Dr. Kathleen Jacobs

Education and Academic Training

• 2015 - 2020: Dr. rer. pol. Business and Social Sciences, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg
• 2012 - 2014: M.A. International Marketing, Nuremberg Institute of Technology
• 2008 - 2011: B.Sc. Business Administration, University of Mannheim
• 2010: Semester abroad, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
• 2005 - 2008: Bank Clerk IHK, Sparkasse Gera-Greiz

Professional Experience

• Since 2023: Senior Researcher at the Wuppertal Institute, Division Circular Economy
• 2019 - 2023: Research Associate at the University of Bonn, Institute for Food and Resource Economics
• 2013 - 2019: Research Associate at Alanus University, Faculty of Business Management
• 2018: Visiting Researcher at Nottingham Trent University, Centre for Industrial Energy, Materials and Products
• 2009 - 2013: Working Student or Intern at Hess Natur-Textilien, univativ, Beiersdorf, Tchibo und BDO Deutsche Warentreuhand
• 2008: Customer Consultant, Sparkasse Gera-Greiz

Research Focus

• Strategies and measures of a circular economy (focus: behavioral/ consumer science perspective)
• Acceptance of circular business models and policy instruments (esp. labelling)
• Quantitative-empirical research designs

Research Methods

• Quantitative methods of empirical social research
• (Experimental) Surveys, in particular conjoint analyses
• Multivariate analysis methods, e.g. structural equation, regression, cluster and factor analyses
• Software: RStudio, Lighthouse Studio (Sawtooth), LimeSurvey

Teaching

• Summer Term 2023: Part of lecture "Behavioral Economics in Agri-Food Markets (M.Sc.)", University of Bonn

Memberships

• German Academic Association of Business Research (VHB)

Reviewer

• Journal Industrial Ecology, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Cleaner Production