Birte Dohnke

Birte Dohnke is a full Professor of Health Psychology at Pädagogische Hochschule Schwäbisch Gmünd, where she leads the Department of Educational Psychology and Health Psychology. She co-founded the Competence Center for Health Promotion (funded by Baden-Württemberg's IQF) and directs the Healthy Campus Schwäbisch Gmünd initiative. Her work spans health psychology, occupational stress in police forces, and educational interventions for behavioral change.

• Academic Leadership: Led degree programs in Health Promotion and Prevention (2014–2023)
• Research Focus: Behavioral change theories, workplace health in policing, quantitative methods, health education

Research Highlights: Her projects include workplace health management for police departments and adolescent nutrition interventions. She has developed evidence-based programs using the Prototype Willingness Model and Intervention Mapping framework.

Scientific Contributions: Key publications analyze job resources in policing, hydration effects on student cognition, and structural health promotion models. Her work has appeared in journals like Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice and Psychology and Health.

• Scientific Engagement: Editor for Zeitschrift für Gesundheitspsychologie
• Teaching Expertise: Quantitative research methods, health behavior theory, project-based learning