As part of my Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship PLATO, I recently completed a secondment at Sport Ireland, the national agency responsible for the development of sport. This experience was enriching both professionally and personally and was […]
Tag: Physical Activity
INDEEP: Empowering Adolescent Physical Activity Research – saba toosinezhad.
Understanding why the youth engage or don’t engage in physical activity presents a challenge with significant public health implications. The INDEEP project (INtervention on the DEterminants of, and Expertise in, Physical activity behaviours) is a […]
What Policies Do Local Governments Use to Promote Physical Activity? – DR Sven Messing
We conducted a comparative analysis of municipalities from 4 EU countries and Japan, focusing on the policies local governments use to promote physical activity (PA): Jyväskylä (Finland), Nice (France), Erlangen (Germany), Fujisawa (Japan), and Cluj-Napoca […]
Publication: Effectiveness of Physical Activity Policies in Early Childhood Education and Care
Research Impact: Dr Sven Messing and Dr Kevin Volf were involved in conducting a systematic review to analyse the effectiveness of public policies promoting physical activity (PA) in the early childhood education and care (ECEC) […]
First-of-its-kind all-island research centre launches to tackle gender gap in sports science – Catherine Norton RD, PhD
A first-of-its-kind all-island research consortium has been established to tackle the gender gap in sport and health science. The cross-university research consortium, named míde, aims to understand and improve the health, wellbeing, participation and performance of girls […]
recruitment: research assistant – physical education and sport sciences, ul.
APPLICATIONS INVITED FOR Research Assistant in Physical Education and Sport and Exercise Sciences (PESS), University of Limerick. Specific Purpose Contract – 1.0 FTE (0.8 FTE would be considered) Salary Scale: €31,962 – €41,943 p.a. pro […]
Introducing PLATO: Co-Designing a Physical Activity Policy Toolkit – dr. sven messing.
In a world where physical inactivity poses a significant public health challenge, the need for evidence-informed policymaking is more crucial than ever. Get to know PLATO – an innovative project aimed at co-designing a physical […]
Celebrating the DE-PASS COST Action Final Event: A Legacy of Collaboration and Innovation – Rhoda Sohun
DE-PASS Final Event: Olomouc, Czech Republic: October 2024 The DE-PASS (Determinants of Physical Activity in SettingS) COST Action (CA19101) recently held its final event at the Fortress of Knowledge, Palacký University’s science center in Olomouc, […]
Are we inadvertently harming adolescents’ physical activity levels with our language – Caera Grady.
For the last three years I have been trying to answer one question, how do we effectively communicate physical activity with adolescents in schools (note, I said “with” rather than “to” here, I will come […]
Publication: It’s about time to exercise: development of the exercise participation explained in relation to time model
Research Impact: A perceived ‘lack of time’ is consistently the most commonly reported barrier to exercise. However, the term fails to capture the multifaceted nature of time-related factors. Recognising the need for a more comprehensive analysis […]
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