About me
Research on how people change
I am a PhD student in Social and Environmental Psychology at Ruhr University Bochum, focusing on behavior change psychology. My research examines how people engage with climate change and how scientific insights can be translated into meaningful, real-world change.
laura.niestegge@rub.de
Research interests
- Climate Policy Acceptance
- Policy Decision Making
- Political Psychology
- Behavior Change
- Prosocial and Environmental Behavior
- Large Language Models (LLM) in Political Psychology
Brief curriculum vitae
- Since 2026
- PhD student in Social and Environmental Psychology, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
- 2024–2025
- M.Sc. Behavior Change Psychology, Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands
- 2023–2024
- M.Sc. Applied Psychology and Counselling, IU International University of Applied Sciences
- 2022–2025
- Corporate roles in HR communication, change management, and training
- 2021–2022
- Social Science Honours, Radboud Honours Academy Nijmegen, Netherlands
- 2019–2022
- B.Sc. Psychology (Clinical and Social Psychology), Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands
Ruhr-Universität
Bochum
Radboud
University
IU Internationale
Hochschule