Laura Capranica

Laura Capranica is a Full Professor of Sport Sciences at the University of Rome Foro Italico. She serves as President of the Master’s Degree in Sport Coaching and leads the European Student as Athlete (EAS) Network. Her research spans sports science, athlete development, and dual career systems, with a focus on disability inclusion, martial arts, and physical activity across age groups.

Her recent work examines master swimmers' performance optimization, physical activity correlates in UK children, and mental health impacts of martial arts. She contributes to sustainability research in sports management and explores educational frameworks for judo coaching in older adults.

Capranica actively participates in editorial roles for journals like Frontiers in Psychology and Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, focusing on sport psychology and exercise physiology domains.