News

• 04.10.2024

  The 2024 update of the Elsevier list of top 2% of researchers worldwide has recently been published

  8 DRIVEN members are on the list.

• 26.09.2024

  Foxtrot for a Fresher Focus – Researchers Explore the Power of Dance

  A new project from the University of Southern Denmark is to investigate how dance can improve memory and enhance the quality of life for older adults with memory issues.

• 05.09.2024

  Intense Exercise to Help Inactive Women Prevent Cardiovascular Diseases

  Just a few minutes of high-intensity activity integrated into daily routines can make a positive difference to health. The concept is called VILPA, and Professor Cecilie Thøgersen-Ntoumani is set to develop and test an app in a new project to help women prevent cardiovascular diseases.

• 24.06.2024

  Behavioural Scientist: Listen to the people affected by climate action

  For the world to become CO2 neutral, society must undergo massive changes. This will affect all of us, so politicians and authorities must listen to citizens' concerns.

• 06.02.2024

  Collaboration on Odense Fjord and Fyn to Inspire Other EU Countries

  Several researchers from SDU are involved in a new EU project seeking effective solutions for improving water quality and climate adaptation across Europe.

• 01.02.2024

  Researchers developing new tool for self-motivation

  Nikos Ntoumanis has received a grant from TrygFonden to develop and test a new digital platform that trains individuals in self-enactable behavior change techniques (BCTs) aimed at encouraging them to engage in more physical activity.

• 30.01.2024

  How to keep your New Year’s resolutions

  Prof. Nikos Ntoumanis has given interviews to various Danish media about new year resolutions

• 29.01.2024

  Keynote speaker at prestigious conference

  Prof. Cecilie Thogersen-Ntoumani has been invited as keynote speaker at the European Society of Sport and Exercise Psychology conference

• 26.01.2024

  Your motivation matters for achieving your savings goals

  Are you saving money because you want to, or because you have to? The former is undoubtedly easier, but there exists a technique to shift your motivation from pressure to personal desire.

• 26.01.2024

  Symposium on steroid use by athletes and/or transgender individuals

  Prof. Nikos Ntoumanis was invited by the Danish Diabetes and Endocrine Academy to talk at their symposium

• 11.09.2023

  New grant from TrygFonden

  Promoting physical activity and enhancing well-being through digital training with self-enactable behaviour change techniques

• 03.07.2023

  Podcast - the tricky world of motivation

  Cecilie and Nikos are guests in the latest podcast episode of "Making it happen"

• 17.05.2023

  New research centre inaugurated with style

  “DRIVEN” – Danish Centre for Motivation and Behaviour Science – has just marked its establishment as an interdisciplinary research centre

• 21.04.2023

  Learn to love your body as it is – and become healthier

  Prof. Cecilie Thøgersen-Ntoumani writes in Vid&Sans about how we must learn to love our bodies as they are

• 14.03.2023

  Why you should take the stairs: 3-4 pulstops daily will prolong your life

  Prof. Cecilie Thøgersen-Ntoumani explains the concept of VILPA in an article in Vid&Sans

• 14.03.2023

  Prof. Cecilie Thøgersen-Ntoumani in podcast interview

  24 questions for the professor - The strange psychology of motivation

• 27.01.2023

  Prof. Cecilie Thøgersen-Ntoumani interviewed on Danish TV station

  Researchers from Australia with Prof. Cecilie Thøgersen-Ntoumani on the team have examined the benefits of short-term intense physical activity as part of everyday life.

• 04.01.2023

  How to keep your New Year’s resolutions

  Goals and motivation are among the most important factors for achieving what you set out to do.

• 01.09.2022

  Nikos Ntoumanis interviewed

  Prof. Nikos Ntoumanis was recently interviewed by the media services at the Faculty of Health Sciences of SDU

• 04.04.2022

  VIDEO: Nikos Ntoumanis guest lecture at DIAS

  Professor Nikos Ntoumanis gave a guest lecture at the Danish Institute for Advanced Study DIAS on the subject ‘Motivation for sustained behaviour change in diverse life domains’.