Gen­er­al Re­search Fo­cus Areas

  • Health Promotion in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults (Focus on school and university settings)

  • Primary Prevention of Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

  • The Importance of Carbohydrate Quality for Health

  • Life-Course Epidemiology (Focus on nutrition during critical periods of childhood and adolescence and its implications for health in adulthood

Cur­rent pro­jects

Doctoral Project (Franziska Wiebke)
In Cooperation With: Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Supervision by: Dr. Peter von Philipsborn

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    Funding: EFRE/JTF Program NRW 2024-2027
    Project Lead: Dr. Enes Yigitbas, University of Paderborn

    In Collaboration With:

  • Prof. Dr. Anette Buyken (University of Paderborn)
  • Prof. Dr. Niclas Schaper (University of Paderborn)
  • NeuroGames GmbH

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  • Collaborative Project at the University of Paderborn (Prof. Dr. Anette Buyken)
    In Cooperation with:

  • Dr. Stefan Storcksdieck genannt Bonsmann (Max Rubner Institute, Karlsruhe)
  • Dr. Marlen Hass (Thünen Institute, Braunschweig)
  • Project Duration: 2025–2027

  • Funding by the German Research Foundation (DFG) 2024-2027
    (Project Leads: Prof. Dr. Anette Buyken, Prof. Dr. Lars Libuda)

    Collaborative project at the University of Paderborn involving:

  • Prof. Dr. Anette Buyken (University of Paderborn)
  • Prof. Dr. Lars Libuda (University of Paderborn)
  • In cooperation with:
    • Prof. Dr. Dr. Claus Reinsberger (University of Paderborn)
    • Prof. Gabriele Berg-Beckhoff (University of Esbjerg, Denmark)
    • ALA Institute, Bochum (Prof. Dr. Michael Falkenstein)

Project at Münster University of Applied Sciences
(Project Lead: Prof. Heike Englert, Ragna-Marie Kranz)

In Cooperation with:

  • University of Paderborn (Prof. Dr. Anette Buyken)

Project at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences
(Project Lead: Prof. Sibylle Adam, Inga Hesse)

In Cooperation with:

  • University of Paderborn (Prof. Dr. Anette Buyken)

Project at Fulda University of Applied Sciences
(Project Lead: Prof. Anja Kroke, Indra Dannheim)

In Cooperation With:

  • University of Paderborn (Prof. Dr. Anette Buyken)

Com­pleted Re­search Pro­jects

  • Funding by the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) via the Federal Office for Agriculture and Food (BLE), 2018-2020
    (Project Lead: Dr. Ute Alexy, later taken over by Prof. Anette Buyken)

    Collaborative Project Between:

  • University of Bonn, DONALD Study Research Unit (Ines Perrar, Dr. Ute Alexy, Prof. Thomas Remer)
  • University of Paderborn (Prof. Anette Buyken)
  • University of Reading (Dr. Gunther Kuhnle)
  • German Diabetes Center (Prof. Christian Herder, Prof. Michael Roden)

Project at Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
(Project Lead: Prof. Guo Cheng)

In Cooperation With:

  • University of Paderborn (Prof. Anette Buyken, Karen Ward Della Corte)

Project at the University of Paderborn
(Karen Ward Della Corte, Prof. Anette Buyken)

In Cooperation With:

  • University of Bonn, DONALD Study Research Unit (Ines Perrar)
  • German Diabetes Center (Prof. Christian Herder)
  • German Institute of Human Nutrition (PD Dr. Lukas Schwingshackl)
  • Funding by the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) via the Federal Office for Agriculture and Food (BLE), 2017-2018
    (Project Leads: Prof. Anette Buyken, Prof. Anja Kroke, Prof. Jana Rückert-John)

    Collaborative Project Between:

  • University of Paderborn (Valeria Sladkova, Prof. Anette Buyken)
  • Fulda University of Applied Sciences (Julia Depa, Catherina Jansen, Prof. Anja Kroke, Prof. Jana Rückert-John)
  • Funding by the University of Paderborn
    Support Program: Incentive System for Increasing the Proportion of Women in Professorships (Funding Line 3), 2018

    Project Location: University of Paderborn
    Project Team: Valeria Sladkova, Prof. Anette Buyken

    In Cooperation With:

  • Fulda University of Applied Sciences (Prof. Jana Rückert-John)
  • Funding by the German Research Foundation (DFG), 2014-2018

    (Project Leads: Dr. Ute Alexy, Prof. Anette Buyken, Prof. Christian Herder)

    Collaborative Project Between:

  • University of Bonn, DONALD Study Research Unit (Sarah Roßbach, Dr. Ute Alexy, Prof. Ute Nöthlings, Stefanie Koch)
  • University of Paderborn (Tanja Diederichs, Prof. Anette Buyken – formerly DONALD Study)
  • German Diabetes Center (Prof. Christian Herder, Prof. Michael Roden)
  • In Cooperation With:

  • University of Giessen (Prof. Stefan Wudy)
  • Partial Funding by the World Cancer Research Fund Netherlands (2014-2015)

    (Project Lead: Prof. Anette Buyken)

    Collaborative Project Between:

  • University of Paderborn (Katharina Penczynski, Prof. Anette Buyken – formerly DONALD Study)
  • University of Bonn, DONALD Study Research Unit (Prof. Thomas Remer, Dr. Danika Krupp, Katja Bolzenius, Anna Bring)
  • In Cooperation With:

  • University of Bonn (Johanna Rienks, PD Sarah Egert)
  • German Diabetes Center (Prof. Christian Herder, Prof. Michael Roden, Dr. Daniel Markgraf)
  • University of Giessen (Prof. Stefan Wudy)
  • Children's Hospital Dortmund (PD Hermann Kalhoff)
  • Funding by Joint Programming Initiative “A Healthy Diet for a Healthy Life” and ERA-NET Cofund HDHL INTIMIC METADIS, 2020-2023

    (Project Lead: Prof. Jutta Dierkes, University of Bergen, Norway)

    Collaborative Project Between:

  • University of Bergen (Prof. Jutta Dierkes, Bergen, Norway)
  • Nofima AS (Dr. Simon Ballance, Ås, Norway)
  • University of Paderborn (Prof. Anette Buyken)
  • University of Leipzig (Prof. Antje Körner)
  • Chalmers University (Prof. Rikard Landberg, Gothenburg, Sweden)
  • Funding by the German Research Foundation (DFG), 2018-2023

    (Project Leads: Dr. Ute Alexy, Prof. Anette Buyken, Prof. Christian Herder)

    Collaborative Project Between:

  • University of Bonn, DONALD Study Research Unit (Dr. Ute Alexy)
  • University of Paderborn (Prof. Anette Buyken)
  • German Diabetes Center (Prof. Christian Herder, Prof. Michael Roden)
  • Project at the University of Paderborn

    Duration: 2018–2024
    Lead: Dr. Eva Schulte

    Context: Conducted as part of Dr. Eva Schulte's secondment to the University of Paderborn.

  • Project at the University of Paderborn

    Team Members:

  • Juliana Nyasordzi (DAAD Scholar)
  • Katharina Penczynski
  • Prof. Anette Buyken
  • In Cooperation With:

  • University of Bonn, DONALD Study Research Unit (Prof. Thomas Remer)

Ad­di­tion­al Col­lab­or­a­tion Part­ners

  • Prof. Jennie Brand-Miller, School of Molecular Bioscience, University of Sydney, Australia
  • Assistant Prof. Jimmy Louie, School of Biological Sciences, University of Hong Kong