Reinhard Stelter holds a PhD in psychology and is Professor of Sport and Coaching Psychology at the University of Copenhagen and visiting professor at the Copenhagen Business School (Master of Public Governance). He is head of the Coaching Psychology Unit at the Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, University of Copenhagen. Since 2011 and once a year, he has been director of a one week course on “Coaching, Kirkegaard and Leadership” at the Copenhagen Summer University. He is an accredited coaching psychologist (International Society for Coaching Psychology) and has received further training in psychotherapy, counseling, coaching psychology and applied sport psychology.

He is the author and editor of one of Scandinavia's most successful books on coaching (published in Danish and Swedish) with the English title Coaching - learning and developing (more than 25.000 copies sold). He is on the Editorial Board of the International Coaching Psychology Review, of Coaching: Theory, Research and Practice, of the International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching. He is author of twelve books and more than 200 articles in scientific and research oriented journals or books. His mayor work A Guide to third generation coaching was published by Springer Scienc in 2013. His book The Art of Dialogue in Coaching – published by Routledge – has been awarded as the Coaching Book of the Year 2019 by Henley Business School. He is Honorary Vice-President of the International Society of Coaching Psychology, founding fellow and former Scientific Advisory Council Member of The Institute of Coaching associated with Harvard Medical School, associate at Taos Institute, and advisory board member, senior coach and lecturer at Copenhagen Coaching Center. He has been on numerous scientific boards of international conference and many evaluation committees for professorial positions.

His theoretical ground in coaching is inspired by systemic thinking, social constructionism and narrative and collaborative practice and existential thinking. During his carrier he has been leader of a research project with a focus on narrative-collaborative group coaching, where he could document and positive effect of coaching, e.g. on personal well-being, social recovery and community building. He works as a coaching, consultant and leadership developer in his own private practice.