Kathrin Hofer-Fischanger

Kathrin Hofer-Fischanger has been working at FH JOANNEUM’s Institute for Health and Tourism Management in Bad Gleichenberg since 2013. She is a lecturer and certified project manager, organizational developer, adult education trainer, and health circle facilitator.

At the Institute of Health and Tourism Management at FH JOANNEUM, she leads applied research and evaluation projects on workplace health management as well as on promoting physical activity and active mobility in rural areas. She teaches in the areas of Workplace Health Management and Organizational Development, New Work and Life Balance, Research and Project Work I and II, Project Management Basics, Project Management in Practice, and Evaluation Research, and supervises bachelor’s and master’s theses in these subject areas. Kathrin Hofer-Fischanger has won several awards (FILIA Prize for Innovative Research and Teaching, Health Research Award) and has supervised multiple award-winning student theses (e.g., pma junior award, ÖGPH Early Career Award). She contributes her scientific expertise as a peer reviewer for journals and conferences (e.g., PLOS ONE, Springer, ÖGPH Conference) and as a judge for the Health Research Award.

Prior to that, she worked at the Red Cross Research Institute in Vienna, where she led projects in the areas of technology-assisted care and support as well as healthy aging, and collaborated on projects related to community health promotion in local neighborhoods. Kathrin Hofer-Fischanger studied Health Management and Health Promotion as well as Healthcare Management at the University of Applied Sciences Burgenland. She completed her doctoral studies at the University of Graz in 2022 with a dissertation on “Factors Influencing Active Mobility in Rural Areas.”


Selected Publications:

Hofer-Fischanger, K. H., Peter; Tuttner, Silvia. (2024). Lessons learned aus zwei steirischen Projekten zur betrieblichen Gesundheitskompetenz. Das Gesundheitswesen, 86(S 05). DOI: 10.1055/s-0044-1794307

Hofer-Fischanger, K., Grasser, G., & van Poppel, M. N. M. (2023). Psychosocial and environmental determinants of active transport to school in Austrian rural communities: A cross-sectional study among schoolchildren and their parents. Journal of Public Health, 31(11), 1807–1816. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10389-022-01754-8

Lang, G., & Hofer-Fischanger, K. (2023). Betriebliche Absichten für gesundheitsförderliche Telearbeit nach dem COVID-19-Lockdown 2020. Präv Gesundheitsf 18, 290–297. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11553-022-00956-y

Lang, G., & Hofer-Fischanger, K. (2022). Factors associated with the implementation of health-promoting telework from the perspective of company decision makers after the first COVID-19 lockdown. Zeitschrift für Gesundheitswissenschaften = Journal of Public Health, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10389-022-01717-z

Buchegger, H., & Hofer-Fischanger, K. (2022). Generationenverbindende Betreuung von Kindern und älteren Menschen am Bauernhof angelehnt an Green-Care-Konzepte. Das Gesundheitswesen, 84(08/09). DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1751147

Hofer-Fischanger K, Tuttner S, Amort FM, Helms K, Unger J, Hödl J, Strüver A, van Poppel MNM. Promoting active transport in rural communities through infrastructural modifications: the PABEM needs assessment tool. Health Promot Int. 2021. doi: 10.1093/heapro/daab186. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34849929.

Hofer-Fischanger, Kathrin; Jurkowitsch, Katrin (2021): Gesundheitsförderliche Telearbeit im Kontext der COVID19-Pandemie – Factsheet. Gert Lang (Hg.). Fonds Gesundes Österreich, Gesundheit Österreich, Wien

Hofer-Fischanger, K., Fuchs-Neuhold, B., Müller, A., Grasser, G., & van Poppel, M. N.M. (2020). Health Literacy and Active Transport in Austria: Results from a Rural Setting. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(4), 1404.

Holler, P., Jaunig, J., Amort, F.M., Tuttner, S., Hofer-Fischanger, K., et al. (2019). "Holistic physical exercise training improves physical literacy among physically inactive adults: a pilot intervention study." BMC Public Health 19(393).

Hofer, K., Tuttner, S., Unger, J., Helms, K., Hödl, J., & van Poppel, M. (2017). Development of Participatory Tools to Assess Physical Activity in Rural Areas in Austria. Journal of Transport & Health, 5, 97-98.

Hofer, K. & Adamer-König, E. (2017). Entwicklung eines Leitfadens für die Gesundheitsförderung in kommunalen Lebensräumen. In Gollner, E., Szabo, B. et al. (Hrsg.). Gesundheitsförderung konkret. Ein forschungsgeleitetes Lehrbuch für die Praxis (208-220). Band 1, Lehrbuchreihe der FH Burgenland, 1. Auflage, Wien, 2017. (ISBN: 978-3-902976-97-0) Verlag Holzhausen

Hofer, K., & Tuttner, S. (2017). Combined involvement of political decision-makers and citizens to prioritize modifications to the built environment. Conference on Health Enhancing Physical Activity on "Modern approaches to physical activity promotion and measurement" (15th - 17th November), Zagreb.

Neuhold, B., Hofer, K., Amort, F. M., Bauer, L., & Aschemann, R. (2017). Combining Public Health Issues and EIA – a Case Study of an Austrian Rural Road Traffic Project. Journal of Transport & Health, 5, 72. doi: DOI: 10.1016/j.jth.2017.05.220

Hofer, K., Jennetten, B., Hauer, B. & Strempfl, A. (2016). Workplace health promotion through health coaching on styrian farms: outcomes from project evaluation. The European Journal of Public Health, 26(1), 10.1093/eurpub/ckw166.014

Hofer, K., & Amort, F. M. (2014). Partizipation in der Betrieblichen Gesundheitsförderung als Einstiegshilfe für Unternehmen und deren Stakeholder. Gesundheitswesen, 76(08/09), A75. doi: 10.1055/s-0034-1386925