Klaus Bös

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Klaus Bös (born April 5, 1948 ) is a German sports scientist who is known beyond German sports science primarily for his work on differential motor skills research, motor diagnostics, fitness research in the lifespan and health sports.

academic career

Klaus Bös studied sports, mathematics and psychology at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg from 1969 to 1974 . In 1975 he passed the 1st state examination in mathematics and sport with a thesis (together with U. Zoz) on the subject of "The correlation of cognitive and motor skills in students of different school types". Five years later he did his doctorate at the Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences of the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg with the thesis (together with H. Mechling) "Dimensions of Motor Skills" with Hermann Rieder . The work of Klaus Bös and Heinz Mechling was awarded first place in 1982 in the competition for the Carl Diem plaque , the science award of the German Olympic Sports Confederation . In the same year, Klaus Bös was appointed to the faculty and in 1986 to the senior lecturer. He also submitted his habilitation in 1986 with the subject of "Sports-specific problems in the assessment of motor skills" at the Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, was finally appointed private lecturer and received the venia legendi for the subject of sports science. A year later, Klaus Bös was appointed to the professorship (C3) for sports science with a focus on leisure and health sports at the Institute for Sports Science at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main. In 1995 he was offered a professorship for sports science (C4) at the University of Regensburg as head of the institute for sports science. He turned down this offer and in 1998 finally accepted a professorship for Sport and Sport Science at the University of Karlsruhe (TH), which was also the head of the Institute for Sport and Sport Science. In 1999, Klaus Bös took up his position as head of the institute in Karlsruhe, took over the office of dean of studies in 2004 and the office of dean at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Karlsruhe (TH) in 2008 . Klaus Bös was head of the Institute for Sport and Sport Science until September 2012 and retired in 2013 . He has been a Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) since 2013.

Act

Klaus Bös is co-founder of the Health Commission in the German Association for Sports Science and has given numerous impulses in the development of motor test procedures in various fields of activity (health sports , talent, disabled sports, school sports, etc.). Central manuals on motor tests, motor development and health sports document its influence on German-language sports science. His books on the subject of walking , which have been translated into several languages, as well as his work on the relationship between motor performance and health have received particularly intense international attention . He has supervised more than 70 doctorates and 16 habilitations. Eight of these scientists (three) and scientists (five) have received calls for professorships in sports science (as of November 2017).

In addition, Klaus Bös was and is active in numerous specialist societies, institutions and commissions:

  • since 1994 co-editor of the academic series of the Karl Hofmann Verlag
  • since 1994 co-editor of the sport series of Karl Hofmann Verlag
  • since 2000 Scientific Advisory Board in the German Gymnastics Federation (DTB)
  • 2002 Founding of the German Walking Institute eV (DWI) and to this day first chairman of the DWI
  • since 2004 member of the scientific advisory board of the Apotheken Umschau
  • since 2005 Scientific Advisory Board of the Platform "Exercise and Nutrition" (PEB)
  • since 2005 member of the Danone Scientific Advisory Board
  • 2005–2012 founding and chairman of the School Sports Research Center (FoSS)
  • since 2006 chairman of the jury for the children's and youth sports prize from Lotto Baden-Württemberg
  • since 2006 member of the Board of Trustees of the Call Sign Health Foundation
  • 2006–2012 member of the advisory group to the Minister of Social Affairs in Baden-Württemberg
  • since 2008 member of the board of trustees of the German Children's Gymnastics Foundation
  • 2010–2013 founding member and 1st chairman of KIT SC
  • 2010–2013 member of the scientific advisory board of HHP AG
  • since 2012 Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the National Institute for Science Communication
  • since 2012 chairman of the technical advisory board of the Kinderturnstiftung Baden-Württemberg
  • since 2012 member of the board of trustees in the school sport research center of KIT (FoSS)
  • since 2013 honorary chairman of KIT SC
  • 2017–2018 President of the Rheuma-Liga Baden-Württemberg

Awards

  • Winner of the Golden Badge of Honor of the German Association for Sports Science (2008)
  • German Prevention Award 2007 from the Bertelsmann Foundation of the Federal Ministry of Health and the Federal Center for Health Education (BZgA) for the project “Health to Participate” (together with Alexander Woll and Susanne Tittlbach)
  • "Health" award 2004/2005 from the State Health Office of Baden-Württemberg for the project "Child Health in Karlsruhe" jointly sponsored by the City and University of Karlsruhe (together with Alexander Woll and Susanne Bappert)
  • German Prevention Award 2004 from the Bertelsmann Foundation, the Federal Ministry for Health and Social Security and the Federal Center for Health Education for the research project "Primary schools with a focus on physical education" (together with Alexander Woll).
  • Carl Diem plaque 1982 (together with Heinz Mechling): Science Award of the German Olympic Sports Confederation

Publications

Klaus Bös has published more than 64 specialist books and 620 specialist articles and an h-index of 28 (November 2017). A few selected book publications are listed below:

  • K. Bös (Ed.): Handbook of motor tests. 3rd, compl. revised Edition. Hogrefe, Göttingen 2017.
  • K. Bös, L. Schlenker, D. Büsch, L. Lämmle, H. Müller, J. Oberger, I. Seidel, S. Tittlbach: Deutscher Motorik Test 6-18. Czwalina, Hamburg 2009.
  • K. Bös, M. Pratschko: The great movement book for children. Campus, Frankfurt 2009.
  • J. Bauer, K. Bös, A. Conzelmann, R. Singer (eds.): Motor development - a manual. 2., complete revised Edition. Schorndorf: Hofmann 2009.
  • K. Bös, W. Brehm (Ed.): Handbook health sport. 2., complete revised Edition. Hofmann, Schorndorf 2006.
  • K. Bös, P. Mommert-Jauch, E. Opper: Walking - you can do it. Meyer & Meyer, Aachen 2004.
  • K. Bös: How fit are you? - Test and train fitness. Copress, Munich 2004.
  • K. Bös: Walking and gentle running training. Gräfe and Unzer, Munich 2004.
  • K. Bös, J. Saam: Tips for walking. Meyer & Meyer, Aachen 2001.
  • K. Bös, H. Mechling: Dimensions of sport motor performance. Hofmann, Schorndorf 1983.

Individual evidence

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personal data
SURNAME Bad, Klaus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sports scientist
DATE OF BIRTH April 5, 1948