Dr. Laura Rinker

Dr. Laura Rinker is a Research Fellow at the Chair of Business and Organizational Psychology at the University of Hohenheim, where she previously worked as a research associate and doctoral candidate from 2021 to 2025. In her dissertation, funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), she examined how social comparison processes shape knowledge exchange between colleagues across age groups. She earned her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Psychology from Justus Liebig University Giessen, where she specialized in Personnel Psychology and Organizational Behavior during her Master’s program and completed a structured pre-doctoral training program.

In her primary professional role, Laura Rinker works as a Senior Consultant for Transformation & People Strategy at Mercer Germany. In this capacity, she supports organizations in addressing key future challenges relating to work and organizations – from the development of skill-based job architectures and career frameworks to strategic people and workforce planning, and work/org design.

Her research interests as a Research Fellow focus on:

• (Age-)Diversity and Inclusion Experiences at Work
• Knowledge Transfer and Workplace Learning
• Interpersonal Interactions and Social Evaluation