Het lesprogramma Fit en Vaardig op School (F&V) heeft laten zien dat fysieke activiteit in de taal- en rekenles tot meer aandacht en betere leerprestaties leidt. Het is vooralsnog onduidelijk in hoeverre F&V toegepast kan worden in het speciaal basisonderwijs (SBO). Het doel is om F&V-lessen te ontwerpen en te testen op SBO-scholen. De nieuwe lessen worden ontwikkeld in co-creatie met de onderwijspraktijk in het SBO, waarbij o.a. gebruik wordt gemaakt van interviews en vragenlijsten. Vervolgens wordt de lessenreeks geïmplementeerd op 2 SBO-scholen. Resultaten dragen bij aan de ontwikkeling van een duurzame methode voor fysiek actieve lessen in het SBO.

In the year 2021 and 2022, the National Science Agenda for Sports & Exercise has been further implemented and widened its scope to a societal perspective, under the title “Science Opens up to Society”. Three ‘Roadmaps 2030’ are now in further build-up. The Roadmaps 2030 are: 1. Healthy Generation; 2. Exercise as Medicine, and; 3. Moving Smarter and Better. These Roadmaps are now in a phase of participatory events (e.g. sandpit, hackathon with users/citizens, etc.) that are held not at university or campus sites but “in society” near and with relevant stakeholders (co-creation). These multi-stakeholder consortia will target a wider network of stakeholders and citizens (quadruple helix). The Roadmaps bring together science (what is effective?), practice based knowledge (what works in and for practice? (special target groups)), practice (what works in real-life?), systemic transformational knowledge (how can the system be changed?) and technology and data (how can change be supported or accelerated?). For 2023, the current activities will be continued, accelerated, and expanded on a strategic and operational level with a focus on increasing the participation of young researchers, creating sustainable business models and valorization of knowledge.

The ELSA AI lab Northern Netherlands (ELSA-NN) is committed to the promotion of healthy living, working and ageing. By investigating cultural, ethical, legal, socio-political, and psychological aspects of the use of AI in different decision-making contexts and integrating this knowledge into an online ELSA AI tool, ELSA-NN aims to contribute to knowledge about trustworthy human-centric AI and development and implementation of health technology innovations, including AI, in the Northern region. Specific focus will be on investigating low social economic status (SES) perspectives, since health disparities between high and low SES groups are growing world-wide, including in the Northern region.

The NWA-route Sport & Exercise has set an innovative course. Currently, three roadmaps are being designed that tackle bigger societal problems, in which sport, exercise and physical activity will play a significant role (i.e. Moving Smarter and Better, Healthy Generation and Lifestyle as Medicine). From a theoretical perspective (body of knowledge), sport and exercise scientists contribute -in essence- to ‘what works for whom and where and under which conditions’ (theoretical and empirical evidence). However, the way to do this, as well as how to apply and implement this knowledge will be novel compared to before. The following three subprojects are proposed: 1) Smart Partnerships for the large-scale data-infrastructure for Sport, Exercise and Physical Activity, 2) Smart Partnerships for Sport, Exercise and Physical Activity in cities and regions and 3) Impact Pathways and Theories of Change for Sports, Exercise and Physical Activity. These projects significantly contribute to this ‘route to innovation’, and will form the key building blocks for the future of the Roadmaps 2030 for Sport & Exercise.

Het lesprogramma Fit en Vaardig op School (F&V) heeft laten zien dat fysieke activiteit in de taal- en rekenles tot meer aandacht en betere leerprestaties leidt. Het is vooralsnog onduidelijk in hoeverre F&V toegepast kan worden in het speciaal basisonderwijs (SBO). Het doel is om F&V-lessen te herontwerpen en te implementeren op SBO-scholen. De nieuwe lessenreeks wordt ontwikkeld in co-creatie met de SBO-onderwijspraktijk. Vervolgens wordt de lessenreeks geïmplementeerd op twee SBO-scholen, waarbij implementatie onderzoek wordt op basis van interviews, vragenlijsten en accelerometrie. Resultaten dragen bij aan de ontwikkeling van een duurzame methode voor fysiek actieve lessen in het SBO.