Carl, Johannes

My research helps to shape educational and physical activity programmes in such a way that people, across different stages of life and in various settings – from physical education and sports clubs through to leisure activities, prevention and rehabilitation – can develop the skills to integrate physical activity into their lives in a self-directed and health-promoting way.

• Physical Literacy
• Health education and physical activity-related health literacy
• Lifelong learning for an active lifestyle
• Health-promoting physical activity
• Individual and social determinants of physical activity
• Research into physical activity-related interventions and education
• Physical activity, sport and public health

• 2011–2014 Bachelor of Arts in Sports Science, University of Stuttgart, Germany
• 2013–2017 Bachelor of Science in Psychology, FernUniversität Hagen, Germany
• 2014–2016 Master’s in Sports Science with a specialisation in health promotion, University of Tübingen, Germany
• 2017–2023 Research Assistant at the Department of Sport Science and Sport, Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
• 2021 PhD in Sport Science, Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
• 2022 Research fellowship at the Centre for Clinical Research and Prevention (CCRP) at Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
• 2023–2026 Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition (IPAN), Deakin University, Australia
• 2024–2025 Cotutelle Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Centre for Physical Activity, Sport and Exercise Sciences (PASES), Coventry University, United Kingdom
• 2026 DFG Heisenberg Fellow / TUM Junior Fellow at the Department of Health and Sport, Technical University of Munich, Germany
• since September 2026: tenure track professorship in Sports Education: Health and Diversity (with DFG Heisenberg funding), Department of Sport and Human Movement Science, University of Vienna