The social, personal, and work demands of contemporary society, intensified by ubiquitous digital communication platforms, are increasing degrees of pressure on everyday lives of ordinary people. The effects of this intensification are mirrored in high-performance sport and the lives of its athletes. Additionally, for the lives of everyday people, levels of physical activity have been shown to decline. As a result, we see a spike in the number of everyday people and high-performance athletes suffering from various kinds of mental or physical health condition. Thus, there comes a demand to identify potential pathways that could improve both the lives of everyday people and in high-performance athletes. At this year’s conference, we seek to understand the causes of this current situation, and the shared conditions for everyday people and high-performance athletes. We also want to focus on exploring strategies to improve health pathways, grounded in the social dimensions and cultural settings of physical activity. This includes the organizational strategies of national and international governing bodies of sport that regulate a large deal of participation in leisure and elite sport on the local, national and international levels.
Local Co-Hosts
Felix Zurita, Professor, University of Granada, Spain
Jose J. Muros, Lecturer, University of Granada, Spain
Research Network Chair
Dr. Jörg Krieger, Aarhus University, Denmark
Dr. Veronica Varela Mato, Research Associate, Loughborough University, United Kingdom
Guillermo F. López Sánchez, Post-Doctoral Researcher, Italy
Emily Knox, Member, PROMECO Research Group, University of Granada, Spain
For each conference, a small number of Emerging Scholar Awards re given to outstanding graduate students and emerging scholars who have an active academic interest in the conference area. The Award, with its accompanying responsibilities provides a strong professional development opportunity for early career academics. The 2020 Emerging Scholar Awardees are listed below.
Virtual Presentations are grouped by general themes. Please click the blue buttons below to view and comment. Each presenter's formal, written paper will be available to participants if accepted to the journal.
Varsha Gopal, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India
Udi Carmi, Ohalo College of Education, Israel
Terri Cecchine, Teacher, Lompoc Unified School District
Jaquelyn Valenzuela, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, United States
Gabriela Flores
Rebeca Mireles-Rios, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, United States
George Karlis, Full Professor, Human Kinetics, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Ioanna Maria Kantartzi, Ph.D. Student, Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Canada
Lance Kinney, Associate Professor, Advertising and Public Relations, University of Alabama
Kirsten Spencer, Senior Lecturer, AUT, New Zealand
Georgios Andronikos, Edinburgh Napier University
Matea Milak, Research Assistant, Sociology, Institute of Social Sciences Ivo Pilar, Croatia
Keon Richardson, Master of Art Student in Sport and Olympic Studies, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
Alex Nunez, Graduate Student, University of Arizona
Tammy Matthews, University of Colorado Boulder
Matthias Kaelberer, Professor and Chair, Department of Political Science, University of Memphis
Sam Schelfhout, The University of Texas at Austin
Monique Ositelu, PhD, Founder & Chief Data Consultant, Data Driven Consulting & Solutions LLC, United States
David Holmes, Academic, School of Humanities and Languages, University of New South Wales, New South Wales, Australia
Cullum Brownbridge, Brock University, Canada
Brittany Kmush, Syracuse University, USA
Madeline Hilton, Syracuse University, USA
Bhavneett Walia, Syracuse University, USA
Shane Sanders, Syracuse University, USA
Justin Ehrlich, Syracuse University, USA
Elizabeth Toomey, Professor, School of Law, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
Neil Hall, Western Sydney University, Australia
Sam Lane, Western Sydney University, Australia
Leon Keir, One Wellbeing, Australia
Virlena Crosley, Linfield College, USA
Natalie Welch, Linfield College, USA
Donna L. Woodhouse, Sheffield Hallam University, UK
Kalyn Mc Donough, University of Delaware, Delaware, United States
Matthew Robinson, University of Delaware, Delaware, United States
Ria Ramnarine, University of Delaware, Delaware, United States
Katharina Gatterer, Senior Scientist, Institute of Sports Medicine, Alpine Medicine and Health Tourism (ISAG), UMIT Health and Life Science University, Tyrol, Austria
Nassereddine Kesri, Professor, Faculty of Physical Education and Sports, University of Algers, Alger, Algeria
Dahmani Bensadallah, University of Lagouate, AMMAR Thliji Hannat Abdelkhader, Univerity of Djelfa Zeyanna Achoure
Ana Santos, Researcher/Teacher, School of Physical Education and Sport, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Travis Taylor, Associate Professor, Economics, Christopher Newport University
Anne Schmitt, Université Rennes 2
Matthew Atencio, California State University of East Bay
Gaëlle Sempé, Université Rennes 2
Christopher Yandle, Southeastern Louisiana University
Nicholas Capicotto, Masters Student, History, Columbia University
Chelsea Cutright, PhD candidate, Anthropology, University of Kentucky, United States
Andrew Miller, Associate Professor, School of Communication, Media and the Arts, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, United States
David Papp, University of Debrecen
Csilla Csukonyi, University of Debrecen
Gyozo Kurucz, University of Debrecen
Ioanna Maria Kantartzi, Ph.D. Student, Health Sciences, University of Ottawa
George Karlis, Full Professor, Human Kinetics, University of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Joshua Munoz, Nacional Institute of Sport Education and Physical Activity of Catalonia Francesc Solanellas, Nacional Institute of Sport Education and Physical Activity of Catalonia
Rafael Baena González, Catholic University of Murcia, España
Gyozo Molnar, Principal Lecturer, Sport and Exercise Science, University of Worcester, United Kingdom
Nancy Spencer, University of Alberta, Canada
Aubrey Shaw, Ph.D. Candidate, Movement Sciences, University of Idaho, United States
Sharon Stoll, Professor, Movement Sciences, University of Idaho, Idaho, United States
Sean Pradhan, Assistant Professor, Menlo College
Marianne Marar Yacobian, Professor, Menlo College
Michael D Lukkarinen, Western Illinois University
Tim Piper, Western Illinois University
Megan Moore, Western Illinois University
Tim Slattery, Clinical Research Fellow, Renal/Melanoma, Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom
Harvey Turner, Western Australia Department of Health
David Rolling, Valparaiso University
Dana M Young, Research Fellow, Child and Community Wellbeing Unit, Centre for Health Equity, School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Heather Van Mullem, Lewis-Clark State College
Emily Weber, Washington State University
Edgar Romero, University of Barcelona, Spain
Francesc Solanellas, Nacional Institute of Sport Education and Physical Activity of Catalonia
Peter Evans, Birmingham City University
Iva Buresova, Assistant Professor, Institute of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University, Czech Republic
Martin Jelínek, Researcher, Institute of Psychology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic
Sean Pradhan, Assistant Professor, Menlo College
Susan Snycerski, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, San Jose State University
Sean Laraway, Professor, San Jose State University
Kristi Sadler, Graduate Student, San Jose State University
Sean Pradhan, Assistant Professor, Menlo College
Susan Snycerski, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, San Jose State University
Sean Laraway, Professor, San Jose State University
Kristi Sadler, Graduate Student, San Jose State University
Imogen Healy, Trainee Counselling Psychologist - Doctoral Student, York St John University
Eva Wolzok, National Taiwan Normal University
Ulrike Vogl, Professor, Linguistics, Ghent University, Belgium
Karin Andersson, University of Vienna
Carla Vanessa Zapata Toapanta
Sandra Vázquez Toledo, Profesora, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, España
Marta Liesa Orús, Profesora, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, España
Sergio Cored Bandrés, Investigador Predoctoral en Formación, Universidad de Zaragoza, España
Verónica Sierra Sánchez
Cecilia Latorre Cosculluela
Silvia Anzano Oto, Profesora, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, España
Ana Rodríguez Martínez, Profesora, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, España
Marta Liesa Orús, Profesora, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, España
Sergio Cored Bandrés, Investigador Predoctoral en Formación, Universidad de Zaragoza, España
Cecilia Latorre Cosculluela
Sandra Vázquez Toledo
Verónica Sierra Sánchez
Silvia Anzano Oto, Profesora, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza, España
Carmen Lucena Rodríguez
Cristina Cruz González, Personal Docente e Investigador, Universidad de Granada, España
Carmen Lucena Rodríguez
Cristina Cruz González, Personal Docente e Investigador, Didáctica y Organización Escolar, Universidad de Granada, España
Sofía Torrecilla
Carlos Alberto Jiménez Bandala
Alejandra Icardo Ruiz
Imad Boussif
Cristina Borlea
Maria Paula Pérez Mosquera
Valeria Lozano Lavado, Estudiante, Medicina, Universidad El Bosque, Bogotá, Colombia
Valentina Salazar Maldonado
Sandra Lucía Vargas Cruz, Profesora e investigadora, Universidad El Bosque, Bogotá, Colombia
Fernanda Carolina Tolosa Castro
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Virtual Presentations are grouped by general themes. Each presenter's formal, written paper will be available to participants if accepted to the journal.
