Institute of Sport Science

The Institute of Sport Science is characterised in its teaching and research by its integrative and application-oriented orientation with a focus on social and behavioural sciences. While the Bachelor's programme teaches the basics of sport science in a broad thematic way, the consecutive Master's programme in Sport Science enables specialisation in Health Promotion, Sport Management or Teaching & Learning.

In research, a problem-oriented strategy is pursued that focuses on the phenomena of sport in its entire breadth and whose implementation is supported by excellent personnel and equipment research facilities. The academic exchange in sport science is promoted by the international doctroal programme "Interdisciplinary Sport Science" and the interdisciplinary colloquium "Bernese Talks on Sport Science" ("Berner Gespräche zur Sportwissenschaft") organised by the Institute.

News and events

Berner Gespräche zur Sportwissenschaft - Prof. Dr. Jochen René Thyrian (Deutsches Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen): "Physical exercise and dementia – time for action?" 16:15 - 17:45

30 October

Welcome to ISPW!

On 1 September Martin Bührer starts his PhD position in the Department of Health Science. He will write his doctoral thesis in the field of promoting physical activity and well-being in inactive adolescents and young adults. He is working in the FEEL project, which is funded by the FOSPO (duration 2023-2026; director: PD Dr. Julia Schmid). A warm welcome!

We extend a warm welcome to Moritz Engel! He will take up his position as a doctoral student in the department of Sport Pedagogy on 1 September and will devote his doctorate to the subject area of "Sport Activity and Interoception".

On 1 September 2023, Florence Epiney will start her work in the department of Sport Sociology & Management. She recently completed her Master's degree in Psychology and will pursue a PhD project in the topic area of "Sport for people with impairments". We wish Florence a good start!

Successful thesis defence Sofia Anzeneder

On 9 August, Sofia Anzeneder successfully defended her dissertation entitled "Designing acute physical activity for children's cognition: Effects of cognitive challenge, bout duration, and positive feedback" and thus completed her doctoral studies. We warmly congratulate Sofia on this success!

Successful thesis defence Merlin Örencik

On 4 August, Merlin Örencik successfully defended his dissertation entitled "A person-oriented approach towards researching (post-)athletic careers in high-performance sport" (examination committee: Achim Conzelmann, Noora Ronkainen and André Klostermann). We congratulate the future doctor on this success.

Titelbild Jahresbericht 2021-2022 Institut für Sportwissenschaft.

Annual Report 2021-2022

The Annual Report 2021-2022 (in German) presents the activities of the Institute in the academic year 2021/2022. We hope you enjoy reading it!

Study and Research at ISPW

Das Team von BougerBouger - Der Podcast für mehr Bewegung an der Schule.

BougerBouger - The podcast for more movement at school

Five students from the Institute of Sport Science at the University of Bern stand up for more physical activity in the school setting. In their podcast, which was released for the first time this week, they provide teachers with facts, tips and many practical examples for the promotion of physical activity in schools. In each episode, they talk with experts from science and practice. The first episodes are available on Podbean, Spotify and AppleMusic. For those interested in learning more about the project, please visit the website (https://www.bougerbouger.ch/) or Instragram channel.

Titelbild Jahresbericht 2020-2021 Institut für Sportwissenschaft.

Annual Report 2020-2021

The Annual Report 2020-2021 (in German) presents the activities of the Institute in the academic year 2020/2021. We hope you enjoy reading it!

Hiking, biking, cycling, outdoor tour suggestions ISPW

During the corona semester 'Outdoor Summer', the sports students of the Institute of Sports Science at the University of Berne worked out, reconnoitred and documented daily outdoor tours.
The descriptions of the tours can be downloaded in PDF format here.
The routes are marked on the maps of Schweizmobil and can be accessed via a link or downloaded as GPX file for the GPS.
In addition, an interesting cultural, biological, zoological, geographical or tourist aspect is highlighted for each tour.

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