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Our research and publications

FIDES conducts research on girls’ and women’s participation, development, and performance in sport. We publish knowledge grounded in a biopsychosocial perspective, contributing to more inclusive and evidence-based practice.

Augustsson S. R., Linner, S., Solstad, B. E., Ausland, Å., Bjärsholm, D., Ivarsson, A., Kjær, J. B., Larsson, M., Laxdal, A. G., Radovan, F., Torstveit, M. K., & Melin, A. K. (2026). Development of the FIDES Athlete Development Program ‘Girls are not small boys’: a digital educational intervention. BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, 12, e003163. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjsem-2025-003163

Ausland, Å., Solstad, B. E., Melin, A. K., Ivarsson, A., Linnér, S, Kjær, J. B., Augustsson, S. R., Laxdal, A. G., Radovan, F., & Torstveit, M. K. (in review). Perceived importance and self-evaluations of female-specific knowledge: Current insights into sports coaching of female athletes. Sports Coaching Review.

Kjær, J. B., Ausland, Å., Augustsson, S. R., Ivarsson, A., Linner, S., Bjärsholm, D., Melin, A. K., Radovan, F., Solstad, B. E., Torstveit, M. K., & Laxdal, A. (in review). “Doing something easy at home and at night” - Preferred sources of knowledge and learning mode for coaches guiding adolescent female athletes through biopsychosocial sporting challenges. Education Sciences.

Laxdal, A., Torstveit, M. K., Augustsson, S. R., Ausland, Å., Bjärsholm, D., Kjær, J. B., Larsson, M., Linnér, S., Melin, A. K., Radovan, F., & Solstad, B. E. (2024). FIDES Athlete Development Programme: project background and study protocol of an embedded multiple case study. BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, 10, e001898. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjsem-2024-001898 

Radovan, F., Solstad, B. E., Kjær, J. B., Melin, A. K., Ausland, Å., Bjärsholm, D., Ivarsson, A., Torstveit, M. K., Laxdal, A., Ryman Augustsson, S., & Linner, S. (2025). Female athletes’ knowledge of biopsychosocial puberty-related topics in sports. What is missing? Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 7, 1596418. https://doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2025.1596418

Published Mar. 24, 2025 - Last modified Feb. 13, 2026