Forschungsinteressen:

Curriculum Vitae:

Berufserfahrung:

seit 3/2021
Universität Duisburg-Essen, wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin

01/2018 – 2/2021
KRONGAARD AG, Partner Manager/Recruiterin
 

Studium:

9/2013 – 8/2016
Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen, B.Sc. Psychologie

9/2016 – 8/2017
Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen, M.Sc. Psychologie (Arbeits-, Organisations- und Gesundheitspsychologie)

Publikationen

Zeitschriftenartikel (peer reviewed)

Flachs, S., Büttner, O. B., & Serfas, B. G. (2026). Targeting Impulsive Buying: Reducing Fast-Fashion Consumption with Inhibitory Control Training. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 102914. Journal

Riefler, P., Baar, C., Buettner, O. B., & Flachs, S. (2024). What to gain, what to lose? A taxonomy of individual-level gains and losses associated with consumption reduction. Ecological Economics, 224, 108301. Journal 

Konferenzbeiträge

2025

Flachs, S., Büttner, O.B., Riefler, P., & Baar, C. (April 8, 2025). Two-sided communication: Does communicating gains and losses increase willingness to reduce consumption? [Conference presentation]. SCORAI Europe Conference 2025, Lund, Sweden.

Flachs, S., Büttner, O.B., Riefler, P., & Baar, C. (June 18, 2025). Overcoming resistance: Can two-sided communication reduce counterarguing and promote willingness to reduce consumption? [Conference presentation]. International Conference on Environmental Psychology, Vilnius, Lithuania.

2024

Flachs, S., Baar, C., Riefler, P., & Büttner, O. B. (September 19, 2024). What to gain and what to lose? The effect of two-sided communication of gains and losses of a consumption-reduced lifestyle on individuals’ willingness to reduce consumption [Conference presentation]. 53rd DGPs congress/16th ÖGP conference, Vienna, Austria.

Flachs, S., Baar, C., Riefler, P., & Büttner, O. B. (June 14, 2024). What to gain and what to

lose: The effect of expected consequences of a consumption-reduced lifestyle on individuals’ willingness to reduce via basic psychological need (dis-)satisfaction [Conference presentation]. Green Choice & Sustainable Consumption Workshop, Innsbruck, Austria.

Flachs, S., Baar, C., Riefler, P., & Büttner, O. B. (March 15, 2024). What to gain and what to lose: The effect of expected consequences of a consumption-reduced lifestyle on individuals’ willingness to reduce via basic psychological need (dis-)satisfaction [Conference presentation]. Economic Psychology Workshop, Tilburg, The Netherlands.

2023

Flachs, S., Büttner, O. B., Serfas, B. G., & Wilberg, J. (2023, August 15). Fast Fashion, Fast Decisions – Konsumpsychologische Interventionen zur Förderung nachhaltiger und bewusster Kaufentscheidungen im Textilhandel [Conference presentation]. Snapshot Verbraucherforschung des BMUV, online.

Flachs, S., Büttner, O. B., Serfas, B. G., & Wilberg, J. (2023, July 6-8). Fast Fashion: Go or No-Go? – Impulse Inhibition Training Can Help Consumers to Reduce Fashion Consumption [Conference presentation]. The European Association for Consumer Research Conference, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Flachs, S., Büttner, O. B. & Serfas, B. G. (2023, June 20-23). The No-Go fast fashion: Reducing clothing consumption by impulse inhibition training [Conference presentation]. International Conference on Environmental Psychology, Aarhus, Denmark.

2022

Flachs, S., Büttner, O. B., Serfas, B. G., & Wilberg, J. (2022, September 22-23). Fast Fashion: Go oder No-Go? - Training zur Impulskontrolle kann Konsum von Kleidung reduzieren [Conference presentation]. 5. Symposium Konsum Neu Denken, Vienna, Austria.

Flachs, S., Büttner, O. B., Serfas, B. G., & Wilberg, J. (2022, September 10-15). Fast Fashion: Go oder No-Go? - Training zur Impulskontrolle kann nachhaltigen Konsum fördern [Conference presentation]. 52nd DGPs congress/15th ÖGP conference, Hildesheim, Germany.

2021

Flachs, S., Büttner, O. B., Serfas, B. G., & Wilberg, J. (2021, October 28-31). Impulsively sustainable: Can an inhibitory control training help consumers to reduce fast fashion consumption? [Conference presentation]. The Association for Consumer Research Conference, online.

Flachs, S., Büttner, O. B., Serfas, B. G., & Wilberg, J. (2021, October 27). Selbstregulationstechniken zur Förderung nachhaltiger Kaufentscheidungen im Textilhandel [Conference presentation]. Nachwuchsworkshop Verbraucherforschung, Berlin, Germany.

Flachs, S., Büttner, O. B., Serfas, B. G., & Wilberg, J. (2023, June 24). Fast Fashion, Fast Decisions – Konsumpsychologische Interventionen zur Förderung nachhaltiger und bewusster Kaufentscheidungen im Textilhandel [Conference presentation]. Virtuelle Lunch-Talk-Reihe des BMJV „Verbraucherschutz im Dienst der UN-Agenda 2030 und der Sustainable Development Goals", online.