Wallner, T.S.

Theresa Wallner is PhD candidate at the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering. Her main research interest is Consumer Behaviour in a Circular Economy.

Academic Background

Theresa is a social scientist with a passion for sustainable development that is inspired by her background in clinical and social psychology. Theresa aims to bridge the gap between disciplines and use her knowledge as a psychologist to enhance sustainable consumer behaviour. 

Her current work focusses on designs for a Circular Economy in particularly design strategies to stimulate sustainable Consumer Behaviour with a focus on refurbished products. During her PhD at the Marketing and Consumer Behaviour Research group, Theresa wants to develop design guidelines for refurbishment. 

Her prior work focussed on social- and political aspects of sustainable development, such as trauma and integration of refugees in the Netherlands (UvA) and conflict resolution interventions (UvA, IDC Herzilya).

Education

• 2015 ─ 2017
  Research Master Psychology, University of Amsterdam
• 2012 ─ 2015
  Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University

Experience

• 2015 ─ 2018
  Conducting and assisting in quantitative and qualitative research projects at various institutions
• 2018 ─ 2019
  Board Member, VluchtelingenWerk Amsterdam Noord
• 2016 ─ 2018
  Teacher and Junior Lecturer, Politics, Psychology, Law and Economics College, University of Amsterdam
  Teacher for Statistics for Experimental Research, Behavioural Economics, Doing Research in Social Science, Groups processes and decision making in the interdisciplinary Honours Bachelor Psychology, Politics, Law and Economics.
• 2015 ─ 2017
  Field Research Instructor
  Instructor for a field research seminar in Geneva for Structural Analysis of Cultural System with students from the Technical University of Berlin. During this field research seminar, Theresa prepared students to conduct field research in remote areas and to participate at the 10th Annual session of the UN Expert Mechanism on the Rights of indigenous Peoples.

Lectures and/or coaches students on:

• Sustainable Consumer Behaviour
• Consumer Behaviour
• SPD research