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Institut für Sportwissenschaft

Dr. Birgit Sperlich

Research Associate 

Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg
Judenbühlweg 11
97082 Würzburg

Telefon: (+49) 0931 31-80527
Fax: (+49) 0931 31-87390

E-Mail: birgit.sperlich@uni-wuerzburg.de
 

Research Interests

  • Physical Behaviour, Health, and Environment
    • Prevalence and identification of social-ecological determinants of physical behavior
    • Planning, implementing, and evaluating interventions that use behavioral or environmental changes to increase physical activity and reduce sedentary time
    • Promoting physical activity and health using a settings-based approach

Teaching 

  •        Bachelors Degree Programme (Language: German)
    • Service Learning 3 - health promotion through sports [Gesundheitssport] (3rd semester)
    • Service Learning 4 - Training concepts [Trainingskonzepte] (4th semester)
    • Health and Movement Education on Context 2 and Presenting and Organizing Fitness Programs [Gesundheit und Bewegungspädagogik im Kontext 2; Inszenierung von Fitnessangeboten] (6th Semester)
  • Masters Degree Programme (Language: English)
    • Intervention & Implementation Project - Healt (3rd Semester)
    • Individual lectures on physical activity, sedentary behaviour, health models and health interventions

Publication List (PubMed)

Research Gate Profile

ORCID Profile

Other Duties

  • Erasmus Coordinator of the Institute of Sport Science
  • Diversity Officer of the Institute of Sports Science

Academic Education

Diplom Sport Science (2000 – 2005)
(Emphasis Sport and Health – Prevention, Therapy and Rehabilitation)
⇒ German Sport University Cologne

PhD in Sport Science (2006-2010)
(Health Effects of Physical Activity in Everyday Life – Structural Analysis and Health Impact of Daily Activity)
⇒ German Sport University Cologne

Post-Doc Research (2012- current) (Physical Behavior in Everyday Contexts – Conceptual Approaches, Prevalence, Influencing Factors, and Intervention Strategies for Physical Activity Promotion) ⇒ German Sport University Cologne ⇒ Julius-Maximilians-University Würzburg

Projects

  • „EUBeKo – Entscheidungs- und Umsetzungsprozesse verhältnisorientierter Bewegungsförderung in der Kommune für mehr Chancengerechtigkeit systematisch planen und implementieren“
  • Entwicklung und Testung einer variabel einsetzbaren Audit-Toolbox zur zielgruppen- und settingspezifischen Erfassung bewegungsförderlicher Verhältnisse in der Kommune.
  • Representative survey on health behavior in Germany with a focus on physical behaviour (trend survey since 2010)