Anna Tidén

Anna Tidén is a Senior Lecturer (part-time) at the Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences (GIH), affiliated with the Department of Movement, Culture and Society. She holds a PhD in Sport Science and focuses on interdisciplinary research between sports science, education, and societal impacts. Her work emphasizes motor skill assessment methodologies, long-term effects of physical education, and movement culture analysis.

Education & Roles: She has served as Director of Studies for coaching programs (2001–2003), coordinated elite sports programs (2003–2005), and held teaching roles in physical education at various levels since 1985. Currently, she teaches sports methodology, didactics, and leadership in outdoor activities and ball games.

Research Interests: Her thesis explores how motor skills assessments in schools influence student perceptions and future physical activity engagement. She examines historical trends in children's motor skills (1974–2024) and the societal implications of physical education curricula. She collaborates with the Research in Education & Movement Culture group, studying movement through humanities and social science lenses.

• Key focus areas: Motor skill validation, educational testing ethics, and lifelong physical activity motivation.

Grants & Contributions: Co-authored a report on sustainable school interventions linking physical activity to academic performance. Her work bridges practical teaching (e.g., ball game pedagogy) with theoretical frameworks in movement studies.

Awards & Honors: No specific awards listed, but recognized for contributions to elite sports coordination and curriculum development.