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Applicants must be qualified for a doctoral fellowship at the NIH (a completed master’s degree on a relevant topic within the sport sciences, philosophy and or ethics/bioethics, the history of ideas, or other fields of relevance for the Ph.D. project. The minimum grade point average is B/2,5). Three examples of possible PhD project topics: The Ethics of Sport; The Nature and Value of Sport ; and Human Movement Skills: Epistemological Perspectives .Mastery of a Scandinavian language will strengthen the application.

For his dissertation, Halvard Grendstad investigated how endurance training affects boys and girls aged 12 to 14 years. The participants were recruited from two distinct groups: one group engaged in endurance sports, and another group who was less active and did not participate in endurance training. He tracked their development of maximal oxygen uptake (VO₂max) and assessed their physical growth, including lung size, heart function, and blood volume—key factors for fitness.

Join us at the 2025 Cluster for Research into Coaching International Conference (CRiC),  where this conference brings together experts, coaches, and innovators to explore novel approaches, share insights, and shape the future of sports coaching through interdisciplinary collaboration. We remain committed to addressing the complex social, pedagogical, and critical aspects of coaching and athlete development. By identifying and dismantling barriers to meaningful progress, we seek to create an integrative and dynamic vision for sports coaching that truly meets the needs of modern athletes and communities.

Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries are either treated surgically (with ACL reconstruction; ACLR) or nonsurgically (with rehabilitation alone). High-quality studies are scarce but show similar outcomes after both treatment strategies. However, the treatment choice is only one part of the treatment process: intense rehabilitation, surgical indications, and patient education are also essential. Additionally, ACL patients are a heterogeneous group and do not follow a one-size-fits-all approach.

In the UngKan (Youth can do it) follow-up study Anders Husøy sought to examine the trends, levels, and associations of physical activity, cardiorespiratory fitness, and cardiometabolic risk factors from childhood (age 9 years) to adolescence (15 years) and further into young adulthood (age 24 years). In one study, he found that sedentary time increases from childhood to adolescence. A decrease from childhood to adolescence was seen for time spent in light, moderate, and vigorous physical activity.

Anette Skilbred’s dissertation project sheds light on the interaction between young athletes and their networks, with a particular focus on how athletes shape their meaning of performance-enhancing substances within these networks. There is a specific emphasis on nutritional supplements and anti-doping work. By applying an interactionist perspective, she has explored and illuminated processes of meaning-making.

Have you seen football players running around the training field in sports bras over their uniforms? In this "vest", the players have a tracking device that measures distance, speeds, and accelerations, and thus the external load on the body. In periods with a tight match program and many training sessions, this tool can help the players manage how hard they should train and when they should rest. But what does it really mean that a player runs 10,000 m in training or in a match?

Målet med doktorgradsprosjektet er å avdekke ulike psykososiale risiko- og beskyttelsesfaktorer egnet til å påvirke unge utøveres usunne helsevalg innen idrett. Eksempler på slike er bruk av smertestillende preparater, kosttilskudd, doping og fortsatt deltakelse i trening og konkurranse til tross for skade. Prosjektet er forankret i en sosial-kognitiv teoriramme der vi utforsket en rekke beskyttende og risikofremmende personlige og kontekstuelle faktorer forbundet med usunne helsevalg.

To strengthen ongoing research within the fields of outdoor studies and mental health, DTEOS invites applications for a PhD-position focusing on mental health and nature-based interventions and programming. More specifically, the pre-defined project will examine the influence of a weekly friluftsliv program that takes place in local nature on young people’s mental health. The academic work will be based at NIH in Oslo, Norway.

Ansatte på ILF driver med forskning og undervisning innen generell pedagogikk, kroppsøving/idrettsfag, frilufslivsfag, fagdidaktikk og fysisk aktivitet og funksjonshemming. Instituttets forskningsportefølje omfatter læring og erfaringsdannelse hos ulike grupper, på ulike arenaer og i ulike bevegelser og aktiviteter. Instituttet tilbyr femårig lærerutdanning i kroppsøving og idrettsfag (LKI), bachelorutdanning i friluftslivsfag (FLL), praktisk pedagogisk utdanning (PPU), og påbygningsstudiet fysisk aktivitet og funksjonshemming (FAF).