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Kathrin Smolarczyk, M.A.
EnvironSTEM
Faculty of Communication and Environment
Research Associate
Contact
Telephone
+49 2842 90825 9741
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Location
Kamp-Lintfort Campus
Friedrich-Heinrich-Allee 25, 47475 Kamp-Lintfort
Contact in Faculty of Communication and Environment
Location
Kamp-Lintfort Campus
Friedrich-Heinrich-Allee 25, 47475 Kamp-Lintfort
Profile
- Sophie, U., Smolarczyk, K., Mouratidis, M., & Kröner, S. (2026). Recreational making–related beliefs in adolescents: developing a comprehensive belief category system. Education and Information Technologies. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-026-13969-3.
- Smolarczyk, K., Virgo, M., Abed, O., & Becker, R. (2025). Design-Based Research and Design Thinking in the Fablab: Developing an Intervention to Spark Empowering Leisure Making in Children and Adolescents. Journal of Environmental Sciences (Elsevier), (45), 1–21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcci.2025.100763.
- Smolarczyk, K., Virgo, M., Abed, O., & Becker, R. (2025). Design-based research and design thinking in the Fab Lab: Developing an intervention to spark empowering making activities among children and adolescents. International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction, 45, 100763. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcci.2025.100763.
- Smolarczyk, K., Birnbaum, L., Christ, A., & Kroener, S. (2024). Children’s and adolescents’ engagement with music and the potential for (digital) empowerment processes: A text-mining-supported scoping review. Psychology of Music, 53(2), 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1177/03057356241241535.
- Smolarczyk, K., Mouratidis, M., Uhing, S., Becker, R., & Kröner, S. (2024). Let’s get them on board: Focus group discussions with adolescents on empowering leisure engagement in Fab Labs and makerspaces. International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction, 41, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcci.2024.100669.
- Smolarczyk, K., & Kröner, S. (2023). Two decades in the making: A scoping review on research on digital making and its potential for digital empowerment in non-formal settings. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 55(3), 459–476. https://doi.org/10.1080/15391523.2021.1974987.