Physical Activity Researcher

Welcome back to our discussion with Sam Jarman. Sam played professional golf for about 10 years before transitioning to coaching and specializing in the mental side of the game. In this second part o…

Kriss Akabusi, MBE, is an Olympian, motivational speaker and businessman. He achieved three Olympic medals, as well as World, European and Commonwealth titles in his outstanding career as a sprint an…

Many of us start playing sport because we just fall in love with it. However, many athletes who progress to a higher level of competition lose the joy of sport on the way and their sport-life becomes…

Dr Alexander Montoye (Pt3) - Consumer activity trackers | Accelerometry

Dr Alexander Montoye is working as an Assistant professor of Clinical Exercise Physiology at Alma College, Michigan, U.S. His m…

This is the third and the final part of our discussion on Meaning in Sport with Dr Matteo Luzzeri. In the previous parts of our discussion, we explored the foundations for the study of meaning in psy…

Sustainability is a pressing concern in our collective human agenda worldwide. But what would ecologically sustainable sports look like? How much do we need to rethink the way we practise sport or ev…

This is the second part of our discussion with Dr Anna Kavoura on how gender informs meaning in sport. In the first part, we explored Anna’s work on intersecting identities in women’s martial arts, a…

Dr Abigail Morris is working as a Lecturer in Workplace Health and Well Being in Lancaster University, UK.

Her research expertise is in workplace physical activity and sedentary behaviour interventio…

Dr Patrick Jachyra is working as a post-doctoral fellow at Azrieli Adult Neurodevelopmental Centre Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in University of Toronto.

His research explores, for example,…

This is the second part of our discussion with professor Simon Beames on outdoor education, recreation and adventure. In this episode, the main focus of our discussion is on adventurous learning. Tog…

Dr Paul Kelly (Pt1) - PA | Measurement | Wearable cameras | Evaluation vs. Research

Dr Paul Kelly is a Lecturer in Physical Activity for Health at the University of Edinburgh. He is based at the Phys…

It is difficult to imagine any sporting activity that is devoid of technology. But how do new sporting technologies affect the values we ascribe to sport? In this new episode with Dr Emily Ryall, we …

"Coaches have a duty of care that moves beyond protection and involves the development of caring relationships with athletes". This is the position advanced by Dr Colum Cronin whose recent work has a…

Dr Reece & Mclaughlin (Pt2) – PA | Promotion | Policy | Investments

What are ISPAH’s Eight Investments That Work for Physical Activity?

• What is ‘advocacy’ and why is it so important?
• What can be lear…

Dr Reece & Mclaughlin (Pt1) – PA | Promotion | Policy | Investments

• What is ‘advocacy’ and why is it so important?
• What can be learned from other public health wins?
• What resources are available for …

This is the second part of our discussion with Petter Kukkonen, a former Nordic combined athlete and Finnish national team head coach. His search for the next big thing in his life following athletic…

Part 2. Dr Juha Hulmi - Strength Training | Health | PA Recommendations

What are the health effects of strength training?

How physical activity recommendations should be changed?

Dr Juha Hulmi is…

In their writings, Stoic philosophers have many references to sport. But how did the Stoics think about happiness, good life and meaningful life? What role might sport have in all this? How can we cu…

The second part of our discussion with Greg Dryer explores to the role of using apps and other ways of measuring our physical activity and how they might shape how we think and feel about movement, o…

Part 2. Dr Alexander Montoye - Accelerometry | Machine learning | Sedentary behaviour

Dr Alexander Montoye is working as an Assistant professor of Clinical Exercise Physiology at Alma College, Michi…