Sport psychology staff

Office hours tues 12 - 13 h

Short biography

• Professor of Sport Psychology at the Faculty of Sport Science, Ruhr University Bochum (since 08/09)
• Honorary Professor at the School of Human Movement Studies and the School of Psychology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia (since 08/09)
• Senior Lecturer in Sport and Exercise Psychology at the School of Human Movement Studies and the School of Psychology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia (04/07 - 07/09)
• Substitute professor for sports psychology at the Faculty of Sports Science, Ruhr University Bochum (04/02 - 03/07)
• Doctorate 1997, University of Würzburg, Psychology, Sports Medicine, Sports Education (dissertation topic: "The competition break as an integral part of performance optimisation in sport: An empirical psychological analysis")
• Psychology studies at the University of Würzburg (1987 - 1993)
• Editorial Board "The Sport Psychologist"
• Scientific Advisory Board of the "Deutschen Zeitschrift für Sportmedizin"

Open Tuesday and Wednesday from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Office hours tues 10 - 11 h

Short biography

• Scientific and practical activities
  Since October 2012, lecturer for special tasks in the teaching and research area of sports psychology at the Ruhr University Bochum.
  Main areas of work: Teaching activities as well as supervision and assessment of sport psychology B.Sc. and M.Sc. theses.
  Since 2000 lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences in Constance.
• Studies
  2007 - 2012 Studies of Psychology at the Ruhr-University Bochum
  Topic of the Master's thesis: Influence of stress on cognitive performance

Office hours Tues 2 pm - 3 pm

Short biography

• Scientific and practical activities
  Since October 2013: Research associate and postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Sport Psychology at the RUB.
  Working focus: Recording and monitoring sleep behaviour and the recovery-stress state in different settings.
  Investigation of (sport-)psychological recovery strategies
  Collaboration in the research project "Strength training in junior competitive sports (KINGS)
  Collaboration in the research project "Optimisation of Training and Competition: Regeneration Management in Elite Sports (Regman)
  Teaching in the Bachelor's and Master's degree programmes
  Supervision and assessment of sport psychology B.Sc. and M.Sc. theses
  August 2012 - September 2013: Student assistant in the teaching and research department of sport psychology at the RUB.
  Working focus: Collaboration in the research project "Optimisation of training and competition: regeneration management in elite sport"; supervision of the M.Sc. seminars "Case studies on problem-related diagnostics and intervention" and "Scientific internship" with a focus on sleep monitoring
• Studies
  2018: B.Sc. degree in psychology (FernUniversität in Hagen)
  The topic of the B.Sc. thesis: "The recording of attitudes to sleep and sleep behaviour of students".
  2016: Doctorate in sports psychology (Dr Sportwiss.)
  The topic of the dissertation: "Sleep in sport - recording subjective and objective sleep parameters and their change in different training settings".
  2013: Graduation M.Sc. Sport Science Profile Sports Counselling (RUB).
  The topic of the M.Sc. thesis: "Training Monitoring of the German U21 National Hockey Team - Validation of Psychometric Questionnaires to Assess the Acute Recovery and Stress State".
  2011: Graduation B.Sc. Sport Science with a focus on Sports Management (RUB)
  The topic of the B.Sc. thesis: "Comparison between adolescent basketball players and swimmers regarding their volitional characteristics".
• Publication overview
  https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sarah_Koelling
• Sporting background
  Gymnastics (popular sport)

• Tim Birnkraut research assistant (Tel. +49 234 32-22862, Raum 2.057, office hours by appointment)
• Lisa Kullik, research assistant (Tel. +49 234 32-22658, Raum 2.045, office hours by appointment)
• Julia Oberholz, student assistant (Tel. +49 234 32-22862, Raum 2.049, office hours by appointment)
• Moritz Stork, research assistant (Tel. +49 234 32-22862, Raum 2.049, office hours by appointment)