Ansgar Thiel
Ansgar Thiel (born 1963 in Laupheim ) is a German sports scientist . He is a professor at the Institute for Sports Science at the Eberhard Karls University in Tübingen . He has been the director of the institute since 2010.
Education and career
Ansgar Thiel studied sports science, psychology and psychogerontology at the universities of Tübingen and Erlangen-Nuremberg. He received his doctorate and habilitation from Bielefeld University . After a substitute chair he was professor for sports sociology at the Technical University of Chemnitz . Since 2004 he has held a professorship for social and health sciences at the Institute for Sports Science at the Eberhard Karls University in Tübingen. For his scientific work he received a. a. the dissertation award and the habilitation award from the Westphalian-Lippian University Society.
Research areas
Ansgar Thiel's research focuses on social and health science issues relating to sport, health and the body. He was u. a. Head of interdisciplinary studies on top-level sport (e.g. GOAL Study), on the social conditions and effects of physical activity, on individual biopsychosocial adaptation to physical training (iReAct Study), on sport and activity in old age as well as on age- and weight-related stereotyping. Ansgar Thiel has also published various works on the sociology of conflict.
Publications (selection)
- with Barbara Munz: Individualized training as a biopsychosocial challenge - interlinking epigenetics, social sciences and psychology in sport scientific research. In: European Journal for Sport and Society. Vol. 15, No. 3, 2018, pp. 211–215, doi : 10.1080 / 16138171.2018.1500116 .
- with Hendrik K. Thedinga, Harald Barkhoff, Katrin Giel, Olesia Schweizer, Syra Thiel & Stephan Zipfel: Why are some groups physically active and others not? A contrast group analysis in leisure settings. In: BMC Public Health. Vol. 18, 2018, article number 377, doi : 10.1186 / s12889-018-5283-2 .
- with Hendrik K. Thedinga, Samantha L. Thomas, Harald Barkhoff, Katrin E. Giel, Olesia Schweizer, Syra Thiel & Stephan Zipfel: Have adults lost their sense of play? An observational study of the social dynamics of physical (in) activity in German and Hawaiian leisure settings. In: BMC Public Health. Vol. 16, 2016, article number 689, doi : 10.1186 / s12889-016-3392-3 .
- with Astrid Schubring, Sven Schneider, Stephan Zipfel & Jochen Mayer: Health in elite sports - a “bio-psycho-social” perspective. In: German magazine for sports medicine. Vol. 66, No. 9, 2015, pp. 241–248, doi : 10.5960 / dzsm.2015.194 .
- with Klaus Seiberth & Jochen Mayer: Sports sociology (= study sports science. 8). Meyer & Meyer, Aachen et al. 2013, ISBN 978-3-89899-639-6 (2nd edition, ibid 2018).
- with Karl-Heinrich Bette & Felix Kühnle: doping prevention. A sociological expertise. transcript, Bielefeld 2012, ISBN 3-8376-2042-5 .
- with Wolfgang Schlicht : Project retirement. What I've always wanted to do. Messidor, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-936682-69-4 .
- Social conflict. transcript, Bielefeld 2003, ISBN 3-933127-21-1 .
- with Klaus Cachay : Sociology of Sports. For the differentiation and development dynamics of sport in modern society. Juventa, Weinheim and Munich 2000, ISBN 3-7799-1469-7 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Ansgar Thiel in the catalog of the German National Library
- Ansgar Thiel's website at the Institute for Sports Science at the University of Tübingen:
Individual evidence
- ↑ Curriculum Vitae: Prof. Dr. Ansgar Thiel. (PDF; 309 kB) Accessed April 20, 2019 (English).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Thiel, Ansgar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sports scientist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1963 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Laupheim |