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Katharina Hilger holds a Contract academic position in the Department of Organizational Psychology within the Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences. Her research actively contributes to United Nations Sustainable Development Goals related to quality education and well-being, focusing on workplace dynamics in educational settings.
Her core research spans job satisfaction, individual differences, autonomy, and social support, with specialized expertise in teacher well-being during exceptional circumstances like the COVID-19 pandemic. She investigates how job characteristics and remote work structures influence psychological outcomes, bridging organizational psychology and educational practice through empirical analysis of work environments.
Hilger's recent work analyzes pandemic-induced shifts in teachers' work characteristics, revealing critical links between autonomy, social support, and job satisfaction during lockdowns. Her research demonstrates how task feedback mechanisms and remote teaching adaptations affect well-being, contributing to evidence-based strategies for resilient educational systems under crisis conditions.
