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Alina Tausch is a researcher specializing in human-AI teaming, human-robot interaction (HRI), and human-centered work design. Her work sits at the critical intersection of occupational psychology, robotics, and artificial intelligence, exploring how humans and autonomous systems can collaborate effectively without compromising worker well-being and autonomy. Tausch's most influential contribution — a 2023 scoping review and network analysis on defining human-AI teaming from a human-centered perspective — has already garnered 131 citations, signaling its rapid impact on the field. This work provides conceptual clarity in an area often dominated by purely technical perspectives. Complementing this, her research on task allocation in HRI has been particularly formative, demonstrating through empirical studies that workers perform better and report greater satisfaction when granted agency over task-sharing decisions with robots — a finding with meaningful implications for workplace automation and organizational design. Tausch has also contributed theoretical frameworks modeling the psychological effects of task allocation processes, bridging organizational psychology with robotics research. Her German-language publications extend her influence into applied contexts such as care robotics and sustainable workplace design. Collectively, her body of work advocates powerfully for keeping the human experience central as intelligent systems become increasingly embedded in everyday working life.