Louisa Rinsdorf

M.Sc.
Louisa Rinsdorf

Campus Gummersbach
Steinmüllerallee 1
51643 Gummersbach
Room 2.221 Mailing address


  • Phone: +49 2261-8196-6570

Positions

  • Research assistant at the department of work and organizational psychology
  • Doctoral student in the field of psychology of (social) entrepreneurship
  • Former Deputy Speaker, Doctoral Convention, TH Köln (Nov 2022 - Nov 2024)
  • Former Member, Working Group on the new TH Köln Anti-Discrimination Policy (Dec 2022 - Jan 2024)

Research fields

  • Gender and diversity in the psychology of entrepreneurship
  • Gendered aspects of entrepreneurial intention
  • Early-Stage Startup Financing (investor decision-making)
  • Entrepreneurship education
  • Rinsdorf, L. S., Palmer, C. & Kruse, P. (2025). Linking Gender Role Orientation and Value Orientation to Predict Commercial and Social Intention among Entrepreneurs. International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship, 18(1), 36-58.
    https://doi.org/10.1108/IJGE-02-2024-0048
  • Poster Presentation at 13th AOWI & Engeneering Psychology Congress "Changing Work Environments: Cooperation between Humans and Technology ": Who believes in the success of female entrepreneurs? The role of gender homophily.
    (Rinsdorf, Louisa, Traußnig, Laura, Bergner, Sabine & Palmer, Carolin)
    Lüneburg, Germany – September 11, 2025
  • Oral Presentation at 53rd DGPs Congress "People I Environment I Media": The Influence of Gender Facets on Investors’ Decision-Making
    (Rinsdorf, Louisa, Traußnig, Laura, Bergner, Sabine & Palmer, Carolin)
    Vienna, Austria – September 19, 2024
  • Oral Presentation at "New Perspectives on Entrepreneurial Diversity and Well-being - Implications for Theory and Practice": Linking Gender Role Orientation and Value Orientation to Predict Funding Decisions among Investors
    (Rinsdorf, Louisa, Traußnig, Laura, Bergner, Sabine & Palmer, Carolin)
    Dublin, Ireland – May 31, 2024
  • Oral Presentation at "4th World Conference on Personality": Think social entrepreneur, think fe-/male? Why the prediction of entrepreneurs' orientation benefits from gender role orientations
    (Rinsdorf, Louisa, Palmer, Carolin & Kruse, Philipp)
    Willemstad, Curaçao – April 4, 2024
  • Poster Presentation at 17th DPPD Congress "Researching Diversity, Living Diversity": Value Orientation and Gender as Drivers of Entrepreneurial Intention
    (Rinsdorf, Louisa, Palmer, Carolin & Kruse, Philipp)
    Salzburg, Austria – September 25, 2023
  • Poster Presentation at 17th AOW Congress "Proactive Adaptation to a Changing Work Environment"
    (Rinsdorf, Louisa, Palmer, Carolin & Kruse, Philipp)
    Kassel, Germany – September 14, 2023
  • Co-Chair of the Symposium “Entrepreneurship in Context: Research on Entrepreneurship at Environmental, Interpersonal, and Intrapersonal Levels” at 53rd DGPs Congress People I Environment I Media
    Landowski, Mirjam & Rinsdorf, Louisa
    Vienna, Austria – September 19, 2024

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