Child and Youth Sport Research Center (FOBU)
The Child and Youth Sport Research Center (FOBU) conducts research on children and youth’s sport participation. The center’s research covers a wide range of topics, including well-being and motivation, integration, social inclusion, training and puberty, coaching, parental involvement and performance-enhancing substance use.
The research center is affiliated with the Department of Sport and Social Sciences. Our projects are carried out in cooperation with other researchers from this department, researchers from other departments at the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences and researchers from other institutions in Norway and internationally.
Research areas
- Activity participation in Norwegian sport
- The meaning of doing sport
- The role of parents in children an youth sport
- Climate and sport
- Inclusion and drop out in sport
- Body image, ambitious athletes and performance enhancement substances
- Sport for children and youth with disabilities
- Motivation in the transition from child to youth sports
- Sexual harassment and abuse in sport
- Child and youth rights in sport
- Integration through sport participation
- Puberty and exercise
- Coach-athlete relations
Research group
Professor
- aases@nih.no
- Phone
- +47 23 26 23 27
Researcher
- hannees@nih.no
- Phone
- +47 23 26 24 58
Researcher
- mortenrs@nih.no
- Phone
- +47 23 26 24 66
PhD Research Fellow
- linnen@nih.no
- Phone
- +47 23 26 22 60
Assistant Professor
- marielo@nih.no
- Phone
- +47 23 26 24 51
PhD Research Fellow
- thomasmangor@nih.no
- Phone
- +47 23 26 24 50
PhD Research Fellow
- lottesa@nih.no
- Phone
- +47 23 26 24 37
PhD Research Fellow
- irmelinil@nih.no
- Phone
- +47 23 26 24 52
Professor
- christiab@nih.no
- Phone
- +47 23 26 24 68
Professor
- ornulfs@nih.no
- Phone
- +47 23 26 24 63
Adminstrative coordinator
- maximm@nih.no
Leader
Professor
- aases@nih.no
- Phone
- +47 23 26 23 27
Administration
Administrative coordinator
- maximm@nih.no