25 June 2026, 13:00-16:00 PhD defence: Idrætsundervisning, didaktik og studerendes oplevelser Steen Ingemann Jørgensen is defending the PhD thesis: Idrætsundervisning, didaktik og studerendes oplevelser: Et studie af betydnings-, menings- og tilblivelsesprocesser i boldspilsundervisning på universitetsniveau i…
17 June 2026, 12:30-15:30 PhD defence: Neuromuscular consequences of short-term immobilization and modulation by spinal associative plasticity Lasse Jespersen is defending the PhD thesis: Neuromuscular consequences of short-term immobilization and modulation by spinal associative plasticity.
11 July 2025, 13:00 PhD defence: Effects of Urban, Natural, and Digital Environments on Physical Activity and Wellbeing Luca Laezza is defending her PhD thesis: Effects of Urban, Natural, and Digital Environments on Physical Activity and Wellbeing - Addressing methodological issues in restorative environments research.
7 May 2025, 10:00 PhD defence: Development of School-based Physical Activity Interventions Lise Sohl Jeppesen is defending her PhD thesis: Development of School-based Physical Activity Interventions - A Design-based development process with teacher involvement and a feasibility study of the preliminary…
8 Nov. 2024, 13:00 PhD defence: Stimulating neuroplasticity in the aging brain to promote motor learning Jonas Rud Bjørndal is defending his PhD thesis: Stimulating neuroplasticity in the aging brain to promote motor learning
31 Oct. 2024, 14:30 PhD defence: “It’s not just somebody that’s had a stroke… it’s a person that had a life before” Georgia Emily Clay is defending her PhD thesis: “It’s not just somebody that’s had a stroke… it’s a person that had a life before”: A figurational study of physical activity for older adult stroke survivors
14 May 2024, 9:00 PhD defence: Cardiac function in the trained and untrained: Implication of acute exercise and training on cardiac function Mads Fischer is defending his PhD thesis: Cardiac function in the trained and untrained: Implication of acute exercise and training on cardiac function
16 Oct. 2023, 9:15 PhD defence: Investigating different approaches and analyses of psychological variables to enhance sport and exercise Michael John Dwyer is defending his PhD thesis: Investigating different approaches and analyses of psychological variables to enhance sport and exercise
14 June 2023, 14:00 PhD defence: Motor Skills and Effects of Motor Practice in Children and Young Adults Malene Norup is defending her PhD thesis: Motor Skills and Effects of Motor Practice in Children and Young Adults
23 Feb. 2023, 13:00 PhD defence: Effects of Embodied Learning on Children’s Literacy Skills Linn Damsgaard is defending her PhD thesis: Effects of Embodied Learning on Children’s Literacy Skills
20 Jan. 2023, 13:00 PhD defence: Investigating and measuring physical literacy and its health-related correlates in Danish children and adolescents Paulina Sander Melby is defending her PhD thesis: Investigating and measuring physical literacy and its health-related correlates in Danish children and adolescents
30 Sept. 2022, 14:00 PhD defence: Oscillatory brain and spinal connectivity underlying human ankle movement and stepping Meaghan Elizabeth Spedden is defending her PhD thesis: Oscillatory brain and spinal connectivity underlying human ankle movement and stepping
7 June 2022, 10:00 PhD defence: Youth peer leadership in practice Julie Hellesøe Christensen is defending her PhD thesis: Youth peer leadership in practice: balancing programme intentions, rationales and ‘peerness’ in a youth-led community sport programme
20 Dec. 2021, 14:00 PhD defence: Citius, Altius, Fortius – Understanding ballistic push-off performances in a force-velocity relationship context Nicklas Junge is defending his PhD thesis: Citius, Altius, Fortius – Understanding ballistic push-off performances in a force-velocity relationship context
18 Nov. 2021, 10:00 PhD defence: Socio-cultural influences on exercise and health along the cardiac patient journey Joanna Blackwell is defending her PhD thesis: Socio-cultural influences on exercise and health along the cardiac patient journey: A Bourdieusian perspective.
4 Nov. 2021, 14:00 PhD defence: Neural and behavioral mechanisms underlying differences in motor control and skill learning Mikkel Malling Beck is defending his PhD thesis: Neural and behavioral mechanisms underlying differences in motor control and skill learning in children, adolescents and adults
12 Oct. 2021, 14:00 PhD defence: Neural mechanisms underlying human motor control and skill learning Patrick Wiegel is defending his PhD thesis: Neural mechanisms underlying human motor control and skill learning.
2 July 2021, 11:00 PhD defence: Self-talk and emotions in competitive sports Julian Fridolin Fritsch is defending his PhD thesis: Self-talk and emotions in competitive sports
9 Dec. 2020, 10:00 PhD defence: The osteogenic stimulus of exercise Rizky Suganda Prawiradilaga is defending his PhD thesis: The osteogenic stimulus of exercise. Bone health and osteoporosis risk assessment in women
15 Apr. 2020, 14:00 PhD defence: Environmental heat stress and motor-cognitive performance Jacob Feder Piil is defending his PhD thesis: Environmental heat stress and motor-cognitive performance
24 Jan. 2020, 11:00 PhD defence: Effects of heat on behavioral and physiological mechanisms of the human thermoregulatory system during rest, exercise, and work Leonidas G. Ioannou is defending his PhD thesis: Effects of heat on behavioral and physiological mechanisms of the human thermoregulatory system during rest, exercise, and work
1 Nov. 2019, 9:00-12:00 PhD defence: Team Handball – a health-promoting activity? Therese Hornstrup Bondebjerg is defending her PhD thesis: Team Handball – a health-promoting activity? The physiological effects of small-sided team handball in young adults and overweight premenopausal women
18 Sept. 2019, 13:00 PhD defence: 'It's 5 o'clock in the morning and you're just on fire': Exploring Embodied Experiences in Performance Swimming Gareth McNarry is defending his PhD thesis: 'It's 5 o'clock in the morning and you're just on fire': Exploring Embodied Experiences in Performance Swimming
5 July 2018, 14:00-17:00 PhD defence: Central Control of Visually Guided Walking Peter Jensen is definding his PhD thesis: Central Control of Visually Guided Walking
4 Sept. 2017, 13:00 PhD defence: Volition and motivation's influence on weight loss maintenance in the period following an intensive lifestyle intervention Peter Elsborg is defending his PhD thesis: Volition and motivation's influence on weight loss maintenance in the period following an intensive lifestyle intervention
25 Jan. 2017, 14:45 PhD defence: Sport and migrants' acculturation Eleftheria Morela is defending her PhD thesis: Sport and migrants' acculturation.
14 Nov. 2016, 12:00 PhD defence: The life, work and recreational physical activity of female cleaners Verena Lenneis is defending her PhD thesis: The life, work and recreational physical activity of female cleaners
13 Oct. 2016, 14:00 PhD defence: Acute Exercise and Motor memory Consolidation Richard Thomas is defending his PhD thesis: Acute Exercise and Motor memory Consolidation
30 June 2016, 15:00 PhD defence: Badminton specific testing and development of physical on-court exercise capacity in elite youth badminton players Christian Ole Møller Madsen is defending his PhD thesis: Badminton specific testing and development of physical on-court exercise capacity in elite youth badminton players
4 May 2015, 14:00 PhD defence: Football, Feminisation, Fans Svenja-Maria Mintert is defending her PhD thesis: Football, Feminisation, Fans: Sociological Studies in a European Context
23 Apr. 2015, 14:00 PhD defence: Development of an Evidence-based Sport Psychological Training Program for Young Elite Athletes Johan Michael Wikman is defending his PhD thesis: Development of an Evidence-based Sport Psychological Training Program for Young Elite Athletes
22 Jan. 2013, 10:00 PhD defence: Exercise impact on depressed patients’ self Mahdi Mohammadi-nezhad is defending his PhD thesis: Exercise impact on depressed patients’ self: The impact of exercise on physical self-perception and self-esteem of outpatients with depressive disorders in Denmark
18 Jan. 2013, 10:00 PhD defence: Fitness Doping and Body Management Nicole Thualagant is defending her PhD thesis: Fitness Doping and Body Management. An Explorative Study of Body Investment Practices
17 Oct. 2011, 9:00 PhD defence: Children’s Daily Physical Activity Glen Nielsen is defending his PhD-thesis Children’s Daily Physical Activity – Patterns and the influence of socio-cultural factors
12 Mar. 2010, 14:00 PhD defence: Investigations of central nervous plasticity accompanying motor learning and immobilization in humans Jesper Lundbye-Jensen is defending his PhD-thesis - Investigations of central nervous plasticity accompanying motor learning and immobilization in humans
11 Nov. 2009, 13:00 PhD defence: The struggle for clean sports Ulrik Wagner is defending his PhD-thesis The struggle for clean sports. Anti-doping strategies from 1960 to 2009