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Dennis Dreiskämper

Professorship:

Sport and Exercise Psychology, since 1 August 2024

Department:

Arts and Sports Sciences

Studies and doctorate:

  • 2022: Habilitation with Venia Legendi for Sports Science, University of Münster
  • 2015: PhD (Dr. phil.) in Sports Science, University of Münster, DFG Research Training Group Trust and Communication in a Digitized World
  • 2011: Master of Arts and first state examination in the subjects of sport and Latin (third subject history), University of Münster
  • 2009: Bachelor of Arts in Sport and Latin (third subject History), University of Münster
Portrait of Prof. Dennis Dreiskämper: A man in a black sweater stands with his arms folded on a running track on campus. © Hesham Elsherif​/​TU Dortmund

Stages:

  • 2017-2024: Study program coordinator at the Institute of Sports Science (from 2020 Studienrat im Hochschuldienst) at the University of Münster
  • 2011-2017: Researcher and senior researcher at the Institute of Sport Science, Department of Sport Psychology at the University of Münster
  • Stays abroad at Kingston University London, UK (2014) and at Deakin University Melbourne, Australia (2017)
  • Since 2022: Member of the research network of the German Sports Youth (dsj)
  • Since 2019: Member of the NRW Children and Youth Sport Research Network

Focus in research:

  • Physical self-concept
  • Growing up healthy in childhood
  • Psycho-social health and exercise, play and sport
  • Interventions for physical activity
  • Motor and psycho-social development in childhood and adolescence
  • Motor diagnostics, questionnaire and instrument development
  • Trust
  • Anti-doping work of sports associations