Rate My Professor Irene López

Prof. Dr. Irene López is Professor of Business Psychology, Vice Dean of the Department, and Dean of Business Psychology and Applied Psychology at CBS International Business School in Cologne, Germany. She heads the Department of Business Psychology. López studied Psychology and completed her doctorate at Freie Universität Berlin. Her teaching and research center on work and organizational psychology, communication processes and their optimization, knowledge management, personnel and management development, psychological aspects of sustainability, corporate social responsibility (CSR), and green human resource management. In addition to her university roles, she serves as a coach and consultant in leadership programs and contributes to application-oriented projects on CSR and Smart Working.

López has produced a range of publications on pressing HR and organizational topics. She edited CSR und Wirtschaftspsychologie: Psychologische Strategien zur Förderung nachhaltigen Handelns (Springer, 2016) and co-edited Chancen und Herausforderungen des Home-Office with A. Karlshaus and S. Schwarz (CBS International Business School, 2022). Other key works include Employer Branding und New Work – Einflussfaktoren auf die Generation Y und Z (HR RoundTable News, 2022), Herausforderung in Krisenzeiten – Zum Zusammenhang von Homeoffice und psychischen Belastungserscheinungen (HR RoundTable News, 2022), Flexibler werden with A. Karlshaus (Personalmagazin, 2021), Wie flexibel ist die deutsche Wirtschaft? with A. Karlshaus (HR RoundTable News, 2021), Zum Zusammenhang von Onboarding und Commitment – Herausforderung in Zeiten von Covid-19 with A. Karlshaus (HR RoundTable News, 2021), and Outplacement in der Wissenschaft – Studie der CBS International Business School in Kooperation mit dem Deutschen Zentrum für Hochschul- und Wissenschaftsforschung with A. Karlshaus and H. Abegg (2020). Her articles appear in HR RoundTable News, Personalmagazin, PT Magazin, and Steinbeis Papers, addressing home office challenges, workplace flexibility, crisis impacts, outplacement, New Work, and employee relationship management. López also delivers public lectures, including on nonverbal communication at the KölnerKinderUni using examples from characters like Spiderman and Pippi Langstrumpf.