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Kristien Klaka

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kristien.klaka(at)tu-braunschweig.de

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Kristien Klaka

Research Interests

  • Ecological sustainability
  • KREIS project: Working sustainably in the circular economy (https://kompetenzzentrum-kreis.de/) 
  • ROBUST project: Transformation-promoting measures, concepts and structures for adaptable and sustainable SME-based company and value creation networks (https://mittelstand-resilient.de/) 
  • Connect2Transform (C2T) project: Climate protection in urban areas – transformation towards sustainable heating and cooling supply in Braunschweig’s Bahnstadt (https://connect2transform.org/) 

Curriculum Vitae

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”
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  • Soft-skill trainings: Job applications and Assessment Centers
Publications

Conference Proceedings

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.

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. 

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

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