Dr. A. (Anne-Kathrin) Klesse

Rotterdam School of Management (RSM)
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Member ERIM
Field: Marketing
Affiliated since 2016

Anne-Kathrin Klesse obtained her PhD from Maastricht University and then worked at Tilburg University as an Assistant Professor in Marketing. In October 2016, she joined Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University. She frequently spent time at Stanford Graduate School of Business as a visiting scholar. 

In her research, Anne-Kathrin studies consumer judgement and decision making, with a specific focus on how technology augments human behavior. In one stream of research, she explores whether different device interfaces (e.g., voice-operated versus touch-, or click-operated) prompt different decisions. In another stream, she focuses on understanding human lay beliefs and behavior related to algorithms, AI, and GenAI. Because of the later, she has been invited to become the academic director of the Psychology of AI lab at the Erasmus Centre for Data Analytics (ECDA).

Her research has been awarded with the prestigious VENI grant (by NWO) and was published in leading Marketing journals, such as Journal of Consumer Research (JCR), Journal of Marketing Research (JMR), and Journal of Marketing (JM). 

Anne-Kathrin currently serves at the Editorial Review Board for the International Journal of Research in Marketing (IJRM) and JM. 

She is the PhD program coordinator of her department, coordinates the Behavioral Experts track in the (International) Business Administration Bachelor's programme (BA/IBA), and teaches a module on Technology-Augmented Behavior. 

Publications

  • Academic (8)
    • Celiktutan, B., Klesse, A. K., & Tuk, M. A. (2024). Acceptability lies in the eye of the beholder: Self-other biases in GenAI collaborations. International Journal of Research in Marketing, 41(3), 496-512. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijresmar.2024.05.006

    • Garbinsky, E. N., & Klesse, A. K. (2021). How (and When) the Presence of Food Decreases Enjoyment of Customer Experiences. Journal of Marketing Research, 58(4), 705-720. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F00222437211010465

    • Klesse, A. K., Cornil, Y., Dahl, DW., & Gros, N. (2019). The Secret Ingredient Is Me: Customization Prompts Self-Image-Consistent Product Perceptions. Journal of Marketing Research, 56(5), 879-893. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022243719846063

    • Gai, PJ., & Klesse, A. K. (2019). Making Recommendations More Effective Through Framings: Impacts of User- versus Item-Based Framings on Recommendation Click-Throughs. Journal of Marketing, 83(6), 61-75. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022242919873901

    • Geipel, J., Hadjichristidis, C., & Klesse, A. K. (2018). Barriers to sustainable consumption attenuated by foreign language use. Nature Sustainability, 2018(1), 31-33. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-017-0005-9

    • Klesse, A. K., Levav, J., & Goukens, C. (2015). The Effect of Preference Expression Modalities on Self-Control. Journal of Consumer Research, 42(4), 535-50.

    • Garbinsky, EN., Klesse, A. K., & Aaker, J. (2014). Money in the Bank: Feeling Powerful Increases Saving. Journal of Consumer Research, 38(6), 1047-62.

    • Klesse, A. K., Goukens, C., Geyskens, K., & de Ruyter, K. (2012). Repeated Exposure to the Thin Ideal and Implications for the Self: Two Weight Loss Program Studies. International Journal of Research in Marketing, 29(4), 355-62.

  • Academic (2)
    • Mariadassou, S., Klesse, A. K., & Boegershausen, J. (2024). Averse to what: Consumer aversion to algorithmic labels, but not their outputs? Consumer aversion to algorithmic labels, but not their outputs? Current Opinion in Psychology, 58, Article 101839. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2024.101839

    • Goukens, C., & Klesse, A. K. (2022). Internal and external forces that prevent (vs. Facilitate) healthy eating: Review and outlook within consumer Psychology. Current Opinion in Psychology, 46, Article 101328. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2022.101328

Consumers in the Age of AI: Understanding Reactions Towards Algorithms and Humans in Marketing Research
  • Role: Daily Supervisor
  • PhD Candidate: Gizem Yalcin
  • Time frame: 2017 - 2022
Doctoral Research in Marketing (Marketing Science, Consumer Behaviour or Consumer Neuroscience)
  • Role: Co-promotor
  • PhD Candidate: Begum Celiktutan
  • Time frame: 2020 -
Doctoral Research in Marketing (Marketing Science, Consumer Behaviour or Consumer Neuroscience
  • Role: Co-promotor
  • PhD Candidate: Marina Lenkovskaya
  • Time frame: 2021 -
Doctoral Research in Marketing (Marketing Science, Consumer Behaviour or Consumer Neuroscience
  • Role: Co-promotor
  • PhD Candidate: Ting-Yi Lin
  • Time frame: 2021 -
Doctoral Research in Marketing (Marketing Science, Consumer Behaviour, or Consumer Neuroscience)
  • Role: Co-promotor
  • PhD Candidate: Yue Zhang
  • Time frame: 2022 -
Loneliness in the Age of AI: Essays on AI-Enabled Personalization and Social Connection
Loneliness in the Age of AI: Essays on AI-Enabled Personalization and Social Connection
  • Role: Promotor
  • PhD Candidate: Ragna-Britt Taube
  • Time frame: 2022 -
PhD in Consumer Behavior
  • Role: Co-promotor
  • PhD Candidate: Maxwell Grimshaw Poole
  • Time frame: 2024 -
PhD in Consumer Behavior
  • Role: Co-promotor
  • PhD Candidate: Sepehr Etminanrad
  • Time frame: 2024 -
Past
  • Specialization Module on Consumer Behavior (2023/2024)

Address

Visiting address

Office: Mandeville Building T10-38
Burgemeester Oudlaan 50
3062 PA Rotterdam

Postal address

Postbus 1738
3000 DR Rotterdam
Netherlands