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Technical University of Munich

Head of the Professorship

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Prof. Dr. rer. soc. Filip Mess

Postal address

Am Olympiacampus 11
80809 München

Vita

Since 10/2015Associate Professorship of Didactics in Sport and Health at the Technical University of Munich
10/2014 – 09/2015Professorship of Sports Sciences and Health Promotion at the University of Education Schwäbisch Gmünd
10/2012 – 09/2014Substitute Professorship of Sports Sciences at the University of Konstanz
02/2014Habilitation at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
09/2007 – 09/2012Research Assistant at the University of Konstanz
11/2007Doctorate at the University of Konstanz
10/1997 – 05/2003           University teacher training (Maths/Physical Education) for secondary school at the University of Konstanz

 

Teaching

  • Angewandte Vermittlungskompetenz I und II
  • Betriebliche Gesundheitsförderungsprogramme
  • Unterrichtsplanung, -durchführung und -auswertung
  • Grundlagen der Sportdidaktik
  • Einführung in die (Sport-)Pädagogik

 

Research Activities

  • Determinants and effects of physical activity with focus on health promotion
  • Social aspects of physical activity: social integration, social inequalities, lifestyles
  • Activity research in the school context
  • Physical activity levels in full-day schools
  • Development, implementation and evaluation of health promoting programmes in the workplace setting

 

Publications (Selection)

Sterr, K., Bachner, J., Scheller, D. A., Mess, F., Blaschke, S., Mühlberg, T., Butscher, F. & Schmid-Ellinger, J. (2026). No healthy schools without healthy teachers: a scoping review on implementation determinants, strategies and outcomes of mental health-promoting interventions for school teachers. BMC Public Health 26, 710 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-026-26589-w

Friedrich, J., Bachner, J., Blaschke, S., Mess, F., & Schmid-Ellinger, J. (2025). Coping with heat: exploring psychometric properties and relationships of a heat-related health literacy scale. Health Promotion International, 41(1), daag020.
https://doi.org/10.1093/heapro/daag020

Sterr, K., Cragun, D., Mess, F., Butscher, F., Singer, M. & Blaschke, S. (2026). Visualizing contextual determinants in and across heterogeneous settings: a qualitative study on structured school health promotion implementation. Implement Sci Commun 7, 13. https://doi.org/10.1186/s43058-026-00861-x

Friedrich, J., Schick, T. S., Mess, F., & Blaschke, S. (2025). Wearable device-based interventions in heat-exposed outdoor workers – a scoping review and an explanatory intervention model. BMC Public Health, 25(1), 2893. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-24262-2

Mess, F., Blaschke, S., Gebhard, D., & Friedrich, J. (2024). Precision prevention in occupational health: a conceptual analysis and development of a unified understanding and an integrative framework. Frontiers in Public Health, 12, 1444521. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1444521

Schick, T. S., Blaschke, S., & Mess, F. (2024). Klimabedingte Gesundheitsrisiken unter Außenbeschäftigten im Überblick. In S. Schneider (Ed.), Gesundheitsrisiko Klimawandel: Neue Herausforderungen für Sport, Beruf und Alltag, (pp. 283-290). Göttingen: Hogrefe Verlag

Mess, F., Blaschke, S., Schick, T. S., & Friedrich, J. (2024). Precision prevention in worksite health – A scoping review on research trends and gaps. PLOS ONE, 19(6), e0304951. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0304951

Mess, F. & Blaschke, S. (2023). Betrieb. In: Thiel, A., Tittlbach, S., Sudeck, G., Wagner, P., & Woll, A. (eds). Handbuch Bewegungsbezogene Gesundheitsförderung (410-422). Schorndorf: Hoffmann-Verlag. 

Blaschke, S., Carl, J., Pelster, K., & Mess, F. (2023). Promoting physical activity-related health competence to increase leisure-time physical activity and health-related quality of life in German private sector office workers. BMC public health, 23(1), 470. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-15391-7

Ellinger, J., Mess, F., Bachner, J., von Au, J. & Mall, C. (2023). Changes in social interaction, social relatedness, and friendships in Education Outside the Classroom: A social network analysis. Frontiers in Psychology. 14:1031693. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1031693

Blaschke, S., Schad, N., Schnitzius, M., Pelster, K. & Mess, F. (2023). The Connection between Non-Alcoholic Fatty-Liver Disease, Dietary Behavior, and Food Literacy in German Working Adults. Nutrients. 15(3):648. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15030648

Schmickler, J.M.; Blaschke, S.; Robbins, R.; Mess, F. (2023) Determinants of Sleep Quality: A Cross-Sectional Study in University Students. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 20(3):2019. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20032019

Meyn, S., Blaschke, S., & Mess, F. (2022). Food Literacy and Dietary Intake in German Office Workers: A Longitudinal Intervention Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(24), 16534. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192416534 

Bucht, C., Mess, F., Bachner, J. & Spengler, S. (2022). Education for sustainable development in physical education: Program development by use of intervention mapping. Frontiers in Education,  7, 1017099. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2022.1017099  

Gebhard, D., Neumann, J., Wimmer, M. & Mess, F. (2022). The Second Side of the Coin—Resilience, Meaningfulness and Joyful Moments in Home Health Care Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(7), 3836. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19073836

Ellinger, J., Mess, F., Blaschke, S. & Mall, C. (2022). Health-related quality of life, motivational regulation and Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction in Education Outside the Classroom: an explorative longitudinal pilot study. BMC Public Health, 22(49). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-12450-9

Schnitzius, M., Kirch, A., Spengler, S., Blaschke, S., & Mess, F. (2021). What makes a physical education teacher? Personal characteristics for physical education development. British Journal of Educational Psychology. doi: 10.1111/bjep.12415

Kirch, A., Schnitzius, M., Spengler, S., Blaschke, S., & Mess, F. (2021) Knowing Students' Characteristics: Opportunities to Adapt Physical Education Teaching. Frontiers in Psychology. 12:619944. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.61994

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