2025

How can young athletes develop in the best possible way? This doctoral research highlights the importance of individualized training adaptations, injury prevention, and a holistic, patient-focused approach to foster both performance and health.

In the research project “Gender Equality through a Sustainable Career for Coaches and Leaders in Sports”, researchers from the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences (NIH) and the University of Lyon in France have investigated how women in sports experience their everyday work life – and what changes they believe are necessary to make careers in sports more sustainable. Join our breakfast seminar where we share insights, experiences, and suggestions for possible solutions.

How can we understand the moving body ecologically in technologized environments? In this philosophical project, Margrethe Voll Storaas utilizes biosemiotics to analyze how everything from training arenas to medications and language shapes our modern self-understanding and challenges the conditions for human life.

The 8th annual international Strength and Conditioning Conference is a scientific conference for research and innovation in strength training and conditioning. The topics focus on elite sports, as well as the elderly, patients with physical illnesses and public health.

Endurance training influences how the body utilizes and excretes proteins. This dissertation demonstrates that both exercise and nutrient intake are crucial for protein metabolism and performance.

What mindset do Norwegian coaches have, and how does it influence their views on talent development? This study mapped nearly 6,000 coaches from various sports across the country.

We are thrilled to welcome researchers, industry professionals, and enthusiasts to the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences in Oslo this July for an inspiring exchange of knowledge and innovation in footwear biomechanics.

At CRiC 2025, we aim to push beyond traditional disciplinary boundaries in both research and practice.

A recent study used machine learning to develop personalized risk calculators for ACL surgery patients, predicting the chance of needing a revision surgery within five years. By utilizing data from Norway and Denmark, the study aims to tailor outcomes to individual risk profiles. While promising, the models highlight both potential and areas for improvement.

Learn how to apply AI in practice in research or among athletes.

Research from the study "The Cause" shows that exercise can improve health and quality of life for breast cancer survivors, even though their response to exercise is lower than that of healthy individuals. Tailored exercise programs are crucial for effective rehabilitation and can reduce healthcare costs while improving quality of life.

"Brain Camp" provides individuals with acquired brain injuries a sense of mastery and new friendships through peer support. Pia Wedege's research shows that proper mentor training and a mix of activities and rest are key to success.

If nature-based tourism is outpacing the capacities of protected area managers, where do we intervene? Challenges at the intersection of nature-based tourism, "friluftsliv" and nature governance.