Karolina Nieberle

Karolina Nieberle is Associate Professor in Social and Organisational Psychology and Deputy Director for the Professional Education in Behavioural Science at the Department of Psychology at Durham University (UK). Previously, Karolina was at the LMU Center for Leadership and People Management and at Durham University Business School (UK).

Karolina received her PhD in Organisational Psychology from the Ludwig Maximilan University Munich. She is a certified psychological trainer (LMU Munich) and has worked with multinational organisations across business, education and the arts to help unlock leadership potential, enhance collaboration, and foster wellbeing.

Her research focuses on leadership, identities and well-being at the interface between work and home. Karolina has a strong interest in better understanding how individuals develop, form and sustain their identities as leader and followers. She also seeks to understand how the behaviors of formal leaders and followers affect each other, contributing to leadership and well-being outcomes. She has published in leading journals such as The Leadership Quarterly, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Journal of Business and Psychology, European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, and Organizational Psychology Review.