Sonja Rispens
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About
Dr. Sonja Rispens is a leading researcher at the intersection of work design, organizational psychology, and human-robot collaboration. Her work critically examines how the integration of automation and robotics transforms the nature of work, with a particular focus on employee adaptation and well-being. In her highly cited comparative case study of eight logistic warehouses (47 citations), Dr. Rispens revealed how robotization fundamentally alters work design for order pickers and packers, challenging the prevailing assumption that automation simply replaces tasks. Instead, she demonstrates that it reshapes skill requirements, job complexity, and worker autonomy. More recently, Dr. Rispens has advanced an employee-centered perspective on training for human-robot collaboration in learning factories, and has applied career adaptability theory to understand how industrial workers learn and adapt when cooperating with robots. Her forward-looking 2025 work explores employees' initial experiences and learning strategies in human-robot teams. By centering the human experience in technological change, Dr. Rispens provides vital insights for designing work systems that are both productive and humane, making her a key voice in the future of work research.
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