ABOUT ISPAR

INSTITUTE FOR SPORT AND PHYSICAL ACTVITY RESEARCH (ISPAR)

DIRECTOR OF THE INSTITUTE

Professor Angel Chater

DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE INSTITUTE

Dr Andrew Mitchell

CENTRE FOR PHYSICAL EDUCATION, SPORT & HUMAN MOVEMENT

Lead: Dr Joanne Hill CENTRE FOR HEALTH, WELLBEING & BEHAVIOUR CHANGE

Lead: Professor Angel Chater

SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS

CENTRE FOR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY & SPORTS PERFORMANCE

Lead: Dr Iain Fletcher

PEDAGOGY & YOUTH SPORT EDUCATION & SPORT POLICY SOCIO-CULTURAL STUDIES SPORT, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY & HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY

BEHAVIOUR CHANGE INTERVENTION DESIGN & COMM. PREVENTION & MANAGEMENT OF LONG-TERM CONDITIONS

SPORTS PERFORMANCE & BIOMECHANICS SEDENTARY BEHAVIOUR AND HEALTH

PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, NUTRITION & METABOLISM

If you are interested in completing research with us (e.g., a collaborative project or research degree) in any of the areas above, please email ISPAR@beds.ac.uk. You can also access an overview of our research centres on our ISPAR website at unibeds.info/ISPAR and our staff profiles on the University website at unibeds.info/SSPAstaff and enquire with individual members of staff directly.

ISPAR SEMINAR SERIES 2019-20

ISPAR regularly invites experts in the field to speak as part of our annual ISPAR lecture series. The 2019-20 series included:

Understanding sitting: Towards a social psychology of workplace sedentary behaviour Dr Ben Gardener, Kings College London

Applied Biomechanics: Sports Scientist at the Professional Golf Association (PGA) and S&C coach for Golf England Jack Wells, University of Bedfordshire

Cognitive performance in extreme environments Dr Joe Costello, University of Portsmouth

Beds Talk: Promoting children and young people’s health and well-being through physical activity Dr Angel Chater, Dr Paul Sammon, Dr Louise Ferrandino

Psychological perspectives on obesity: Addressing policy, practice and research priorities Dr Angel Chater, University of Bedfordshire

How might the COVID-19 pandemic be affecting our sitting time and metabolic health? Dr Daniel Bailey, Brunel University London

Personalised nutrition: can we move beyond weight and rate based ingestion recommendations of ergogenic aids? Dr Michael Newell, University of Bedfordshire We are currently in the process of organising next year’s series, and welcome your input. To suggest a speaker, get in touch via

ispar@beds.ac.uk

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