Rate My Professor Dieter Wolke

Professor Wolke's research specializations include developmental pathways leading to developmental psychopathology, social and emotional development in biologically at-risk children such as those born very preterm, school and sibling bullying, and infant regulatory problems involving crying, sleeping, and feeding, in relation to parenting. He is Principal Investigator or Co-Principal Investigator on major longitudinal studies including EPICure, RECAP Preterm, and the Bayerische Entwicklungsstudie. His key publications encompass "Neurologic and Developmental Disability at Six Years of Age after Extremely Preterm Birth" (Marlow et al., 2005), "Adult psychiatric outcomes of bullying and being bullied by peers in childhood and adolescence" (Copeland et al., 2013), "Long-term effects of bullying" (Wolke & Lereya, 2015), "Impact of bullying in childhood on adult health, wealth, crime, and social outcomes" (Wolke et al., 2013), and "Parenting behavior and the risk of becoming a victim and a bully/victim: A meta-analysis study" (Lereya et al., 2013). Wolke has been named a Clarivate Highly Cited Cross-Field Researcher for 2023, marking his sixth consecutive year in the top 1% globally, and holds multiple honorary doctorates including from the University of Helsinki.