Portrait of Ann-Kristin Lieberknecht

Ann-Kristin Lieberknecht

M.Sc., Doctoral Researcher
Chair of Mobile Business and Multilateral Security
Goethe University Frankfurt

My research sits at the intersection of Human-Computer Interaction, usable privacy and security, and digital literacy. I am particularly interested in the psychological and social dynamics that shape how individuals engage with privacy risks in everyday digital life, especially those dynamics that remain implicit or unspoken. Rather than treating privacy as a purely technical or regulatory problem, my work asks how interventions can be designed to reflect the lived realities of the people they are meant to support.

To date, this work has focused on parents as proxy decision-makers for their children, uncovering the relational complexity, emotional tensions, and self-efficacy barriers that conventional approaches tend to miss. A central part of my work is translating these insights into concrete interventions and design strategies that move beyond awareness-raising towards building genuine capability and confidence in families.

Methodologically, I work across qualitative and quantitative research, with experience in interviews, expert interviews, literature analysis, and structural equation modelling, as well as in intervention design, testing, and evaluation.

I am always happy to connect, exchange ideas, and explore potential collaborations.
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Publications

  1. Conference paper

    SoK: The design space of usable privacy interventions for parents: A systematization of knowledge. Lieberknecht, A.-K., & Löbner, S. (2026). Twenty-Second Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS 2026), Hannover, Germany. pp. 81-100. USENIX Association. usenix.org/conference/soups2026/presentation/lieberknecht

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  2. Conference paper

    More than mere mediators: Examining determinants of parental privacy management behaviors. Lieberknecht, A.-K., Löbner, S., & Tronnier, F. (2026). 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Barcelona, Spain. pp. 1-27. doi.org/10.1145/3772318.3790856

  3. Conference paper

    Exploring determinants of parental engagement in online privacy protection: A qualitative approach. Lieberknecht, A.-K. (2024). 2024 European Symposium on Usable Security (EuroUSEC 2024), Karlstad, Sweden. pp. 94-111. doi.org/10.1145/3688459.3688476

  4. Book chapter

    Safeguarding children's digital privacy: Exploring design requirements for effective literacy training for parents. Lieberknecht, A.-K., & Ochs, A. M. (2024). In L. Drevin et al. (Eds.), Information Security Education, Challenges in the Digital Age (WISE 2024) (pp. 111-126). Springer Nature Switzerland. doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-62918-1_8

  5. Book chapter

    Educating parents in managing online privacy risks: Media educators' perspectives. Lieberknecht, A.-K. (2024). In F. Bieker et al. (Eds.), Privacy and Identity Management, Sharing in a Digital World (pp. 114-126). Springer Nature Switzerland. doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-57978-3_8

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