Professorship for Argang Ghadiri at Apollon University for Health Care Management

Argang Ghadiri studied business management in Sankt Augustin and enrolled in the Bachelor's degree programme offered for the first time in the summer semester of 2007. Shortly after, he worked with the then Dean Prof. Klaus W. ter Horst and his later doctoral supervisor Prof. Dr. Theo Peters as a student assistant and tutor, gaining significant insights into lecturing and research.

After completing his Bachelor's degree, he remained in the department as a research associate while pursuing a Master's degree at the University of Duisburg-Essen. During this period, he published numerous works in the field of neuroleadership, supported by national and international scholarships and awards.

In his doctoral thesis, he dealt with health from a psychological, neuroscientific, and economic perspective, focusing among other things on the effects of work breaks on performance and recovery in the context of workplace health promotion. His dissertation was awarded second place in the Young Innovator Award 2021 by the Federal Association for Workplace Health Management (BBGM e.V.).

In addition to numerous projects with practical applications, he has been actively involved as an auditor for the Corporate Health Award since 2015, evaluating the health management systems of both companies and universities throughout Germany. He also gained further practical experience in the health sector as the head of the Business Development department at brainLight GmbH.

At the Apollon University for Health Care Management University of Applied Sciences, he assumed the professorship for Corporate Health Management in September 2023, strengthening the department of Public Health and Environmental Health with modules on "Corporate Health Management," "Mental Health in Employment," and "Healthy Leadership in Companies."