Institute of Sport Science

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 spring 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.

Lecturers and topics spring semester 2025

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)

Spring semester 2025
Date	Lecturer	Title
24.02.2025	Prof. Dr. Michael Rosenberg (University of Western Australia)	Buying Health Through Partnerships with Sports Clubs, Associations and Large Community Events (hybrid)
10.03.2025	Prof. Dr. Kristoffer Henriksen (SDU, Denmark)	Coaches as Architects of High Performance Sport Environments (hybrid)
24.03.2025	Prof. Dr. Anna-Maria Strittmatter (Örebro University, Sweden)	Stakeholder Participation and Decision Making in Sport Governance (hybrid)
05.05.2025	Dr. David Harris and Dr. Tom Arthur (University of Exeter)	Predictive Processing in Sports and Visuomotor Skills (hybrid)
19.05.2025	Prof. Dr. Fred Paas (Erasmus University Rotterdam)	Bridging Mind and Body: Integrating Cognitive Load Theory and Embodied Cognition for Enhanced Learning and Instruction (hybrid)