Petra Buchwald

Petra Buchwald did her undergraduate work at the University of Duesseldorf, Germany. There she received her Ph.D. in 1996 in Educational Science. In the year 2000 she received the Bennigsen-Foerder-Award for outstanding research of the Ministry of Science. In 2004 she joined the University of Wuppertal, where she served as Professor for Educational Science and returned to the Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf recently. She has authored or edited three previous books, including Stress...See more

Petra Buchwald did her undergraduate work at the University of Duesseldorf, Germany. There she received her Ph.D. in 1996 in Educational Science. In the year 2000 she received the Bennigsen-Foerder-Award for outstanding research of the Ministry of Science. In 2004 she joined the University of Wuppertal, where she served as Professor for Educational Science and returned to the Heinrich-Heine-University Duesseldorf recently. She has authored or edited three previous books, including Stress gemeinsam bewaltigen [Communal coping] (2004), has published over 30 academic articles and book chapters, and is board member of the Stress and Anxiety Research Society since 2002. See less