On June 17, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Veysel Alcan from Tarsus University (Engineering and Health Research Group) visited the Department of Movement Science as a guest scholar. During his visit, he presented his current research projects and engaged in an inspiring exchange with our team.
In turn, the department introduced its own research foci and ongoing projects. The discussions revealed significant thematic overlaps and promising opportunities for future collaboration.
We look forward to continuing our dialogue and initiating joint research activities in the near future.

Are you a student who wants to play an active role in teaching? Would you like to help design our department's website and gain exciting insights into ongoing projects?
Then apply to join us as a student assistant (8 hours/week) by 7 July 2025!

In the period from 16 June to 6 July 2025, students of Faculty 7 can once again apply for ProTalent scholarships as part of the Deutschlandstipendium. Funding starts on 1 October 2025.
The scholarships are awarded to students with good to very good grades, a high level of social and/or societal commitment and/or special personal circumstances. Applications can only be submitted via the ProTalent website. 

Our aim is to train qualified coaches - regardless of whether they have a handicap or not. This training leads to the DOSB-recognised trainer licence C (“interdisciplinary”) and is conducted and managed by the Modern Pentathlon Association in compliance with all DOSB regulations.
As with anything new, there is often reluctance or uncertainty. But those who take on this opportunity can not only learn a lot, but also actively contribute to making the sport more accessible for everyone! The training takes place in Krefeld, but is open to athletes from all over Germany. If necessary, we are happy to provide support with accommodation and other organisational measures. More information

The Deutsche Reiterliche Vereinigung would like to reappraise its Nazi history. Important files are available in Warendorf. The work could be supported by the association with up to approx. 15,000 euros. If you are interested in tackling this exciting project as part of a master's thesis and/or dissertation, please contact Dr Kai Reinhart.

The Sports Psychology Department participated in this year's 57th Annual Conference of the German Association for Sports Psychology (asp) in Bochum with numerous posters, presentations, working groups, and teaching exchanges. We greatly enjoyed the exchange with our Swiss, Austrian, and German colleagues and look forward to the next conference in Heidelberg in May 2026.

AOR Dr. Barbara Halberschmidt was elected to the asp's executive board for another two years at this year's annual conference of the Association for Sport Psychology (asp) in Bochum. She will represent the area of ​​"School Sports and Teaching" for another two years and has already led a working group on this topic in Bochum.

As part of an ERASMUS+ project, a group of Year 10 students from the Kopernikus Gymnasium in Rheine visited us together with students from their Finnish partner school “Sotunkin Lukio” in Vantaa, near Helsinki. After a short introduction on movement science, the pupils were allowed to get active themselves. Led by Christiane Bohn and Tabea Christ, they tried out various movement and balance experiments in small groups, where they were able to get to know and try out our modern measuring equipment such as force plates and the Qualisys motion capture system. Under the motto of the exchange “Sport connects”, the visit offered the two classes lively access to scientific issues relating to motor skills and motion analysis and also promoted exchange between the young people from both countries.