Colloquium "Bernese Talks on Sport Science"

In order to intensify the exchange in the field of sport science, the Institute of Sport Science organizes an interdisciplinary colloquium at the institute, which deals especially with social science questions of exercise and sport. The colloquium is intended to

  • offer the possibility of intra-university and especially intra-faculty exchange;
  • intensify national and international exchange by inviting external speakers.

This autumn semester, the colloquium will take place on Mondays from 16:15-17:45.  The talks will take place hybrid (digital and at the Centre for Sport and Sport Science). Further detailed information on the individual events, including the respective access to the online meeting, will be sent out as a reminder one week before each "Bernese Talk.". If you have not yet received the reminder, please contact Sascha Ketelhut.

Prof. Dr. Noora Ronkainen, Prof. Dr. Ernst-Joachim Hossner, Prof. Dr. Siegfried Nagel, Prof. Dr. Claudio R. Nigg, Prof. Dr. Mirko Schmidt & Dr. Sascha Ketelhut (Organisation)

Lecturers and topics spring semester 2026

 
  Date Lecturer Title

23.02.2026

Dr. Karin Andersson (Halmstad University, Sweden)

Gesundheitsvorstellungen und Healthismus in Fitness und freizeitsportlichem Laufen: Zwischen Selbstoptimierung, Risiko und Alltagspraxis [Health Concepts and Healthism in Fitness and Recreational Running: Between Self-Optimization, Risk, and Everyday Practice]

09.03.2026

Prof. Dr. Christophe Schnitzler (University of Strasbourg, France)

Beyond Performance: Teaching Sport Skills Through Physical Literacy for an Active and Sustainable Lifestyle

10.11.2026

Josef Fahlén (Umeå University Sweden)

Understanding sport policy by studying sport organizations

17.11.2026

Prof. Diogo Texeira (Lusophone University of Humanities and Technologies, Lissabon, Portugal)

TBA

15.12.2026

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