Anne Tjonndal

Anne Tjonndal is a Researcher affiliated with Nord University in Norway. She was a visiting fellow at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) from September to November 2018, hosted by Reinhard Haudenhuyse, Sebastiaan De Geus, Julia Villanueva O'Driscoll, and G. Loots. Her fellowship was associated with interdisciplinary research groups including Sport & Society, Human Physiology Research Group, and Centre for the Study of Democracy.

Her research examines social inclusion barriers for girls and young women in boxing, analyzing gendered policies (e.g., Olympic headgear rules) and urban leisure dynamics. She employs participatory methods like visual narratives (collage, photography) and multidisciplinary approaches combining sociology, physiology, and pedagogy.

Tjonndal has authored the book Boksen met jongeren: Een nieuwe kijk op pedagogisch en didactisch handelen and organized public engagements such as the Ladies Only Boxing Clinic. Her current work investigates grassroots impacts of protective headgear regulations and societal discourses around women's boxing.

Collaborations include VUB research groups focused on youth voice, sport physiology, and policy. She develops proposals examining medical-sociological intersections of headgear use and advocates for inclusive urban sport policies through academic-practitioner roundtables.