Lucie Lilienthal

Lucie Lilienthal, M.Sc. 

PhD Student

Lucie Lilienthal is an external PhD Candidate at the Institute of Behavioral Science and Technology at the University of St. Gallen. Her research focuses on understanding how behavioral science can enable and sustain meaningful behavior change in individuals and organizations. She is particularly interested in the mechanisms behind behavior change and in how scientific insights can be translated into effective real‑world interventions.

Alongside her doctoral studies, Lucie works in consulting, where she has spent the past five years supporting organizations through complex transformation initiatives. Her practical experience in change, leadership development and organization transformation informs her research and reflects her broader aim of bridging scientific evidence with applied practice.

Lucie holds a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from the University of Hamburg and a Master of Science in Psychology from the Technical University of Darmstadt. She has previously contributed to research in areas such as mindfulness and cognitive performance, as well as human–robot interaction.

Selected Publications

Stock-Homburg, R., Hannig, M., Lilienthal, L. (2020). Conversational Flow in Human-Robot Interactions at the Workplace: Comparing Humanoid and Android Robots. In: Wagner, A.R., et al. Social Robotics. ICSR 2020. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 12483. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-62056-1_48