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Since 10/2025Substitute for the Professorship of Physical Education and Sport Didactics in the "Education and Teaching" department at the University of Kassel
04/2015 - 09/2025Research assistant (PostDoc) at the Institute for Sports Science at the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
07/2015

Doctorate (title of dissertation: Believe it or not: The effect of athlete's crisis communication on trustworthiness and reputation in case of doping allegations) as part of the DFG Research Training Group Trust and Communication in a Digitalized World at the WWU Münster

(Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Bernd Strauß, Prof. Dr. Bernd Blöbaum, Prof Dr. Dr. Andrea Petróczi/Kingston University London)

04/2012 - 03/2015Research assistant and doctoral candidate in the DFG Research Training Group Trust and Communication in a Digitalized World; Department of Sport Psychology (Prof. Dr. Bernd Strauß), University of Münster
05/2011 - 03/2012Research assistant in the Department of Education and Sport (Prof. Dr. Nils Neuber), Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
  • Empirical educational research in sport
  • Teaching-learning processes in the field of sport and health
  • Painkiller prevention in female junior competitive sport(StrongHer)
  • Holistic promotion of physical activity in adolescents ( PLACE project)
  • Painkiller prevention in female junior competitive sport(StrongHer, funded by the Federal Institute for Sports Science, FKZ 2524BI0302)
  • Holistic promotion of physical activity in adolescents ( PLACE project, funded by Stiftung Aktion Hilfe für Kinder, Bremen)

Journals (peer review)

Weiss, J., Helmkamp, M., Pöppel, K., Pahmeier, I., & Bracksiek, M. (2025). Influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on physical and psychological parameters of adolescent rowing athletes after the last lockdown - a longitudinal study. Competitive sport, 55(1), 25-31.

Pöppel, K., Kreutz, G., Müller, M., & Büsch, D. (2024). Painkiller intake and problematic health literacy in sport and music students - A cross-sectional study. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 12517. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-63127-3

Carl, J., Schmittwilken, L., & Pöppel, K. (2023). Development and evaluation of a school-based physical literacy intervention for children in Germany: protocol of the PLACE study. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 5:1155363. https://doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2023.1155363

Pöppel, K., & Webner, G. (2023). The consideration of health in German (sports) curricula. Prevention and health promotion. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11553-023-01028-5

Pöppel, K. (2022). Sport on paper - Professional progress from the desk to the sports hall. Evaluation of an internship-accompanying portfolio in sports science. DiMawe journal for concepts and working materials for teacher education and teaching, 4(3), 85-102.
https://doi.org/10.11576/dimawe-5507

Pöppel, K., & Schluroff, J. (2021). Educational console internet? Digital sports teaching and its limits - a video-based evaluation of two learning platforms. Leipzig contributions to sport science, 62(2), 54-74.

Pöppel, K. (2021). Efficient Ways to Combat Doping in a Sports Education Context! A Systematic Review on Doping Prevention Measures Focusing on Young Age Groups. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 3(368). doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2021.673452

Pöppel, K. (2020). Science and self-promotion! University research in sports science in times of social (science) media. Ze-Phir, 27(2), 4-6.

Pöppel, K. (2020). Doping in the university? A non-prescription consideration of the implementation of doping prevention in university sports teacher training. Zeitschrift für Studium und Lehre in der Sportwissenschaft, 3(2), 5-14. doi: doi.org/10.1080/17430437.2020.1734563

Pöppel, K., Dreiskämper, D., & Strauss, B. (2020). Breaking bad: How crisis communication, dissemination channel and prevalence influence the public perception of doping cases. Sport in Society. doi: doi.org/10.1080/17430437.2020.1734563.

Borkenhagen, F., Heim, R., Pöppel, K., Schierz, M. & Sohnsmeyer, J. (2019). Exercise and Sport in the Horizon of Youth and School Pedagogical Research. Feldhaus-Verlag Edition Czwalina.

Pöppel, K. & Büsch, D. (2019). The doping critical attitude of elite sports coaches in combat sports. German Journal of Exercise and Sport Research. doi.org/10.1007/s12662-019-00565-6

Dreiskämper, D., Pöppel, K., & Strauß, B. (2016). Trust is good... Development and validation of an inventory to measure trustworthiness in sport. Journal of Sport Psychology, 23(1), 1-12. doi.org/10.1026/1612-5010/a000156

Wiencierz, C., Pöppel, K., & Röttger, U. (2015). Where Does my Money Go?: How Online Comments on a Donation Campaign Influence the Perceived Trustworthiness of a Nonprofit Organization. International Journal of Strategic Communication 9(2), 102-117. doi.org/10.1080/1553118X.2015.1008634

Pöppel, K. (2015). Believe it or not: The effect of athlete's crisis communication on trustworthiness and reputation in case of doping allegations. Dissertation, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster.

 

Book chapters (book contributions)

Pöppel, K. & Büsch, D. (in press). If it pinches, then take a tablet - treatment of painkillers as a learning object in physical education. In H. Leineweber & B. Halberschmidt (eds.), Schulsport - zwei Seiten einer Medaille. Selected topics from sport, exercise and health from a sport pedagogical and sport psychological perspective. Hogrefe.

Pöppel, K. & Strauss, B. (2024). Strategically Dealing with Crises: The Importance of Sport's Crisis Communication. In B. Strauss, S. Buenemann, C. Behlau, M. Tietjens & K. Tamminen (Eds.), Psychology of Crises in Sport: Causes, Consequences and Solutions (pp. 107-119). Springer. doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-69328-1_8

Pöppel, K. & Strauss, B. (2019). Image repair. In D. Hackfort, R. Schinke & B. Strauss (Eds.), Dictionary of Sport Psychology (p. 139). Elsevier.

Dreiskämper, D., Pöppel, K., Westmattelmann, D., Schewe, G., & Strauss, B. (2016). Trust process-es in sport in the context of doping. In B. Blöbaum (Ed.), Trust and communication in a digitized world. Models and concepts of trust research (pp. 125-141). Springer. doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28059-2_7

  • Communication and the Public
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • German Journal of Exercise and Sport Research
  • Herausforderung Lehrer*innenbildung - Journal for conception, design and discussion
  • International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching
  • Performance Enhancement & Health
  • Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports
  • Sport in Society
  • Sport Management Review
  • Journal of Sport Psychology
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