Tag: Norwegian School of Sport Sciences

The aim of the Emilie Mass Dalhaug’s PhD project was to investigate the effects of high‑intensity exercise and heavy‑load resistance training on maternal and fetal health in pregnant elite and recreational athletes, an area where current recommendations have traditionally been conservative and have discouraged such training. The findings from the project suggest that high‑intensity exercise, heavy‑load resistance training, and a high training volume were generally well tolerated by both the pregnant athletes and their foetuses.

Allan Grønkjær’s PhD study examines the management and leadership of high-performance organisations in elite sport. He works from a conceptual framework of multi-level leadership. This approach acknowledges the variation of different influences, which a leader, e.g., a high-performance director, experiences in the short term (everyday work life) and in the long term (creating and implementing strategy). There is a clear focus on how the context of sport affects leadership.

Stillingen er knyttet til det NFR-finansierte forskningsprosjektet EquiPETE - Co-developing an evidence-based framework for equity, diversity and inclusion in physical education teacher education. Ph.d.-kandidaten, som også kan være masterstudent fra 2026, vil ha en sentral rolle i prosjektets aksjonsforskningsaktiviteter og arbeide innenfor to sammenhengende forskningsområder som omfatter både campusbasert undervisning og praksisopplæring i skolen. Prosjektet er forankret i mixed methods-tilnærminger, og både kvalitative og kvantitative metoder kan derfor være aktuelle i kandidatens arbeid.

Vi er glade for å på nytt kunne invitere til konferanse om kroppsøving og idrettsfag. Hensikten med konferansen er å samles rundt ny forskning, utveksle erfaringer og etablere nye nettverk. Dato for konferansen er 4.-5. juni 2026. Målgruppen for konferansen er ansatte og studenter ved høgskoler og universitet, og lærere som underviser i kroppsøving og idrettsfag. Vi søker bidrag som omhandler forskning på kroppsøving, idrettsfag og lærerutdanning. I programmet er det også satt av tid til praktiske workshops.

Margrethe Voll Storaas’ PhD study narrows down to the moving body and asks, ‘how may we understand the moving body ecologically in technologized environments?’ For this study, the cultural and body-contingent arena of sport is a well-suited context. To ensure a holistic treatment, she looks to the effects on both our physical exterior, physical interior, and environing linguistic milieu through three cases: humanly constructed sporting sites, the private international sport event of Enhanced Games, and a modern form of political language engineering that aims to enhance (‘ameliorate’) society.

This doctoral thesis includes four research articles, a systematic review with statistical analysis of previously published research data, and three intervention studies, aiming to investigate the effects of endurance exercise on protein metabolism, with a specific focus on nitrogen excretion in urine. Protein metabolism is a long-lasting and adaptable process, emphasizing the importance for practitioners to adopt a long-term perspective.

Even the most skilled athletes can falter under pressure, not because they lack skill, but because their own thoughts become their worst enemy. Ironically, trying not to make a mess makes mistake more likely—a phenomenon known as an ironic error. Yet despite its real-world consequences, little research examines whether elite performers—those who train relentlessly for high-stakes moments—succumb to these mental traps. The bottom line? Under pressure, ditch the “don’ts.” Train the brain to focus on what to do, not what to avoid—because where attention goes, performance follows.

Based on knowledge of individuals' mindset and psychological interventions, Dag André Nilsen’s PhD-project aimed to enhance coach education programs and help coaches create training environments that promote learning and development. Specifically, the study examined whether and how a coach education program can help develop what is known as a growth mindset in coaches. A growth mindset is the belief that talent and skills can be developed through effort and learning, which stands in contrast to a fixed mindset, where talent and skills are perceived as innate and unchangeable.

The Strength and Conditioning Conference is a scientific conference for research and innovation in strength training and conditioning, targeting elite sports but also focussing on the elderly, patients and general health. Participants include researchers, trainers, students, healthcare professionals and product developers. The program will include novel research across different themes, showcasing science that has implications for teamsport and diverse groups of individuals.

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.