First published paper by DE-PASS, Best Evidence Statement (BESt): modifiable determinants of physical activity and sedentary behaviour in children and adolescents aged 5–19 years–a protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis. This paper describes the protocol for producing this BESt through a series of systematic literature reviews and meta-analyses . The BESt will identify modifiable determinants that...

Sports industry is a market where people, activities, businesses and organisations are involved in producing, facilitating, promoting, or organising any activity, experience, or a business enterprise focused on sports. It is the market where the businesses or products offered to its buyers are sport-related, and these may be goods, services, people, places, or ideas.1  Sport is a big part of our...

DE-PASS STSM / VIRTUAL MOBILITY CALL, June to October 2022. ‼️The application deadline for DEPASS Short Term Scientific Missions and Virtual Mobility Grants has been extended until Friday 24th June. Please contact us at info@depass.eu if you are interested and please submit your application prior to the 24th June. All details available at https://depass.eu/activities/stsms-and-virtual-mobility-grants/ ‼️ COST...

DE-PASS Network Meeting, Porto, May 2022 The DE-PASS Network Meeting for 2022 took place in Porto on the 4th & 5th of May 2022 with 65 members from 30 countries attending on the day or virtually.  There were many key highlights at Work Group (WG)/Deliverable level as well as at the Management Committee (MC) meeting...

International Conference – Complexity and Opportunities of Transdisciplinary Research: From Sports to Management to Policies On May 7, 2022, the University of Rome Foro Italico will host the International Conference “Complexity and Opportunities of Transdisciplinary Research: From Sports to Management to Policies”. In the last decade, European collaborative networks of researchers from different fields and sports...

Seeking candidates for a Marie Skłodowska-Curie European Postdoctoral Fellowship 2022 application. The project: DE-PASS is a COST-Action focused on the determinants of physical activity behaviours. One of the planned outputs of DE-PASS is a Europe-wide “Proof of Concept” prospective cohort study. This is a multi-centred cross-European data collection project. In each country, physical activity data...

Registration is now closed for the face to face workshops, online keynote registration remains open – DEPASS Training School April 2022 DE-PASS Training School “State of the art in physical activity behaviour (PAB) data collection, research harmonisation, integrated and federated data analysis across multiple cohorts and countries”. The Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VUA) and DE-PASS are still inviting...

Deliverable 2.5 – GRADE-ing our BESt (Best Evidence STatement) for the key modifiable physical activity determinants Thanks to ALL Deliverable 2.5 colleagues who have been contributing to the systematic review process in the past 6 months. As the deliverable lead, I am truly excited to see how members regularly share their thoughts and raise questions...

ITC Conference Grants Call Inclusive Target Countries (ITC) Conference Grants are aimed at supporting young researchers and innovators from participating ITC and NNC to attend international science and technology related conferences, events or activities topic relevant to the DE-PASS network, Work Groups and Deliverables. A Conference Grant is made which contributes to the overall travel,...

Registration is now open – DEPASS Training School April 2022 – Data collection, harmonisation, integrated & federated data analysis     DE-PASS Training School “State of the art in physical activity behaviour (PAB) data collection, research harmonisation, integrated and federated data analysis across multiple cohorts and countries”. The Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VUA) and DE-PASS are now...