Maurizio Bertollo

Maurizio Bertollo is Associate Professor of Motor Behaviour and Sport Psychology at “G. d’Annunzio” University of Chieti-Pescara. He is affiliated with the Department of Medicine and Aging Sciences, and currently serves as the Vice-Director of the Behavioral Imaging and Neural Dynamics (BIND) Center.

Maurizio received his bachelor in Physical Education and Human Movement Science, followed by a master degree in Education (Pedagogy), a master degree in Psychology, and a doctoral degree in Sport Sciences. He also holds specializations in psychotherapy, developmental and learning disabilities, and sport psychology. Currently, he is a chartered psychologist and psychotherapist within the “Ordine Nazionale Psicologi”, and former Vice-President of the Italian Association of Sport Psychology (AIPS).

He has worked as a scientific consultant, psychologist, and/or coach for many Italian sports clubs, federations (e.g., Modern Pentathlon, Triathlon, Swimming, Rink Hockey, Soccer, Cycling, Track and Field, and Shooting) and for the National Olympic committee. Before moving to the University, he was also PE teacher, School Psychologist and Headmaster.
His research activity focuses on the processes and mechanisms underlying the development, maintenance and improvement of human motor behaviour and performance. Current research interests include Bio-psycho-physiological state underpinning performance, Individual Zones of Optimal Functioning, Stress recovery-balance in sport, Psychophysiological monitoring and intervention in sport.

University “G. d’Annunzio” of Chieti-Pescara
School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Department of Medicine and Aging Sciences
Via dei Vestini, 29
66100 CHIETI
ITALY
Tel.: +39 0871 3554038
Fax: +39 0871 355 67 55
m.bertollo@unich.it
www.unich.it
www.bindcenter.eu
www.researchgate.net/profile/Maurizio_Bertollo

Rita De Oliveira

Rita F. de Oliveira is a senior lecturer in sport and exercise science at London South Bank University. Her previous posts were with the VU University Amsterdam, German Sport University, and Royal Holloway University of London. She received her PhD from the VU University in 2007 for her work on the visual perception for basketball shooting. She directs the perception-action lab: development, learning and performance and has supervised or co-supervised 5 PhD students to completion.

Rita is Chair of the ethics panel for the School of Applied Sciences where she oversees all staff and PhD research applications. She is a senior fellow of the Higher education academy (HEA), an associate fellow and chartered psychologist by the British psychological association (BPS), and a member of the British association for sport sciences (BASES), the Portuguese association of sport psychology (SPPD), and the European network of young specialists in sport psychology (ENYSSP).

London South Bank University
School of Applied Sciences
103 Borough Rd
London SW10AA
England
Tel. +44 7815 7959
r.oliveira@lsbu.ac.uk

Athanasios Papaioannou

Athanasios Papaioannou is a professor of sport psychology and the Dean of the School of Physical Education and Nutrition at the University of Thessaly, Trikala, Greece. In this university, he has been the coordinator of the European Master in Sport and Exercise Psychology (EMSEP) Erasmus Mundus program, which provides training of international Master students in collaboration with other European universities, from 2010 until now.  He is doing research on motivation and physical activity, coordinating several European projects on this topic. He is co-Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology and we have written and co-edited books in Greek and English, such as the Routledge Companion to Sport and Exercise Psychology (with D. Hackfort). He has been active in the International Society of Sport Psychology and the Director of its 10^th World Congress (Skiathos, Greece).

Department of Physical Education & Sport Science
University of Thessaly, Karyes
Trikala, 42100
Greece
Tel: +302431027012
sakispap@uth.gr

Michala Bednáriková

Michala Bednáriková received her master degree in psychology at Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia. Her final thesis focused on critical situations that coaches handle with their athletes. In 2018 she became the first FEPSAC certified specialist in applied sport psychology.

She works as an applied practitioner with athletes, their parents and coaches; as well as provides lectures and workshops for sport organizations. She is an active member of professional organizations in the field of sport psychology for almost a decade. She served as a managing council member of ENYSSP for 2 terms since 2011. In 2017 she became a president of Slovak association of sport psychology.

Mgr. Michala Bednáriková
Pro Performance
Belehradska 8
831 04 Bratislava, Slovakia
Tel: +421 907 734 436
bednarikova@sportpsych.sk

Bernd Strauss

(After its election in Padova 2022, Prof. Bernd Strauss had to resign for personal reasons. His position in the MC was occupied by Franziska Lautenbach)

Prof. Dr. Bernd Strauss, born 1959; Diploma in Psychology 1987 (University of Kiel, Germany); 1992 PhD (University of Kiel); 1998 venia legendi for Psychology (University of Kiel). 1987 starting as PhD student, and 1992-1998 postdoc in the Department of Sport Pedagogy (Institute of Sport and Sport Sciences, University of Kiel).

Since 1998 Professor for Sport and Exercise Psychology at the University of Muenster, Germany (after refusing several calls from other Universities; since 2008 Full Professor).

Several publications (e.g., more than 25 books, more than 100 international and national peer-reviewed journal papers; and several chapters in editions) on topics like social psychology in sport (e.g., social influence, self-concept, color research; trust, doping), expertise (e.g., perception, anticipation, laterality). Funded by several institutions (e.g., DFG, BISp, EU Erasmus+). 2012-2021 DFG-funded PhD research training group „Trust and Communication in a digitized world“ (in collaboration with 10 other applicants from communication science, psychology and economics).

Several services in- and outside the University of Muenster, e.g., 2001-2006 and 2008-2010 Dean of the faculty, 2010-2016 Deputy Dean, 2012-2017 chair of the University`s committee for strategical planning, since 2019 chair of the University`s tenure track board.  Since 2009 commissioner for top level sports at the University of Muenster.

1999-2003 Vice president of the German Society of Sport and Exercise psychology (asp)

2003-2009 President of the German Society of Sport and Exercise Science (dvs)

2013-2021 President of the German Society of Sport and Exercise Psychology (asp)

2014-2017 Chair of the Scientific Council of the Federal Institute of Sport Science (BISp, Bonn)

2001-2004 Editor-in-Chief of the “German Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology” (Hogrefe)

2010-2012 Associate Editor of the “German Journal of Sport and Exercise Science” (Springer) 2004-2011 Associate Editor of the FEPSAC Journal PSE (Elsevier)

2011-2022 Co-Editor-in-Chief of the FEPSAC Journal PSE (in collaboration with N. Ntoumanis)

2019           Congress President of the 15^th FEPSAC Congress in Muenster (July 15-20, 2019)

Yago Ramis

(Originally occupying the position as regular member assumed the role of Vice President after the resignation of Prof. Bernd Strauss)

Yago Ramis from the  Psychology Faculty of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB). He works as a lecturer and researcher in the field of Sport Psychology and is a member of the Research Group in Sport and Exercise Psychology (GEPE). In the last decade, he has participated in eight European Projects focusing mainly on the social influence on Youth Sport involvement and student-athletes’ development of Dual Careers. As a Lecturer, he has participated in four editions of the European Master in Sport and Exercise Psychology (EMSEP).

He finished his PhD in 2012. His thesis assessed the competitive anxiety of young athletes and the influence of social agents from a Self-Determination Theory perspective.

C/ de la Fortuna, Edifici B – B5/142
Campus de la UAB · 08193 Bellaterra
(Cerdanyola del Vallès) · Barcelona
Spain
Tel: +34 93 586 8395
yago.ramis@uab.cat

Anastasiya Khomutova

Anastasiya Khomutova was born in Ukraine (Donetsk), she got her masters and PhD degrees in the Czech Republic (Palacky University in Olomouc), and currently, she works as a lecturer at the University of Brighton in the UK. Her research focuses on culturally diverse sport teams, as well as, more recently, on coach-athlete relationships in combat sports.

School of Sport and Service Management
Hillbrow
1 Denton road
Eastbourne BN20 7SR
UK
a.khomutova@brighton.ac.uk

Franziska Lautenbach

Franziska Lautenbach is Junior professor for Sport Psychology at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin in Germany. She is also vice president for Young Researchers in the German Association of Sport Psychology (asp). She received her Diploma in Sport Science in 2011 and her first state diploma for teaching in 2012. She finished her PhD focusing on the effects of psychophysiological stress on cognition and performance in 2016 and is currently working on positive emotions, cognition and performance in sport and physical education.

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Institute of Sport Science
Sport Psychology
Philippstr. 13 | 10115 Berlin | House 11| Room 2.12
Phone: +49 (0) 30 209346043
Email: Franziska.Lautenbach@hu-berlin.de

Alexis Ruffault

Alexis Ruffault has a PhD in health psychology from Paris Descartes University (2017). He is a regular member of the French Society of Sport Psychology (SFPS) since 2010, and was elected to be part of the Managing Council since 2017. He currently works as a researcher in sport and health psychology at the French Institute of Sport (INSEP), in Paris. This position allows him to provide interventions aiming at training mental skills, but also to provide cognitive-behavior therapies to injured athletes. His work as a researcher focuses on the psychological aspects of sport injury, from prevention to impact to return to sport, as well as changing behaviors preventing injuries (e.g., warm-up, recovery, diet) using sociocognitive theory-based techniques.

Institut National du Sport, de l’Expertise et de la Performance
Laboratoire SEP, Bâtiment C
11 avenue du Tremblay, 75012 Paris
France
Tel: +33 (0)1 41 74 45 49
alexis.ruffault@insep.fr

Alina Gherghisan