Chair of Social and Health Sciences

Welcome to Social and Health Sciences

You are interested in the social science aspects of exercise and physical activity?

Feel free to browse our website to get to know more about our research interests and the subjects we teach.

Mission

Our research is based on a social-ecological paradigm and focuses on physical activity in everyday life. We are interested in the conditions that facilitate or hinder individuals to become active and the extent to which physical activity affects mental health.

Ambulatory Assessment

We use innovative ambulatory assessment approaches to address the dynamic interplay between physical activity and mental health and to investigate the impact of situational factors. Furthermore, these approaches help us to increase ecological validity of activity and mental health assessments.