Karola Dillenburger
Queen’s University Belfast
Karola Dillenburger PhD. is Professor of Behaviour Analysis and Education and Founding Director of the Centre for Behaviour Analysis at Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Karola is a Board Certified Behaviour Analyst-Doctoral (BCBA-D), Clinical Psychologist (HCPC), and certified UK-Behaviour Analyst (UKBA). She is the President of the European Association for Behaviour Analysis (EABA).
Karola is published widely, including nine books and many multimedia training resources. Her research focuses mainly on neurodivergence, evidence-based interventions, behavioural parent training, parenting people with disabilities across the lifespan, bereavement, and trauma. She actively promotes professional recognition of behaviour analysts worldwide. She was awarded the Gold Medal from Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.
Karola was born in Berlin, Germany and has lived and worked in Northern Ireland since 1982. She is married with four adult 'children'. Apart from her two grandsons, her hobbies include trail riding, cycling, spinning, and knitting.