Karolin Schmidt
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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7634-4139 Career
Karolin Schmidt has been a junior professor of behavioral psychology with a focus on interventions in the field of the circular economy at Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg (OVGU) since October 2024. Her research interests focus on the role of consumers in the transformation towards a sustainable carbon-based chemical industry based on a circular economy (with a focus on plastic production). In her research, she also deals with the explanation and promotion of sustainable everyday behavior of consumers in various areas of consumption (e.g. nutrition, energy, mobility, etc.), as well as with the theory-based development and impact evaluation of psychological interventions to promote sustainable consumption practices in the laboratory and in the field.
In addition to her research work, Karolin Schmidt supervises various courses and student theses as part of the Master's program in Psychology with a focus on Environmental Psychology/Human-Technology Interaction at OVGU.
From 2015 to 2024, she was a research assistant in the Department of Environmental Psychology at Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg. In 2020, she successfully completed her doctorate with the cumulative dissertation “The avoidance of food overconsumption in households as a key area for promoting conscious and climate-friendly food consumption”.
Haefner, G., Kastner, I., Deuß, A., Meier, J. N., Beer, K., Schmidt, K., Lehmann, P. & Matthies, E. (2024). How can energy-relevant investment decisions be boosted? The role of events as initiators and drivers of the decision process. Energy Research & Social Science, 117, 103710. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2024.103710
Matthies, E., Beer, K., Böcher, M., Sundmacher, K., König-Mattern, L., Arlinghaus, J., Blöbaum, A., Jaeger-Erben, M. & Schmidt, K. (2024). Framework conditions for the transformation toward a sustainable carbon-based chemical industry–A critical review of existing and potential contributions from the social sciences. Journal of Cleaner Production, 143279. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.143279
de Paula Sieverding, T., Kulcar, V. & Schmidt, K. (2024). Act like There Is a Tomorrow—Contact and Affinity with Younger People and Legacy Motivation as Predictors of Climate Protection among Older People. Sustainability, 16(4), 1477. https://doi.org/10.3390/su16041477 
Schmidt, K, Kastner, I. & Matthies, E. (2024). Who can cope with a carbon tax? The role of financial consequences in policy acceptance among German homeowners. Energy Research & Social Science, 111, 103492. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2024.103492
Wallis, H., Holzen, V., Sieverding, T., Matthies, E., & Schmidt, K. (2023). How do appraisal as threat or challenge, efficacy, and environmental quality affect wellbeing in the COVID-19 pandemic?. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13, 1009977. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.1009977
Schmidt, K. & Chmielewski, L. (2022) Was passiert, wenn wir der Wahrheit wirklich ins Auge sehen? Evaluation der vielfältigen Wirkungen bildlicher Hinweise auf Produktverpackungen für die Förderung eines nachhaltigen Fleischkonsums in Deutschland. Umweltpsychologie, 25(2), 32-62.
Schmidt, K., Kösling, P., Bamberg, S., & Blöbaum, A. (2022). A Prospect Theory-based experimental vignette methodology for exploring rebound effects and rebound-damping interventions. Ecological Economics, 193, 107302. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2021.107302
Schmidt, K., Wallis, H., Sieverding, T., & Matthies, E. (2022). Examining COVID-19-related changes toward more climate-friendly food consumption in Germany. Sustainability, 14(7), 4267. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14074267
Wallis, H., Sieverding, T., Schmidt, K., & Matthies, E. (2022). # Fighteverycrisis: A psychological perspective on motivators of the support of mitigation measures in the climate crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 84, 101898. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2022.101898
Kastner, K., Schmidt, K. & Matthies, M. (2022) Ernährungsstile und Nachhaltigkeit - eine psychologische Perspektive. Einführung in das Schwerpunktthema. Umweltpsychologie, 25(2), 3-11.
Matthies, E., Holzen, V., Schmidt, K., Wallis, H. & Sieverding, T. (2022). Die Coronakrise als "Gamechanger" für die Transformation zur Nachhaltigkeit. In C. Soetbeerg & M. G. Ophoff (Hrsg.): Corona und Nachhaltigkeit. Lernen aus der Krise für eine nachhaltige Entwicklung. DBU-Umweltkommunikation / Band 16 (S.87-94). Oekom.
Schmidt, M., Kastner, I., Schmidt, K., Kastner, K. & Schmidt, S. (2023). Developing with People in Mind - A Multidisciplinary Challenge for an Autonomous Cargo Bike (Konferenzbeitrag). 4th International Scientific Convention UCLV 2023, Central University "Marta Abreu" of Las Villas.
An overview over all publications can be found via Forschungsportal Sachsen-Anhalt.