Assoc. Prof. Dr. Brigita Miežienė

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Brigita Miežienė has completed her undergraduate and graduate education, and PhD in Social Sciences (Psychology). Her research covers the fields of Health Psychology, Environmental Psychology and Public Health. National and international research includes health-related and environment-friendly behaviour (physical activity, nutrition), physical and mental well-being, and the significance of psychosocial factors for behavioural and health outcomes. She co-authored over 50 scientific articles, including publications published in the Clarivate Analytics database. She was a leader or a principal investigator in 29 scientific, study, and experimental development projects. Brigita Miežienė had training as a scientific fellow at Harvard University (2018, 2019, and 2022), delving into research methodology, and the significance of social capital for health-related behaviour. The PhD students under her supervision are engaged in sustainable health behaviour research. At the Lithuanian Sports University, she is leading the research group “Social Capital and Pro-Environmental and Health-Enhancing Behaviour”.

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Peter Gelius

 Peter Gelius is a professor for physical activity and life-course at the Institute of Sport Sciences of Université de Lausanne in Switzerland. He holds a Ph.D. in political science and a research doctorate in sport science. His main areas of research are physical activity policy, participatory approaches in health promotion, and the interrelationship between physical activity and climate change. He has been involved in various international research projects investigating innovative interventions to promote physical activity in different population groups as well as physical activity policy at the local, regional, national and international level. He has been consulting the German government, the European Commission, and the WHO Regional Office for Europe on physical activity policy development for more than a decade. He is a former co-director and current affiliated researcher at the WHO Collaborating Centre for Physical Activity and Public Health at the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany.



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