Profile
Abstract
Anne-Marie Elbe is Professor of Sport Psychology and was Vice Dean of the Faculty of Sport Science from 2019 to 2023. Prior to this, she was Associate Professor for Sport and Exercise Psychology at the University of Copenhagen (DK), and worked at Northumbria University, Newcastle (UK), and the University of Potsdam. She completed her doctorate at the Free University Berlin (2001) and her habilitation at the University of Potsdam (2005). Prof Elbe's publications and research interests focus on motivational and volitional aspects of athletic performance, talent development in sport, doping prevention, and the integrative role of sport. She is Past President of FEPSAC (European Federation of Sport Psychology), member of the Scientific Board of ECSS (European College of Sport Science), Associate Editor for the journal Science and Medicine in Football and member of the Editorial Board of Psychology of Sport and Exercise. She is also a former member of Leipzig University's Ethics Board.
Professional career
- since 07/2019
Member Scientific Board of the European College of Sport Science - since 02/2018
Full Professor for Sport Psychology, Leipzig University, Germany - since 01/2016
Editorial Board Member Psychology of Sport and Exercise - 12/2021 - 01/2024
Member of the study board (Faculty of Sport Science) - 12/2019 - 06/2023
Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Sport Science - 10/2018 - 10/2020
Member of Leipzig University’s Ethics Advisory Board - 01/2017 - 01/2021
Associate Editor Science and Medicine in Football - 07/2015 - 07/2019
FEPSAC President - 01/2013 - 01/2017
Associate Editor International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology - 01/2009 - 06/2015
Associate Editor Zeitschrift für Sportpsychologie - 07/2007 - 07/2015
FEPSAC Vice President (2011-2015) and member of the FEPSAC Managing Council - 02/2007 - 05/2017
Associate Professor for Sport and Exercise Psychology, Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, University of Copenhagen, Denmark - 10/2006 - 01/2007
Senior Lecturer for Sport and Exercise Psychology, School of Psychology and Sport Science, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK - 05/2006 - 09/2006
Acting Chair for Sport Psychology, Institute for Sport Science, University of Potsdam, Germany - 04/2001 - 04/2006
Lecturer and researcher in the Department of Sport Psychology, Institute for Sport Science, University of Potsdam, Germany
Education
- 04/2005
Post Doctoral Lectureship Qualification (Habilitation) in Sport Science, University of Potsdam, Germany (Motivation and Volition in Top-Level Sports: Diagnostic Procedures and the Development of Sport Relevant Personality Factors during Youth) - 07/2001
Doctoral Degree /PhD, Free University Berlin, Germany (Women and Competitive Sports – a Cross-Cultural Comparison between Germany and the USA) - 02/1999 - 01/2001
Promotionsstipendium der Kommission zur Förderung des wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchses der Freien Universität Berlin - 10/1992 - 08/1998
State Examination for Secondary School teaching: Subjects English and Physical Education (Free University Berlin, Germany)
- Motivation and Volition
- Talent Development
- Doping prevention
- Scale development
- The integrative role of sport in multicultural societies
- Team sports and health
- show detailsA virtual reality approach in learning about doping (VIRAL)Elbe, Anne-MarieDuration: 01/2021 – 12/2023Funded by: EU Europäische UnionInvolved organisational units of Leipzig University: Sportpsychologie
- show detailsLeis, O.; Walter, N.; Demirsöz, G.; Elbe, A.-M.Stress, recovery, and team closeness: a case study of a 25-day ultra-endurance open-water swim in the Rhine RiverInternational Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology . 2024.
- show detailsLeisterer, S.; Elbe, A.-M.Are International PhD Courses an Important Part of PhD Education in Sport and Exercise Psychology?Zeitschrift für Sportpsychologie . 2023. 30 (3).
- show detailsMarkov-Glazer, A.; Elbe, A.-M.; Schliermann, R.Sport psychology consultants’ views on mental training with elite Deaf sport athletesInternational Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology. 2023.
- show detailsElbe, A.-M.; Schüler, J.; Sivaramakrishnan, H.; Thøgersen-Ntoumani, C.Motivation and Goals in the Context of Sport and MovementIn: Schüler, J.; Wegner, M.; Plessner, H.; Eklund, R. C. (Eds.)Springer Cham. 2023. p. 145.
- Andere Ehrungen: Goldene Ehrennadel der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Sportpsychologieshow detailsElbe, Anne-Marie (Sportpsychologie)awarded in 2019 by Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Sportpsychologie.
My teaching is research-based and is supported by e-learning. I teach students who are studying to become school teachers, bachelor students of Sport Science and Sport Management as well as the Master students in Sport and Exercise Psychology. In addition, I supervise doctoral theses and postdoctoral theses in sport psychology. I am head of the international Master's degree programme in Sport and Exercise Psychology, which started in 2021.
Research fields
Sports, sport science, Psychology
Contact for media inquiries
Phone: +49 341 97-31633