Niko Kohls

Niko Kohls serves as Professor of Health Sciences at Coburg University of Applied Sciences since 2013, specializing in integrative health promotion. With over 20 years of research and consultancy experience, he bridges neuroscience, organizational science, and mindfulness interventions to enhance workplace resilience and performance.

His educational foundation includes:

• Psychology studies at University of Jena and University of Freiburg
• Doctorate in Psychology from University of Freiburg
• Postdoctoral fellowship at University of Northampton

Dr. Kohls' research pioneers mindfulness-based corporate health programs, examining existential needs, values orientation, and neuroscientific underpinnings of resilience. His work directly informs large-scale workplace interventions, including scientific support for one of the world's largest mindfulness-in-workplace studies, with significant implications for change management and ethical leadership development.

His scientific recognition includes:

• Amalia Prize for New Thinking (2013)
• Coburg University Teaching Excellence Award (2014)
• European Academy of Sciences and Arts membership (2019)

As academic supervisor, he oversees thesis research while collaborating with network partners on personnel development projects. His leadership extends to founding an innovative think tank research program at Ludwig Maximilian University Munich focused on motivation and diversity, alongside voluntary coordination of the Society for Consciousness Sciences & Consciousness Culture eV to advance interdisciplinary exchange.