Health Psychology & Behavioral Medicine

Hello and welcome to the page of Professor Lippke and her group!

Prof. Dr. Sonia Lippke

Head of Health Psychology & Behavioral Medicine Unit

E-Mail: slippke@constructor.university

Constructor University Bremen (formerly known as Jacobs University Bremen gGmbH)
Research 4, Room 106; Campus Ring 1; D-28759 Bremen

About us

Research goals

Dr. Lippke’s main research interests are focused on health psychology across the entire life span and on the investigation of health behaviors in different contexts including planetary health and ecologically relevant behavior. She brings in expertise on the different areas such as “theories and models,” “health promotion,” “social competences and loneliness,” “lifelong health/risk behavior change,” “digitalization/technology” and “multiple behavior change.”

Dr. Lippke has been involved in many research projects investigating health and risk behavior as well as self-regulation of behaviors across the life span and in different contexts. Her expertise covers aging, prevention and disease management, which is also reflected in many of her publications.

She has been conducting research internationally and interdisciplinary, for instance, in collaboration with colleagues from medicine, gerontology, sociology and economics.

Dr. Lippke’s current research aims to cover the following six areas:


1. Health-related behavior, its regulation and its outcomes

such as happiness, quality of life, work commitment and productivity

2. Healthy lifestyle and multi-behavior change, transfer and compensatory cognitions

on basis of theories such as the CCAM: Compensatory Carry-Over Action Model – Dorsch – Lexikon der Psychologie (hogrefe.com)

3. Occupational health promotion

Caring about employees and ensuring social participation

4. Life span approaches, successful aging and lifelong learning

never stop learning, having fun and developing

5. Acculturation and ethnicity

as there are more challenges than language difference which also make life exciting

6. Health communication

relating to health literacy, safe communication, training and technology

Transfer

We transfer scientific knowledge into practice: in times of demographic change and skills shortage! We provide evidence-based solutions for your specific needs: tailored to your and your clients characteristics.

  • If you need support with matters that regard health psychology, health promotion or population health…
  • If you are interested in occupational health promotion and health in work contexts…
  • If you would like to discuss medical rehabilitation with us…
  • Or if you have any other request …

…then you may contact us:

Contact information:
Prof. Dr. Sonia Lippke
Tel. +49 421 200 4730, Fax +49 421 200 4793
E-Mail: slippke@constructor.university

CV Sonia Lippke

  • Since 2022; Appointment as members of the Ninth Ageing Report Commission of the Federal Government (Berufung als Mitglieder der Neunten Altersberichtskommission der Bundesregierung)
  • Since 2022; Appointment as BiB Fellow of the Federal Institute for Population Research (BiB) (Berufung als BiB Fellow des Bundesinstitut für Bevölkerungsforschung, BiB) 
  • 2019-2021; Member of the Scientific Advisory Board to the 3rd Federal Government Report on Participation by the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (Wissenschaftlicher Beirat für den Dritten Teilhabebericht der Bundesregierung über die Lebenslagen von Menschen mit Beeinträchtigungen unter Federführung des Bundesministeriums für Arbeit und Soziales, BMAS)
  • Since 2017; Authorized representative for affairs of severely disabled employees (Beauftragte des Arbeitgebers für Angelegenheiten schwerbehinderter Menschen) and Chair of Occupational Integration Management (Vorsitzende des Betriebliches Eingliederungsmanagement, BEM) at Jacobs University Bremen
  • Since March 2016; Full Professor of Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine; Constructor/Jacobs University Bremen; Department of Psychology and Methods/ Jacobs Center on Lifelong Learning and Institutional Development
  • July 2011 – February 2016; Associate Professor of Health Psychology; Jacobs University Bremen; Jacobs Center on Lifelong Learning and Institutional Development
  • April 2011 – May 2011; Visiting Professor for Educational Psychology; Institut für Psychologie der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
  • August 2010 – June 2011; Associate Professor (UHD); Universiteit Maastricht; Department of Health Promotion/ School of Public Health and Primary Care; Maastricht University Medical Center (MUMC+)
  • December 2004 – July 2010; Assistant Professor (C1); Freie Universität Berlin; Department of Psychology; Health Psychology Unit
  • December 2004 – March 2006; Research Associate; University of Alberta, Canada; Centre for Health Promotion Studies
  • October 2004 – December 2004; Postdoctoral Fellow; University of Alberta, Canada; Centre for Health Promotion Studies
  • May 2005 – September 2004; Postdoctoral Research Associate; University of Freiburg; Department of Exercise and Sport Science
  • October 2000 – September 2004; Junior Scientist and Lecturer; Doctoral Student; Freie Universität Berlin; Department of Psychology; Health Psychology Unit
  • PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
  • Aktionsbündnis Patientensicherheit
  • Aktionsbündnis Teilhabeforschung
  • Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Sportpsychologie (asp)
  • Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs); Fachgruppen: Gesundheitspsychologie, Sozialpsychologie und Pädagogische Psychologie
  • Deutsche Gesellschaft für Rehabilitationswissenschaften (DGRW)
  • Deutsche Gesellschaft für Verhaltensmedizin und Verhaltensmodifikation e.V. (DGVM)
  • Deutscher Hochschul Verband (DHV)
  • European Health Psychology Society (EHPS)
  • International Association of Applied Psychology (IAAP)-Div. 8: Health Psychology [President]; Div. 7: Applied Gerontology; Div. 12: Sport Psychology
  • Rehabilitationswissenschaftlicher Verbund Berlin, Brandenburg und Sachsen (BBR)
  • AWARDS
  • 2022; Distinguished Scientific Contributions Award (International Association of Applied Psychology, IAAP)
  • 2020; Teacher of the Year Award (Jacobs University Bremen)
  • 2005; Ernst-Reuter Preis (Freie Universität Berlin)
  • 2005; Marie Schlei Preis (Freie Universität Berlin, Department of Education and Psychology)
  • EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
  • 2010; Habilitation (like second PhD) in Psychology on Loneliness (public presentation and defense) and with Thesis: Evidenz- und theoriebasiert Gesundheitsverhalten fördern: Aktuelle Befunde zu Theorien des Gesundheitsverhaltens und Perspektiven für die Gesundheitsförderung. (Venia legendi); Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
  • 2004; Dr. phil. in Psychology; Dissertation: Changing Health Behavior: Stage Models and an Intervention for Adopting and Maintaining a Healthy Lifestyle. (Summa cum laude); Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
  • 2000; Dipl.-Psych. in Psychology; Thesis: Subjective Theories of Exercise Class Instructors on Dropout, Motivations and Motivation Strategies; Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
  • 1997; Vordiplom in Psychology; Universität Göttingen, Germany
  • Scientific Advisory Board / Review Boards / Editorial Board
  • American Journal of Health Behavior (Review Board)
  • Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being (Associate Editor)
  • Research in Sports Medicine: An International Journal (Editorial Board)
  • Third participatory report of the Federal Government on the living conditions of people with disabilities under the auspices of the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs (BMAS; Scientific Advisory Council) [Dritter Teilhabebericht der Bundesregierung über die Lebenslagen von Menschen mit Beeinträchtigun-gen unter Federführung des Bundesministeriums für Arbeit und Soziales (BMAS; Wissenschaftlicher Beirat)]

Publications

“Good communication between healthcare professionals and other individuals means: Patients and accompanying persons should be seen as partners in treatment and recovery and as such should also be involved and encouraged to ask questions, both in the event of uncertainties and problems of understanding.”

Sonia Lippke

Sonia Lippke

More information, e.g., on reasearch projects? Please visit: https://constructor.university/sonia-lippke

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