Prof. Dr. phil. Nadine Konopik

Nursing Science 

Office hours

Per e-mail appointment

Professional career 

• Since 3/2021 Head of Study Program B.A. in Applied Nursing Science
• Since 9/2019 Professor of Nursing Science at the Catholic University of Applied Sci-ences Freiburg
• PHD (Dr. phil.) in the Department of Education, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main (2018)
• Research Assistant at the Interdisciplinary Aging Science Unit (IAW, Director: Prof. Dr. Frank Oswald) and at the Frankfurt Forum for Interdisciplinary Aging Science (FFIA), Department of Education, Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main (2013-2019)
• Diplom (German academic title) in Educational Sciences with minors in Sociology and Psychology, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main (2013)
• Research Assistant in the department of Interdisciplinary Aging Science (IAW, Head: Prof. Dr. Frank Oswald), Frankfurt am Main (2010-2013))
• Diplom (German academic title) in Erziehungswissenschaften / Educational Scienc-es, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main (2006-2013)
• Professional activity as a state-qualified nurse (1999-2010)
• Training as a state-registered nurse (1996-1999)

Work and research focus 

• Qualitative and quantitative social research
• Health literacy
• Healthy and sick aging in private home contexts as well as (the transition to) care in institutional settings
• Multi-method approaches to phenomena and processes of aging

Current research projects 

• (AP)²caritas - Academic nursing and advanced nursing practice in the outpatient and inpatient care of the elderly
• aquila - Development of neighbourhood approaches in the context of inpatient long-term care facilities