FIDES ADP
The FIDES Athlete Development Programme (ADP) is a PhD project at Linnaeus University in Sweden, funded by the Kamprad Family Foundation. The aim is to develop, test, and evaluate a sustainable and cost-effective learning programme for girls aged 13–16 in organised sport, as well as for their coaches and parents.
The PhD candidate is Felicia Radovan at Linnaeus University, with the following supervisory team: Associate Professor Susanne Linnér (Linnaeus University, main supervisor), Professor Anna Melin (Linnaeus University, co-supervisor), Associate Professor Jørgen Bagger Kjær (Linnaeus University, co-supervisor), and Associate Professor Bård Erlend Solstad (University of Agder, co-supervisor).
You can read more about her project her (also called “Girls are not small boys”).
FIDES CEP
The FIDES Coach Education Program (CEP) is a PhD project designed to develop, test, and evaluate a sustainable and cost-effective coach education program for coaches of female athletes. The PhD candidate is Ådne Ausland at the University of Agder, supervised by Professor Monica K. Torstveit (UiA), Associate Professor Bård Erlend Solstad (UiA), and Professor Andreas Ivarsson (UiA and Halmstad University).
FIDES PDP
The FIDES Performance Development Program (PDP) is a research project with two main aims: (1) to identify barriers and opportunities for performance development among Norwegian elite athletes, and (2) to revise and further develop the development philosophy and models used by Olympiatoppen and national sports federations with a gender perspective. The project is led by Associate Professor Bård Erlend Solstad, Professor Stephen Seiler, Professor Monica K. Torstveit, and Postdoctoral Fellow Silvana Bucher Sandbakk, all at the University of Agder.