Biography
Professor of Psychology at the Coffs Harbour campus since 2016. Received his PhD in 1991 from Stockholm University, Sweden; promoted to Professor of Psychology in 2001 at Stockholm University.
Research
Passionate about sport, exercise, and performance psychology; researched among other things: relationships between physical activity/inactivity and mental health including depression and anxiety syndromes, the overtraining/under-recovery syndrome in athletes, and burnout in athletes, coaches, and in the workplace. This has resulted in more than 150 research articles and ten books.
Supervision
HDR-students considering topics related to physical activity, exercise and sport psychology can contact me for preliminary discussions.
