Lisa Marie Hempel

lisa-marie.hempel@bnitm.de

Lisa Marie Hempel

Background

Lisa Marie Hempel is a research associate in the Planetary Health Action Survey (PACE) project. She is interested in the health impacts of climate change, particularly on vulnerable populations, and in effective strategies to promote both climate and health protection.

She received her M.Sc. in Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy from the Technical University of Dresden in 2024 (Thesis: From Theory to Practice – Developing Climate Justice Scales and Testing Them in a Nomological Network) and her B.Sc. in Psychology from the University of Potsdam in 2021 (Thesis: Weight-Based Rejection Sensitivity Scale (W-RS) – Validation of the German-Language Version).

Her current research focuses on psychological and behavioral factors that influence the willingness to engage in climate protection at societal, political, and individual levels. Currently, a key aspect of her work is the development and validation of psychological measurement tools to enhance the reliability and applicability of climate-related research.

More broadly, she is interested in the intersection of psychology, environmental sciences, and global health, with a particular focus on interdisciplinary approaches to climate research.

Areas of expertise: health psychology, environmental psychology, measurement

Curriculum Vitae

Academic career

  • 2021 – 2024          Master of Science in Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technical University of Dresden
  • 2017 – 2021          Bachelor of Science in Psychology, University of Potsdam

Employment

  • 2025 – present     Research Associate, Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine Hamburg, Department of Implementation Research, Health Communication
  • 2023 – 2024         Student Assistant, Bernard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine Hamburg, Department of Implementation Research, Health Communication
  • 2021                     Research Internship, Charité Berlin, Affective Neuroscience Research Group
  • 2021                     Student Assistant, University Hospital Dresden, Early Detection Center for Mental Disorders, Institute and Outpatient Clinics of Psychiatrics and Psychotherapy
  • 2019 – 2020         Student Assistant, University of Potsdam, Department of Counseling and Health Psychology

Publications