based Micro-Interventions in Workplace Meetings. Presentation at the 22nd Congress of the European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology (EAWOP), Prague. 

Klaka, K., Ritter, M. & Kauffeld, S. (2025, March). Green Team Performance: Can Video-Based Micro-Interventions Enhance Sustainability in Meetings? Presentation at the 71st Spring Congress of the Society for Occupational Science (GfA), Aachen.

Schilling, H., Ritter, M., Hirschberger, S., Meyer, J., Mattana, S., Klaka, K., Zorn, V., & Kauffeld, S. (2025, March). Shaping a Human-Centered Circular Economy – Needs, Challenges, and Solutions. Symposium at the 71st Spring Congress of the Society for Occupational Science (GfA), Aachen.

Klaka, K., Ritter, M. & Kauffeld, S. (2024, October). Cooperation in Circular Economy: A Social Network Analysis. Presentation at the 3rd environmental psychology PhD conference, Dresden. 

Klaka, K., Gehreke, L., & Kauffeld, S. (2024, March). Sustainability potentials and barriers in small and medium-sized enterprises: Results of a SWOT analysis. Presentation at the 70th Spring Congress of the Society for Occupational Science (GfA), Stuttgart.

Academic Articles

Markus, A., Klaka, K., Werz, J. M., Borowski, E., & Isenhardt, I. (2024). Application of participatory design in the development of a front-end for an AI-based decision support system with two companies. In A. Marcus, E. Rosenzweig, & M. M. Soares (Eds.), Lecture notes in computer science: Vol 14713. Design, user experience, and usability. HCII 2024 (pp. 76-85). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-61353-1_5