Peter Bakalár, Ph.D.
Dr. Bakalár is an associate professor at the University of Prešov, Faculty of Sports, Slovakia. He holds the master’s degree in Physical Education and Geography and doctoral degree in Sports Educology. He does participate in the implementation, development and quality assurance of the bachelor’s and master’s study programs Sport for Health and doctoral study program Sports Educology.
He is participating in activities and projects of various national and international organisations focusing on the physical activity research and promotion (e.g. Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) study, European Outdoor Sports Campus of the European Network of Outdoor Sports (ENOS), Outdoor Play Canada, Active School project working group of the Ministry of Education, Research, Development and Youth of the Slovak Republic (MERDYSR)). He was coordinator of the Erasmus+ Sport Collaborative Partnerships project Physical Activity-Related Injuries Prevention in Adolescents (PARIPRE), and one national scientific project of the Scientific Grant Agency of the MERDYSR. As a result, he has authored or co-authored more than 60 peer-reviewed and other publications.
Within his teaching, he is committed to transfer the most recent scientific knowledge about the physical activity research and promotion to his students.