PAPA Team

The PAPA project is led by researchers from the University of Birmingham (UK) and is partnered by academics based at the University of Bergen (Norway), University of Valencia (Spain), Université Joseph Fourier (France), University of Thessaly (Greece), Norwegian School of Sport Sciences (NSSS), York St John (UK), and Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Spain).

The University of Birmingham PAPA team are internationally recognized for their extensive research concerning motivational processes in youth sport and physical education, as well as other physical activity contexts, including exercise and dance. Their work has focused on understanding the role of coaches and teachers in promoting or undermining young people’s motivation, well-being and physical activity levels. The School of Sport and Exercise Sciences has recently moved to the largest custom-built sport and exercise sciences facility in the UK (total cost £16.4m).

Team
Professor Joan Duda - (PAPA Project Director)
Dr Eleanor Quested - (PAPA Project Manager)
Dr Paul Appleton
Dr Nikos Ntoumanis
Samantha Bracey (PhD student)
Charlotte Merrett (PhD student)
Sally Fenton (PhD student)
 
Papa News
PAPA Main Trial Gets Underway in Norway

The delivery of all workshops for the main trial phase of the PAPA Project has now been completed in Norway. In total 17 workshops were conducted by the seven selected Coach Educators throughout three different regions in the country.
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First Greek PAPA team meeting with the CEs

The first Greek PAPA team meeting with the CEs was held in the University of Thessaly. Head coaches (Aleksiou V., Patronis N., Keramidas P., Sigalas V., Voutiritsas T., Stefanis E., Loutsos G., Masouras A., Karagiannis T., Gioti G., & Kalogiannis P.) of youth football teams from all over the Greece visited the Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences to discuss the key elements and future planning of the PAPA project.
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