Laura Mehner

Professional experience

Since 02/2019: Research associate at Department of Industrial/Organizational and Social Psychology, TU Braunschweig

• Project coordination of the interdisciplinary project INDIG-O (http://projekt-indigo.de/)
• Design and implementation of trainings on topics such as moderation, presentation and communication, and teamwork
• Creation of e-learning units, among others on the topic "Qualitative Interviews
• Implementation of trainings & coachings, as well as training of multipliers
• Quantitative and qualitative research on the topic of learning transfer
• Aimed doctorate on the topic "Learning and knowledge transfer: making new competencies usable in the company".

10/2018 - 01/2019: Internship at 4A-SIDE GmbH / Prof. Dr. Kauffeld & Lorenzo, Braunschweig

• Creation and assistance of workshops
• Creation of result reports
• Monitoring of certification measures

10/2014 - 05/2016: Research assistant at Department of Industrial/Organizational and Social Psychology, TU Braunschweig

• Preparation of a scientific conference paper as co-author (GFA): "Prohibit or allow? Effects of rules on smartphone use at work."
• Research support
• Tutor for various courses, including career coaching, team diagnosis and development, & personnel psychology
• Testing of online tools (competency navi).
• Editing of lecture content
• Questionnaire creation and evaluation

Further education

04/2017-03/2018: Certified Career-Coach, TU Braunschweig

University education

10/2017 - 01/2019: Master of Science in Psychologie at Technische Universität Carolo-Wilhelmina zu Braunschweig

• Specialization: Career coaching, team diagnosis and development, systemic consulting und methods of ingeneering and traffic psychology

• Titel of master's thesis: "Wann und warum wir jammern: Der wöchentliche Verlauf und die täglichen Antezedenzien des Jammerns im Arbeitskontext"

10/2013 - 09/2016: Bachelor of Science in Psychologie at Technische Universität Carolo-Wilhelmina zu Braunschweig

• Titel of bachelor's thesis: "Smartphones bei der Arbeit: Antezedenzien und Konsequenzen der arbeitsbezogenen und nicht arbeitsbezogenen Smartphone-Nutzung"

Voluntary service

02/2014 - 05/2016: Youth counselling Mondo X in Braunschweig, Voluntary work

Soft skill trainings

• Application & Assessment Center
• Moderation
• Communication & teamwork
• Conflict management

Conference proceedings

Mehner, L. & Kauffeld, S. (2023, März). Catalysts and barriers to knowledge transfer. Presentation at Frühjahreskonferenz der Gesellschaft für Arbeitswissenschaften (GfA), Hannover. 

Mehner, L. & Kauffeld, S. (2022, September). Factors influencing the transfer of learning and knowledge. Presentation at the 52nd Congress of the German Psychological Society (DGPs), Hildesheim.

Mehner, L. & Kauffeld, S. (2022, July). Changes in knowledge networks through training. Presentation at Sunbelt 2022, Session: Organisational networks. Cairns, Australia.

Mehner, L. (2022, März). How accepted is digital support for learning and knowledge transfer among the various stakeholders? Presentation at 2. Netzwerktagung: Digitale berufliche Bildung des Zukunftszentrums Sachsen.

Kauffeld, S., Mehner, L. & Rothenbusch, S. (2022, März). Opportunities, risks and required competencies when using the learning and knowledge transfer tool. (LeWiT-Tool). Presentation at Frühjahreskonferenz der Gesellschaft für Arbeitswissenschaften (GfA), Magdeburg.

Rothenbusch, S., Mehner, L. & Kauffeld, S. (2021, September). Opportunities and risks of digital support for learning and knowledge transfer through the LeWiT tool from the perspective of relevant stakeholders. Presentation at 12. Tagung der Fachgruppen Arbeits-, Organisations- und Wirtschaftspsychologie sowie Ingenieurspsychologie der DGPs (AOW), Chemnitz.

Kauffeld, S., Mehner, L. (2021, März). Supporting learning and knowledge transfer - the possibilities of digital tools. Presentation at Frühjahreskonferenz der Gesellschaft für Arbeitswissenschaften (GfA), Bochum.

Kruse, L., Rothenbusch, R., Kauffeld, S. (2020, März). What learning transfer factors make the difference? Presentation at Frühjahrskonferenz der Gesellschaft für Arbeitswissenschaften (GfA), Berlin.

Kortsch, T., Kruse, L., Paulsen, H. & Kauffeld, S. (2017, February). Prohibit or allow? Effects of rules on smartphone use at work. Paper presented at the Spring Conference of the Gesellschaft für Arbeitswissenschaften (GfA), Zürich.

Contributions to textbooks

Rothenbusch, S., Mehner, L., Gersie, C., Brümmer, G., Landers, C., Springmeyer, R., Gessnitzer, S. & Kauffeld, S. (2023). Digital tools to optimise interdisciplinary cooperation and learning and knowledge transfer - development and testing in the construction industry by the IN-DIG-O project. In Nitsch, V., Brandl, C., Häußling, R., Roth, P., Gries, T., Schmenk, B. (eds). Digitalisation of the working world Medium-sized companies 2. Berlin: Springer. doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-65858-1_5