Peter Paulus, PhD, Dipl.-Psych. is Guest Professor and Head of the Center for Applied Sciences of Health (CASH) at Leuphana University, Lueneburg, Germany. Focus of his work is educational psychology, family psychology, health psychology, -education, -counselling and -promotion. He is head of research of several nationwide projects relating to school health promotion and education e.g. “MindMatters – Promotion of Mental Health and Education in Primary and Secondary Schools” and "International Good Healthy School Initiative" (IGHSI). He is the German representative in the “Schools for Health in Europe (SHE)” network, is member of the steering committee of “European Network Education and Training in Occupational Safety and Health” (ENTOSH)  and also member of the core group of the Pool of Experts of the “UNESCO Chair Global Health & Education” (Paris) and last but not least member of SMHILE (“School Mental Health International Leadership Exchange”) core development team.