State Examination for Secondary School teaching (1998): Subjects English and Physical Education (Free University Berlin, Germany)
Doctoral Degree /PhD: (2001) Free University Berlin, Germany
Title of the Dissertation: Women and Competitive Sports – a Cross-Cultural Comparison between Germany and the USA
Post Doctoral Lectureship Qualification (Habilitation) in Sport Science (2005) University of Potsdam, Germany
Title of the Habilitation: Motivation and Volition in Top-Level Sports: Diagnostic Procedures and the Development of Sport Relevant Personality Factors during Youth
Employment
Since 01/2018: Full Professor for Sport Psychology, Leipzig University, Germany
02/2007 - 05/2017: Associate Professor for Sport and Exercise Psychology, Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
10/2006 - 01/ 2007: Senior Lecturer for Sport and Exercise Psychology, School of Psychology and Sport Science, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
05/ 2006 - 09 /2006: Acting Chair for Sport Psychology, Institute for Sport Science, University of Potsdam, Germany
04 /2001 - 04 /2006: Lecturer and researcher in the Department of Sport Psychology, Institute for Sport Science, University of Potsdam, Germany
Research Interests
Motivation and Volition
Talent Development
Doping prevention
Scale development
The integrative role of sport in multicultural societies