Renārs Līcis

Renārs Līcis is an Assistant Professor and Head of the Department of Sport Games at Rīga Stradiņš University. His expertise spans sports psychology, exercise physiology, and athlete performance optimization. He holds a doctoral-level qualification in Basic Medicine from the Latvian Council of Science (2025).

• Education: 3.1 Basic Medicine, Expert qualification from Latvian Council of Science (2025)

His research focuses on athlete profiling, mental skills assessment, and recovery-stress dynamics. Recent projects include multi-factorial athlete profiling and applying good governance principles in hockey development. Key contributions include validating psychological inventories for Latvian athletes and analyzing recovery-stress questionnaires via factor analysis.

Notable collaborations include work on personality traits in athletes and psycho-physiological indicators in sports performance. He has supervised PhD projects on governance in sports clubs and contributed to datasets like the Latvian PSIS-R5 inventory. His work aligns with UN SDG 4 (Quality Education) through innovations in physical education delivery.