Charlotte Schüßler
Research Unit Environment and Society
Department of Economics
Helmholtz Centre
for Environmental Research − UFZ
Permoserstr. 15
04318 Leipzig, Germany
phone: +49 341 6025 1046
charlotte.schuessler@ufz.de
Research Interests
- Moral disengagement theory
- Cognitive dissonance theory
- Behaviour change in the field of food production and diet
Curriculum Vitae
since 2021
Research Assistant in the Department of Economics at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
2018 − 2021
M. Sc. Psychology at Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, focus on Cognitive Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience
Master thesis: "Farmers’ reasoning towards the use of pesticides. A mixed-method analysis based on cognitive dissonance theory considering farmers’ identification with conventional and organic farming"
2015 − 2018
B. Sc. Psychology at the Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jena, Germany
Current Projects
PhD project "Moral disengagement in the maintenance of environmentally harmful food production and consumption" (University of Greifswald)
Publications
2025 (2)
- Schüßler, C., Schulz, P., Tomczyk, S., Schmidt, S., Stoll-Kleemann, S. (2025):
Psychometric properties of the German version of the moral disengagement in meat questionnaire (MDMQ-G)
Food. Qual. Prefer. 127 , art. 105439 10.1016/j.foodqual.2025.105439 - Schüßler, C., Tomczyk, S., Schmidt, S., Stoll-Kleemann, S., Schulz, P., Höners, R. (2025):
MaD
Open Science Framework (OSF) 10.17605/OSF.IO/CEPM5
2024 (1)
- Schüßler, C., Nicolai, S., Stoll-Kleemann, S., Bartkowski, B. (2024):
Moral disengagement in the media discourses on meat and dairy production systems
Appetite 196 , art. 107269 10.1016/j.appet.2024.107269
2023 (1)
- Bartkowski, B., Beckmann, M., Bednář, M., Biffi, S., Domingo-Marimon, C., Mesaroš, M., Schüßler, C., Šarapatka, B., Tarčak, S., Václavík, T., Ziv, G., Wittstock, F. (2023):
Adoption and potential of agri-environmental schemes in Europe: Cross-regional evidence from interviews with farmers
People Nat. 5 (5), 1610 - 1621 10.1002/pan3.10526
2022 (1)
- Bartkowski, B., Schüßler, C., Müller, B. (2022):
Typologies of European farmers: approaches, methods and research gaps
Reg. Envir. Chang. 22 (2), art. 43 10.1007/s10113-022-01899-y