Dr. Rebecca Kisch née Pfitzner

Professional career

Rebecca Kisch graduated in Health Sciences (B.Sc.) from HAW Hamburg and completed her master's degree in Public Health (M.Sc.) at the University of Bielefeld. Rebecca Kisch wrote her master's thesis in cooperation with the Helmholtz Zentrum Munich (Epidemiology). During her studies, she spent seven weeks at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi (India) and four months at Deakin University in Melbourne (Australia). Since January 2013, Rebecca Kisch has been PhD student at the Chair of Sport and Health Management. In 2014, she was visiting researcher at Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. In July 2016 Rebecca Kisch completed successfully her dissertation entitled "The impact of mega-sport events on host residents' quality of life".
 

Research interests

Rebecca Kisch’s research lies at the interface between the areas of public health, as well as sport and health management. A specific focus is on the impact of mega events in sport, such as the Olympic Games, from the public health perspective. Besides the economic aspects, the main focus is on the health and social benefits of the Olympic Games of the host population. Furthermore, Rebecca Kisch investigates current aspects of occupational health management and of sponsorship-linked marketing, implemented within the framework of mega sports events.
 

Publications

Publications in peer-reviewed journals

Pfitzner, Rebecca and Joerg Koenigstorfer (2017): Corporate Running Event Participation Improves Organizational Climate in Employees, in: Journal of Global Sport Management, Vol. 2, No. 4, 275-292.

Pfitzner, Rebecca and Joerg Koenigstorfer (2017): Corporate Running Event Participation Improves Organizational Climate in Employees, in: Journal of Global Sport Management, Vol. 2, No. 4, 275-292.

Schlegel, Andrea, Rebecca Pfitzner, and Joerg Koenigstorfer (2017): The Impact of Atmosphere in the City on Subjective Well-Being of Rio de Janeiro Residents During (vs. Before) the 2014 FIFA World Cup, in: Journal of Sport Management, Vol. 31, No. 6, 605-619.

Pfitzner, R, Koenigstorfer, J: "Quality of Life of Residents Living in a City Hosting Mega-Sport Events: A Longitudinal Study". BMC Public Health. 2016; 16:1102.

Pfitzner R, Gorzelniak L, Heinrich J, von Berg A, Klümper C, Bauer CP, Koletzko S, Berdel D, Horsch A, Schulz H, GINIplus study group: "Physical Activity in German Adolescents Measured by Accelerometry and Activity Diary: Introducing a Comprehensive Approach for Data Management and Preliminary Results". PLOS ONE. 2013; 8(6), e65192.

Kliche T, Post M, Pfitzner R, Plaumann M, Dubben S, Nöcker G, Walter U.: "Transfermethoden der deutschen Prävention und Gesundheitsförderung. Eine Expertenbefragung im Förderschwerpunkt Präventionsforschung (BMBF)". Gesundheitswesen. 2012; 74(4), 240-249.

Publications in conference proceedings

Pfitzner, Rebecca and Joerg Koenigstorfer (2016): Employee Participation in Corporate Running Events Improves Organizational Climate, in: Proceedings of the 5th Well-Being at Work Conference, Amsterdam 2016.

Pfitzner, Rebecca and Joerg Koenigstorfer (2015): Scale validity of the WHOQOL-BREF in the context of the FIFA World Cup in the Brazilian host population, in: Proceedings of the 143rd Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association, Chicago 2015.

Pfitzner, Rebecca and Joerg Koenigstorfer (2014): Employee Participation in Employer-Supported Sport Events Increases Organizational Climate, in: Proceedings of the 22nd European Association for Sport Management Conference, Coventry 2014.