Research lines
The Institute's research activity counts on the quality research experience obtained by its members in the field of sport. It also benefits from research excellence in different areas of knowledge that, from now on, will be applied to sports research. One of the main objectives of the Institute is to introduce a holistic, transversal and interdisciplinary approach to embrace the complexities inherent in the field of sports research.
The IRE-UAB research activity includes several lines of research that respond to the research activity of its academic staff.
- Olympic studies are conceived as a transversal field of study in which all the disciplines and fields of specialization of IRE-UAB come together.
- The gender perspective is applied along the lines of research developed in each area of knowledge.
- Promotion of physical activity, diet and healthy lifestyle (ex-athletes, adults, the elderly and adolescents)
- Psychophysiological evaluation of stress-recovery processes
- Psychological and physiological markers of health and physical condition
- mHealth (Mobile Health) technology to assess and monitor active behavior, sports performance and healthy eating
- Big data and machine learning methodologies to analyze physical activity behaviors and sports performance
- Dual elite sport career: combining sport with studies and professions of athletes, coaches and referees
- Technology applied to high sports performance. Virtual and augmented reality applied to the improvement of psychological aspects of sports performance
- New communication challenges in clubs and international organizations.
- Informative discourse on sport
- Gender media discourses on sports and female empowerment
- Fictional depictions of sports practice on television as a transmitter of values to young people
- Social networks, athletes, institutions and fans
- Communication, sponsorship and the new economy of sport and the future of audiovisual sports rights
- Athletes as generators of the foreign image of a country
- Sound as a strategic element for the construction of the identity and brand of sports institutions
- National and international regulation of athlete contracts
- Taxation of income from sports activities
- Legal personality and organization of sports entities
- Industrial property in sport from commercial law
- Competition and sports law
- Football economy
- Management and impact of sports events
- Entrepreneurship in the sports industry
- Performance of work teams
- Psychological intervention with trainers of young athletes
- Values in sport for children and parents
- Physical activity and sport as a tool for social inclusion
- Bullying in sport
- Sport and critical capacity development
- Big data infrastructure in sports
- Data analysis on social media: predictive insight of fan preferences
- Data processing of wearable technologies in high performance sports
- Influence of data on coaches' decision-making
- Development of intervention protocols for health promotion based on the practice of physical activity in the natural environment
- Greening of events and facilities
- Sustainable organization of events
- Soft diplomacy in sports
- Governance in international sports
- Gender and sports governance
- Institutions and corruption in sport
- Sport and identity
- Global and local history of sport