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Room  L219 

Office hours: by appointment
Email: georgia.gidney@tum.de
 

Professional career

Georgia completed her Bachelor degree in psychology (B.Sc.) at the University of East Anglia, England. During this time, she spent one year studying at the University of Newcastle, Australia. She obtained her Master’s degree in Health Psychology (M.Sc.) at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland. Georgia spends her time practicing and teaching yoga, she is also a keen skier. She joined the Chair of Sport and Health Management as a PhD student in December 2021 and has spent 6.5 months at North Carolina State University, USA, as a visiting scholar.
 

Research interests

Georgia’s research interests focus on the motivation for physical activity. In particular, she uses person-centred analysis techniques to study how the environment in which we live can predict our motivational profile. As well, she is interested in exploring the transient state of motivation over time.

Publications

Publications in peer-reviewed journals

Gidney, Georgia, Jason N. Bocarro, Kyle Bunds, and Joerg Koenigstorfer (2024): The Relationship between the Environment and Physical Activity-related Motivational Trajectories, in: Psychology of Sport & Exercise, Vol. 75, 102719.
 

Publications in conference proceedings

Gidney, Georgia, Jason Bocarro, Kyle Bunds, and Joerg Koenigstorfer (2024): A socioecological approach to Motivational Trajectories for Physical Activity, in: Proceedings of the International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress, Paris 2024.

Gidney, Georgia, Jason Bocarro, Kyle Bunds, and Joerg Koenigstorfer (2024): Physical Activity Motivational Trajectories and Associated Environmental Characteristics, in: Proceedings of the Active Living Conference, Chattanooga 2024.