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On February 12, 2021, the Department of Sports and Health Sciences will bid farewell to its graduates during the graduation ceremony. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it is not yet clear in which form the event can take place. However, it is certain that the best scientific works will again be…

Since 2005, the Bavarian Culture Prize has been awarded by the regional utilities network operator “Bayernwerk” in cooperation with the Bavarian Ministry of Science and Art for outstanding achievements in art and science. This year, Dr. Vanessa Wergin, Research Associate at the Chair of Sport…

On 1 September 2020, Prof. Dr. Leonie Sundmacher accepted the TU Munich's appointment to the new Chair of Health Economics at the Department of Sport and Health Sciences. She was previously Head of the Department of Health Services Management at the Ludwig Maximilian University (LMU) Munich's…

Founded in 1386, the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg is the oldest university in present-day Germany. Its excellent reputation in the scientific community is repeatedly reinforced in international rankings. With PD Dr. Simon Steib, previously a Research Associate at the Chair of Human Movement…

According to a 2019 World Health Organization (WHO) report, four out of five young people attending school do not get enough exercise in everyday life. Overall, 81 percent of all people between the ages of 11 and 17 do not engage in adequate amounts of physical activity. A publication by the…

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Dr. Vanessa Wergin wins the Bavarian Culture Prize 2020 in the “Universities” category

Interview with Prof. Dr. Sundmacher: “I am really looking forward to the interdisciplinary cooperation!”

PD Dr. Simon Steib from the Chair of Human Movement Science receives professorship at the Heidelberg University

Associate Professorship of Educational Science in Sport and Health publishes in journal “Psychology of Sport & Exercise”