Project information
Doctoral student
Felicia Radovan
Supervisor
Susanne Linnér
Assistant supervisors
Anna Melin, Jørgen Kjær
Expert supervisor
Bård Erland Solstad
Financier
The Kamprad Family Foundation
Timetable
2023–2025
Subject
Sports science (Department of Sports Science, Faculty of Social Sciences)
More about the project
With an increased participation of girls in organized sports, there is also an increased need for gender-specific sports research and knowledge related to this. The lack of women-specific knowledge and research on girls' conditions in organized sports can prevent girls from reaching the full potential of organized sports.
By identifying and exploring girls' biological, psychological and social (biopsychosocial) challenges in organized sports during puberty and adolescence, the thesis aims partly to contribute to an increased knowledge of the challenges girls face, partly to contribute to a reduction of the prevailing the gender data gap in sport-specific research.
The thesis is written as part of the project Female Inclusion & Development in Exercise and Sports; Athlete Development Program (FIDES ADP), which is about improving girls' mental, physical and social health, as well as extending their participation in organized sports. This is by increasing the girls' and their parents' and coaches' knowledge of the various biological, psychological and social challenges that girls often face during puberty and in their teens when they participate in organized sports.
