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Institute of Psychology
Department of Educational Sciences and Psychology
The picture shows the EF 50 building in the summer © Jürgen Huhn​/​TU Dortmund
Research Assistant

Corinna Gemmecke

Research focus

  • Psychology of the climate crisis
  • Pro-environmental behavior
  • Environmental sustainability in organizations

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since 10/2023
PhD student
Chair of Social, Work, and Organizational Psychology  (Prof. Dr. Joachim Hüffmeier)
TU Dortmund University

2021-2023
M. Ed. Psychology & Biology
TU Dortmund University & Ruhr University of Bochum 

2020-2023
Student assistent
Chair of Social, Work, and Organizational Psychology
TU Dortmund University

2017-2021
B. Sc. Psychology & Biology
TU Dortmund University & Ruhr University of Bochum 

 

Psychology of the climate crisis

Pro-environmental behavior

Environmental sustainability in organizations

Peer-reviewed publications

Gemmecke, C., Kühner, C., Schäpers, P., & Hüffmeier, J. (2026). How small business owners evaluate environmental action: A taxonomy of environmental measures and their perceived impact. Applied Psychology, 75(4), e70136. https://doi.org/10.1111/apps.70136

Kühner, C., Gemmecke, C., Hüffmeier, J., & Zacher, H. (2025). Climate change anxiety: A meta-analysis. Global Environmental Change, 93, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2025.103015

Gemmecke, C., Kühner, C., Zacher, H., & Hüffmeier, J. (2025). Prompting change: A systematic review and meta-analysis of the (un)confounded effects of prompts on pro-environmental behavior. Applied Psychology, 74(2), e70003. https://doi.org/10.1111/apps.70003

Mertes, M., Mazei, J., Gemmecke, C., & Hüffmeier, J. (2021). Short-term effects of authority concessions to terrorist hostage-takers: stability and generalizability of the concession effect. Negotiation and Conflict Management Research, 15(2).  https://doi.org/10.34891/20211105-533

Preprints

Brodeur, A., Abdul Baki, G., Fazio, L. ... Gemmecke, C. … Ziegler, J. (2026). Mass reproducibility in psychological science. Institute for Replication. www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10419/344024/1/I4R-DP326.pdf

Book chapters

Gemmecke, C. & Hüffmeier, J. (2026). Measuring environmental sustainability of teams and organizations. In: H. Zacher & K. L. Unsworth (Eds). Environmental sustainability in the workplace: Advances in theory, methods, and practice. Oxford University Press.

Databases

Wallrich, L., & Röseler, L., Hartmann, H., Ashcroft-Jones, S.,  ... Gemmecke, C. … Azevedo, F. (2026). FORRT Library of Replication Attempts (FLoRA) [Data set]. OSF. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/9R62X