Franziska Duensing-Knop wrote her dissertation on "Inclusion in physical education teacher training - an explorative study of university didactic concepts to promote an inclusive attitude" as part of the teacher training quality campaign. She has now successfully defended her doctoral thesis. The doctoral committee included Prof. Nils Neuber, Prof. Michael Pfitzner (University of Duisburg-Essen) and Junior Prof. Helga Leineweber. We would like to congratulate Dr. Duensing-Knop on her successful doctorate!

Following an invitation of the Federal Ministry of Education (BMBF) and the Federal Youth Ministry (BMFSFJ), a threeday conference on all-day education took place in Berlin. Experts from politics, administration, science and the practice discussed the challenges of multi-professional collaboration in all-day schools. Prof. Bernhard Kalicki (DJI), Prof. Miriam Kehne (University of Paderborn), Prof. Jessica Süßenbach (University of Lüneburg) and Prof. Nils Neuber (University of Münster) presented perspectives on the development of all-day schools on behalf of sport. Julian Lagemann (German Sports Youth) moderated the workshop.

In March, the fourth symposium on "Promoting development in school sport - for everyone!?" was held at the Institute of Sports Science. In three lectures and a total of 12 workshops, around 240 participants discussed questions of mental, social and emotional support in physical education. The conference was organized by the Department of Physical Education and Teaching Research (Prof. Neuber) and the Developmental Diagnostics and Support working group (Prof. Tietjens). Partners included the NRW State Chancellery, the NRW Statutory accident insurance institution, the Münster District Government and the Willlibald Gebhardt Institute.

At the invitation of the Federal Ministry of the Interior and the Federal Ministry of Health, the 2nd Federal Physical Activity Summit took place in Berlin. After a year of intensive, interdisciplinary work, five working groups had submitted their proposals for a sports development plan. Unfortunately, the federal government, the federal states and organized sport were unable to agree on a mutual final declaration. Nevertheless, the recommendations of the expert groups are helpful for the development of sport in general and children's and youth sport in particular. The working group 4 "Anchoring the joy of exercise and sport at an early age" was led by Prof. Miriam Kehne (Paderborn) and Prof. Nils Neuber (University of Münster).
 

The German Track and Field Association (DLV) held its third Future Congress in cooperation with the Cologne Sports University. Under the title " Track and Field - Opportunities & Challenges", experts discussed the future of children's and youth track and field. Prof. Dr. Nils Neuber opened the conference with a lecture on the topic "Between school, all-day sports and clubs - perspectives for children's and youth sports".

As part of the "Subject Didactics" module in the M. Ed. program, a group of students spent a week working on the section "Perceiving the body, developing movement skills". They experimented with topics such as tension, posture, breathing, body center of gravity and balance and developed possible approaches for physical education in schools. The event took place at the KSB Emsland education center in Sögel. Karsten Hoppe, Dr. Kathrin Kohake and Prof. Nils Neuber led the seminar.

Representative data on children's and youth sport in Germany was collected as part of the German Sports Youth's Move For Health research project. The results were presented at a hearing of experts organized by the dsj in Berlin and published in a brochure. Researchers from the University of Münster were involved in the study. PD Dr. Dennis Dreiskämper and Dr. Lena Henning (Department of Sports Psychology) presented representative findings on the psychosocial health of children and adolescents. Prof. Dr. Nils Neuber (Department of Education and Teaching in Sport) and Prof. Dr. Miriam Kehne (University of Paderborn) presented results from the in-depth study "Sport offers in all-day sports".

As part of the conference of the 16 state sports youth associations, Prof. Dr. Nils Neuber gave a presentation on "Establishing the joy of exercise and sport at an early age - perspectives for children's and youth sport". In his presentation, he reported on the recommendations of the Federal Ministry of the Interior's Working Group 4 on the Sport Development Plan. Together with Prof. Dr. Miriam Kehne (Paderborn), Prof. Neuber chaired the working group 4. The results of the consultations will be presented on March 12 at the Federal Government's 2nd Physical Activity Summit in Berlin.

The legal entitlement to all-day schooling from 2026 brings fundamental challenges for organized sport, but also offers opportunities and possibilities for the development of children's and youth sport. The annual conference of the sport youth NRW in January 2024 was precisely dedicated to these challenges and opportunities. For the Research Association for Child and Youth Sport NRW, Prof. Dr. Miriam Kehne (University of Paderborn) and Prof. Dr. Nils Neuber (University of Münster) provided scientific input on the topic of "Exercise, play and sport in all-day schools".

In a service research project led by Dr. Kathrin Kohake, rules of conduct were developed in a participatory approach with coaches, athletes, parents and officials. After more than 10 workshops with representatives of these groups from the DTB and HTV, a proposal for the rule catalog - as a partial result of the project funded by the Federal Institute for Sports Science - has now been handed over to the associations. The university newspaper also reported on the project on 08.11.2023. The rule catalog and further information on the project can be found here.