Research

The Latvian Academy of Sport Education (LASE) is a prominent institution focused on research and education in sports science, physical education, health promotion, and sports management. LASE plays a vital role in advancing knowledge through multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary research, significantly enhancing our understanding of sports science, athlete performance, and public health.

The research conducted at LASE includes both basic and applied studies, fostering an environment where theoretical concepts are put into practical applications that benefit athletes, coaches, educators, and the broader community.

Additionally, LASE's research highlights the importance of adapted physical activity, concentrating on the inclusion of individuals with disabilities in sports and physical education. This interdisciplinary field integrates insights from rehabilitation, psychology, and social sciences to develop inclusive sports programs and policies.

RSU LASE research profile on the RSU Research Portal

Sports Healthcare Research Centre

LASE Journal of Sport Sciences

Baltic Sports Science Society

Outdoor Sports and Recreation Education Summer School

Defended doctoral theses

Research highlights in sport science

Combining a passion for sports with research: the scientific journey of lead researcher Edgars Bernāns

30 January 2025

Projects

Current

• Building the legal framework of European Sport: intersection of Sports governance and Lex Sportiva
• Innovations, methodologies and recommendations for the development and management of the sports sector in Latvia
• Integration of an immersive reality game with an innovative eye pupil tracking system in the study of cognitive functioning and respiratory performance of adolescent athletes in a simulated sports competition environment
• Monitoring of physical activity habits of pediatric oncology patients using a digital approach with augmented reality-based interactive game elements
• Multi-factorial Profiling of Latvian Athletes by Integrating Personality Traits, Psychological Skills, and Psycho-physiological Indicators
• Multidisciplinary approach for the development of sustainable habit of regular physical activity among sedentary workers
• Physical activity for prevention of breast cancer recurrence: a longitudinal study of molecular mechanisms (Cancerbeat-2)
• Recovery strategies to improve the performance of martial arts athletes
• Systemic and muscle tissue-specific metabolic adaptations to EXercise and POlyphenol supplementation in aging: modulatory effects of SEstrins (EXPOSE)
• The impact of innovative integrated recreational physical activity intervention on the cognitive abilities, sleep quality and self-efficacy of sport educators
• Tumour cell response to acute aerobic exercise in breast cancer survivors: modulatory effects of exercise type and intensity (TCReX)

Completed

• Exploring the molecular mechanisms behind the effects of physical exercise on breast cancer prevention (Cancerbeat)
• Latvijas Sporta pedagoģijas akadēmijas inovatīva, pētniecībā balstīta starptautiskā starpaugstskolu kopīgā doktora studiju programma Sporta zinātne
• Inovatīvi fizisko aktivitāšu mērījumi veselības aprūpes un sporta zinātnes studijās

Conference and seminar archive

Conference: “Together for One Goal” (13 April 2024)
16th Doctoral and Master's Student Scientific Conference "Sport and Governance" (18 March 2024)
International Scientific Conference "Sports Science and Health Care in Sports 2024" (1 February 2024)
15th Doctoral and Master's Student Scientific Conference "Sport and Society" (20 March 2023)
International Scientific Conference "Sport Science and Healthcare in Sport 2023" (2 February 2023)
14th Doctoral and Master's Students Scientific Conference: "United for the Future of Sport!" (21 March 2022)
International scientific conference “Sports Science and Health Care in Sports 2022” (31 January 2022)
14th Conference of the Baltic Society of Sport Sciences "Sports Science and Health at a Time of Change" (29-30 April 2021)
13th Doctoral and Master’s Student Scientific Conference "Sport Endures!" (15 March 2021)
International Scientific Conference "Sport Science and Healthcare in Sport 2021" (1 February 2021)
Virtual workshops on equestrian sport and history (22 October 2020 - 20 May 2021)
12th LASE International Conference "SPORT 2020: Life Is Movement, Movement Is Sports" (1 June 2020)
International Scientific Conference "Sport Science and Healthcare in Sport 2020" (5 February 2020)
International scientific conference "Sport Science and Healthcare in Sport 2019"; Science days 2019 (8-12 April 2019)
11th Doctoral and Master’s Student Scientific Conference "SPORTS 2019: Acting Today, Thinking of Tomorrow" (18 March 2019)