Sport, Individual & Society
The primary research aim of the unit lies in sport promotion. The section therefore focuses upon ensuring meaningful experiences of being active, together with creating opportunities that can accommodate vulnerable target groups so that the general population increases its participation in physical activity.
We examine, develop and implement a variety of movement cultures, as well as informing partners, stakeholders and participants about their benefits.
Our research contributes to the wider understanding about the significance of sport and exercise over time and to create a basis for visionary possibilities in the future.
We emphasize both the broader health aspects of sport and exercise, as well as the potential for sport to engender amusement, pleasure, and personal freedom.
We work toward the development of socially inclusive communities and equality for all in sport and exercise. We do this via the application of a problem oriented approach with significant impact that can make a positive difference for the general public, including all demographic and age groups.
The section explores the human and social science of sport, body, and movement as cultural phenomena and as spaces for learning and creating identities.
The section has two central research perspectives: The historical and sociological research and the psychology and educational studies. In addition to this, coaching and coaching psychology is a central focus area in the section.
Moreover, interdisciplinary designed studies using quantitative and/or qualitative approaches are part of the work of the research group.
Furthermore, the group's research is closely tied to that of professional praxis and the development of education and training at different levels, such as consultant work, organisational development, politics, and all levels of education.
The members of the unit strive towards close cooperation with the surrounding community through dissemination, research, and development projects.
These years there is a growing societal attention to the cultural, social, and health related significance and potentials of sport.
Research is carried out in a historical and sociological as well as national and international perspective on the continuously growing significance of sport in the modern welfare society, especially concerning the areas of health politics (e.g. sport’s potentials in health promotion and prevention), social politics (e.g. sport as means of integration concerning certain sections of the population), and cultural politics (e.g. sport’s significance in regards to the cohesive energy of society).
In Psychology and Educational Studies we explore how a greater focus on creativity, sensuality, emotionality, and social interaction can give modern human beings a broader base to manage an increasingly complex and demanding daily life.
The section put special emphasis on the body, innovation, and creativity in different forms of experience-based learning processes and in different learning environments (e.g. education, training, consulting, and therapy).
Coaching is a term associated with the sports world, but in recent years it has also become one of the world's fastest growing industries.
Coaching is defined here as the participation in and facilitation of an individual or group's learning and developmental process.
Coaching and coaching psychology have become prominent tools for the individual’s personal and professional learning, development, well-being, stress-prevention, and health promotion.
Section members
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Adam B. Evans | Associate Professor | +4535331336 | |
Adam Steen Malmkjær Rønlund | PhD Student | +4535330702 | |
Andorra Lynn Jensen | PhD Student | +4535322429 | |
Anne Sofie Lund Tannebek | PhD Student | +4522957417 | |
Charlotte Geer Grumsen | Academic Officer | +4593565983 | |
Charlotte Svendler Nielsen | Associate Professor | +4535320830 | |
Else Trangbæk | Professor Emeritus | +4540442746 | |
Georgia Emily Clay | PhD Student | ||
Glen Nielsen | Associate Professor | +4535320869 | |
Hans Bonde | Professor | +4535320862 | |
Helle Rudolph Jensen | Section Secretary | +4535334039 | |
Helle Winther | Associate Professor | +4535320806 | |
Julie Hellesøe Christensen | PhD Student | ||
Kim Skovholm | Special Consultant | +4535324985 | |
Laila Ottesen | Associate Professor, Head of Section | +4535321741 | |
Laura Wilcock | PhD Student | ||
Lillan Madsen | Associate Professor Emeritus | +4535320865 | |
Louise Gottlob Baumgarten | Research Assistant | +4525710008 | |
Maise Johansen | PhD Fellow | ||
Maria Hybholt | Assistant Professor | +4535320840 | |
Michael John Dwyer | PhD Student | ||
Mikkel Sørensen | Teaching Associate Professor | +4535320802 | |
Paulina Sander Melby | PhD Student | +4527266039 | |
Reinhard Stelter | Professor | +4535320866 | |
Signe Engdal | PhD Fellow | +4535336232 | |
Signe Rosengreen Holmenlund | Academic Officer | +4535332593 | |
Sofie Borgstrøm | Student | ||
Steen Ingemann Jørgensen | PhD Student | ||
Stefano De Dominicis | Assistant Professor - Tenure Track | +4535326016 | |
Stine Frydendal | Assistant Professor | +4535321742 | |
Ulrik Wagner | Associate Professor | +4535321511 | |
Victor Thorvald Haurholm | Student | +4535321307 |