Professor Dieter Wolke PhD, Dr. rer. nat. h.c. Dipl-Psych C. Psychol AFBPsS is a developmental psychologist and known for his work on understanding early childhood influences on the development of mental health problems and quality of life. He is Professor of Developmental Psychology and Individual Differences at the University of Warwick Department of Psychology and at the Division of Health Sciences at Warwick Medical School since 2006.
Academic Career:
Wolke has worked at different colleges of the University of London as research assistant (Institute of Education (1983-84; King’s College Hospital London, 1984-85) and then as Research Fellow and Honorary lecturer at the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health in London (1985-1990). In 1990, he was appointed as Director of Psychology of the Bavarian Longitudinal Study at the Dr von Haunersches Kinderspital of the University of Munich. He has been a Director of the ongoing BLS since then. In 1995, he was appointed as Professor of Psychology at the University of Hertfordshire, Department of Psychology, Hatfield (UK) and in 2002 as Professor in Lifespan Psychology at the University of Bristol Medical School and Deputy Director of the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC)). Before his appointment at the University of Warwick, he worked in the research funding sector (Scientific Director of the Jacobs Foundation, Zurich, 2004-2006) while holding Visiting Professorships at the University of Bristol and University of Zurich Institute of Psychology.
More information can be found on Dieter’s Warwick University webpage.
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Dieter Wolke – Clarivate Highly Cited Cross Field Researcher 2023
For the 6th year, Dieter Wolke is in the top 1% of authors with multiple Highly Cited Papers for cross field researchers.
