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Short vita
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Teaching and research areas

  • Municipal health promotion
  • Theories, concepts and discourses in health promotion
  • Advice on health promotion
  • Motivational interviewing and moderation
  • Ability to reflect and personal development

Projects

Functions

Within the university:

  • Professor of Health Promotion and Prevention in Living Environments at the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Health

Outside the university:

  • Consultant for the Healthy Cities Network of the Federal Republic of Germany

Short vita

  • Since 09-2025: Professor for Health Promotion and Prevention in Living Environments
  • 2012 – 2025: Head of Health Promotion and Health Planning, Health Department, City of Nuremberg
  • 2005 2011: Doctorate at the University of Konstanz in sociology including family time
  • 2002 2012: Freelancer at the Institute for Social Research and Social Planning GbR Stuttgart/Nuremberg
  • 2005 – 2025: Lecturer at the Protestant University of Applied Sciences Nuremberg in the Social Work program
  • 1997 2002: Studied social work at the Protestant University of Applied Sciences in Nuremberg
  • 1995-1997: State-approved educator at the Deutsche Blindenstudienanstalt e.V., Marburg
  • 1990-1995: Training as a state-approved educator

You can find a detailed CV on LinkedIn.

Memberships

  • Member of the Advisory Board of the Expert Council of the Federal Ministry of Health and Care "Pact for the Public Health Service" since 2020
  • Member of the State Public Health Working Group of the Bavarian State Ministry of Health (LAGePH) since its foundation in 2024
  • Member of the German Society for Social Work (DGSA) since 2009