Tag: Norwegian School of Sport Sciences

Many people know that cancer treatment can be tough, but fewer are aware that the effects can last for years. Regarding the tough course of cancer treatment that can also affect the healthy cells in the body, cancer survivors remain susceptible to late effects following therapy, including physical, psychological, and social challenges. This thesis provides compelling evidence of the substantial cardiorespiratory fitness decline occurring during and after systemic anticancer treatment, emphasizing the critical role of interventions to counteract these changes, such as exercise therapy.

The WHO aims to enhance community-based rehabilitation for individuals with a disability and recommends peer support as a tool for assisting in managing health and facilitating inclusion and participation. However, the knowledge about the impact of peer support in rehabilitation settings is limited, and there is a large variety in peer support programmes, which may affect the outcomes. Pia Wedege’s PhD project therefore aimed to investigate the experiences of individuals with acquired brain injury participating in community-based, peer-led activity camps in Norway

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.

Det søkes etter en person med solid oversikt over nasjonal og internasjonal pedagogisk eller didaktisk forskning på skole og utdanning. Den som ansettes må over tid ha bidratt internasjonalt på forskningsfeltet kroppsøving og/eller idrettsfag i skolen, pedagogikk og lærerutdanning eller annen tematikk som angår pedagogiske og/eller fagdidaktiske problemstillinger innenfor instituttets fagfelt. Personen som ansettes må ha erfaring med og interesse for empirisk og anvendt forskning, samt eksternt finansierte søknader og prosjekter.

Institutt for lærerutdanning og friluftslivsstudier (ILF) er ett av fire institutter ved NIH. Ansatte på ILF driver med forskning og undervisning innen generell pedagogikk, kroppsøving/idrettsfag, friluftslivsfag, fagdidaktikk, og tilpasset opplæring. Det søkes etter en person som på selvstendig grunnlag kan bidra til å videreutvikle kvaliteten i lærerutdanningene som ILF har ansvaret for. Stillingen er tillagt 20 % forsknings- og utviklingsarbeid og 80% undervisning. 

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.