- From Likert scales to images: Validating a novel creativity measure with image based response scales. Leutner, Franziska; Yearsley, A; Codreanu, S; Borenstein, Y and Ahmetoglu, G. 2016. From Likert scales to images: Validating a novel creativity measure with image based response scales. Personality and Individual Differences, 106, pp. 36-40. ISSN 0191-8869
- The relationship between the entrepreneurial personality and the Big Five personality traits Leutner, Franziska; Ahmetoglu, Gorkan; Akhtar, Reece and Chamorro-Premuzic, Tomas. 2014. The relationship between the entrepreneurial personality and the Big Five personality traits. Personality and Individual Differences, 63, pp. 58-63. ISSN 0191-8869
Dr Franziska Kiki Leutner
Kiki specialises in Individual Differences and Computational Psychometrics, and their application in industry.
Staff details

Position
Lecturer in Occupational Psychology
Department
Institute of Management Studies
F.Leutner (@gold.ac.uk)
Website
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-kiki-leutner-53777748/?originalSubdomain=uk
Kiki is a Business Psychologist and Data Scientist, combining psychological theory with machine learning methodology. Her fundamental interests are in computational psychometrics and the ethical application of algorithms in behavioural analytics, game-based assessment, consumer psychology, personal values, social media psychology, and entrepreneurship.
Kiki works both in academic and industry settings consulting to global organisations including HireVue, Red Bull, Admiral, and Dunnhumby, and working with startups that are driving innovation in psychometrics.
She is a Chartered Psychologist of the British Psychological Society (BPS) and a member of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology in the United States (SIOP).
Publications and research outputs
Article
- Towards algorithm auditing: managing legal, ethical and technological risks of AI, ML and associated algorithms Koshiyama, Adriano; Kazim, Emre; Treleaven, Philip; Rai, Pete; Szpruch, Lukasz; Pavey, Giles; Ahamat, Ghazi; Leutner, Franziska; Goebel, Randy; Knight, Andrew; Adams, Janet; Hitrova, Christina; Barnett, Jeremy; Nachev, Parashkev; Barber, David; Chamorro-Premuzic, Tomas; Klemmer, Konstantin; Gregorovic, Miro; Khan, Shakeel; Lomas, Elizabeth; Hilliard, Airlie and Chatterjee, Siddhant. 2024. Towards algorithm auditing: managing legal, ethical and technological risks of AI, ML and associated algorithms. Royal Society Open Science, 11(5), 230859. ISSN 2054-5703
- Game based assessments of cognitive ability in recruitment: Validity, fairness and test-taking experience Leutner, Franziska; Codreanu, Sonia-Cristina; Brink, Suzanne and Bitsakis, Theodoros. 2023. Game based assessments of cognitive ability in recruitment: Validity, fairness and test-taking experience. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 942662. ISSN 1664-1078
- Robots are judging me: Perceived fairness of algorithmic recruitment tools Hilliard, Airlie; Guenole, Nigel and Leutner, Franziska. 2022. Robots are judging me: Perceived fairness of algorithmic recruitment tools. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 940456. ISSN 1664-1078
Research Interests
- Talent Management
- Assessment and Selection
- Individual Differences, Personality and Intelligence
- Fairness and Ethics of AI in HR
- Computational Psychometrics
- Game Based Assessments
- Video Assessments
- Natural Language Processing and Personality
- Personal Values and Consumer Individual Differences
If you are interested in a PhD in any of these areas, please get in touch at f.leutner@gold.ac.uk