Anna Helfers

SoSe 2023

Project seminar empirical-scientific work II - course B

WiSe 2022/23

Accompanying seminar to the lecture: Observing, counseling and supporting from a developmental psychology perspective. Part 2. course D

Project Seminar Empirical-Scientific Work I -Course C

SoSe 2022

Project Seminar Empirical-Scientific Work II -Course B

WiSe 2021/22

Accompanying seminar to the lecture: Observing, counseling and supporting from a developmental psychological perspective. Part 2. course D

Project Seminar Empirical-Scientific Work I -Course B

Summer semester 2021

Accompanying seminar to the lecture from WiSe 20/21: Observing, Counseling and Promoting from a Developmental Psychological Perspective. Part 2. course F

Project Seminar Empirical-Scientific Work II -Course B-.

Professional activity

since 03/2022 Research Assistant in the Department of Transportation Planning and Transportation Systems, University of Kassel

since 05/2019 Research Associate in the Department of Developmental Psychology, University of Kassel

03/2015 - 05/2015 Self-employed as test administrator for the PISA study, IEA Hamburg

05/2014 - 08/2014 Student Assistant in the Department of General Psychology with Prof. Dr. Tobias Richter, University of Kassel

05/2013 - 08/2015 Student assistant in the project "Competencies of students in dealing with original scientific literature" (KOSWO), University of Kassel

Academic career

Since 05/2020 PhD student, University of Kassel Working title: Risk perception, behavior and communication in times of crisis.

10/2015 - 04/2019 M.Sc. Psychology, University of Kassel Master's thesis: Understanding Straw Burning Behavior in Northern India - Farmers' Decision-Making in Interacting Social Networks

08/2018 - 09/2018 Field research in the project Promoting Sustainable Management of Rice Straw in Punjab (India).

09/2015 - 02/2016 Semester abroad in the M.Sc. Cognitive Neuroscience program, City College of the University of Sheffield, Thessaloniki (Greece).

10/2012 - 09/2015 B.Sc. Psychology, University of Kassel Bachelorthesis: The development of an argument structure training to promote students' competencies in dealing with scientific literature

10/2010 - 08/2011 Studium generale, Leibniz Kolleg, Tübingen, Germany

Clinical training

since 10/2021 Training as psychological psychotherapist with focus on systemic psychotherapy, Academy for Systemic Therapy in Dortmund, Germany

10/2020-07/2022 Basic course in systemic (family) therapy and counseling, Kassel Institute for Systemic Therapy and Counseling

Support

since 06/2022 Mentee at Mentoring Hessen Pro.Career.Doc

10/2014-04/2019 Material and non-material study support by the Villigst Foundation e.V.

Helfers, A., Reiserer, M., Schneider, N., Ebersbach, M., & Sommer, C. (in press). Should I stay or should I go? Risk perception and use of local public transport during the COVID-19 pandemic. Frontiers, 13, 926539. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.926539

Helfers, A. & Ebersbach, M. (2022). The differential effects of a governmental debunking campaign concerning COVID-19 vaccination misinformation. Journal of Communication in Healthcare: Strategies, Media and Engagement in Global Health. doi.org/10.1080/17538068.2022.2047497

Helfers, A.; Mehr, A.; Eder, D.; Haust, E.-M.; Theimer, L. (2021, October 5-8). Focussing on the proximal effects of climate change? [Conference poster]. ICEP 2021, Syracuse, Italy.

Helfers, A., Friedrich, M. & Ernst, A. (2019, September 3-7). Decision-making in interacting social networks: understanding straw burning behavior in Northern India [Conference presentation]. ICEP 2019, Plymouth, United Kingdom. https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/uploads/production/document/path/15/15210/Conference_handbook_FINAL.pdf