Dr. Ronja Gerdes

21335 Lüneburg, Universitätsallee 1, C40.311
Fon +49.4131.677-4022, ronja.gerdes@leuphana.de
Research associate, Professorship of Psychology, in particular Collective Action for Sustainability

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Vita

Ronja Gerdes studied psychology at the Technical University of Braunschweig. She did her PhD on the acceptance of environmental policies at the Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg. In 2025, she had a position at the University of Hohenheim, funded by the Margarete-von-Wrangell Juniorprofessorship and did research on sustainable consumption. Since Dezember 2025, she is a postdoctoral researcher in the project "Embracing Transformation" at the Leuphana University Lüneburg.

Publications

Journal contributions

  1. Die Kluft zwischen Dringlichkeit und Umsetzbarkeit der Klimapolitik – am Beispiel des CO2-Preises
    Ronja Gerdes (Author) , Florian G. Kaiser (Author) , 01.01.2024 , in: InMind, 2024, 1

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

  2. A general explanation for environmental policy support: An example using carbon taxation approval in Germany
    Ronja Gerdes (Author) , Emily Bauske (Author) , Florian G. Kaiser (Author) , 01.09.2023 , in: Journal of Environmental Psychology, 90 , 11 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

  3. Supporting and expressing support for environmental policies
    Florian G. Kaiser (Author) , Ronja Gerdes (Author) , Fenja König (Author) , 01.05.2023 , in: Journal of Environmental Psychology, 87 , 10 p.

    Research output: Journal contributions › Journal articles › Research › peer-review

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Courses

Psychology of Motivation, Emotion, Communication and Self-Regulation - Sem 1 for Major UWI (Hinweis: keine Überschneidung mit Chemie-Laborübungen A2 und A3)
Ronja Gerdes
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In this seminar students will gain insights into how human behavior and its psychological underpinnings contribute to the emergence and mitigation of pressing global issues such as climate change and biodiversity loss. We will discuss research on motivation, emotion, communication, self-regulation, and decision-making with a specific focus on contemporary empirical research from the field of environmental psychology. Through project-based learning, the acquired knowledge will be applied to a real-world case involving external stakeholders. In their projects, students will develop evidence-based interventions and communication strategies to foster more sustainable individual and collective action.
Next appointment:
Lectures for this semester ended.