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Professor Stuart Biddle

Professor Stuart Biddle
Name Stuart Biddle
Position Professor (Physical Activity and Health)
Section Institute for Health
Office B319
Location Springfield Campus
Email
Qualifications BEd(Hons) L'boro,UK , MSc Penn State , PhD Keele

Biography

Stuart Biddle is Professor of Physical Activity and Health in the Institute for Health. He is based at the Springfield campus near Brisbane. Stuart has a PhD in social psychology and his current research interests centre on sedentary behaviour and physical activity correlates and behaviour change strategies, as well as mental health outcomes. He is past president of the European Federation for the Psychology of Sport & Physical Activity (FEPSAC) and International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (ISBNPA). He has published extensively in psychology, public health, and behavioural medicine. He is a Clarivate/Web of Science 'Highly Cited Researcher', in the top 0.1% of scholars writing about Health Education over the past 10 years ("World Expert") calculated by Expertscape's PubMed-based algorithms, and ranked in the top 20 all-time worldwide for career-long citation impact in ‘sport sciences’. His co-authored book, Psychology of Physical Activity (Routledge, 2021) is now in its 4th edition as well as an applied text How to Increase Physical Activity and Reduce Sedentary Behaviour: Applied Psychology in Motion (Routledge, 2026). Stuart has extensive experience in the production of national and international physical activity guidelines. He has been awarded Honorary Doctorate degrees by the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences (Norges Idrettshøgskole; NIH) and the University of Thessaly, Greece. He has funding from the ARC and NHMRC.

Research Career


  • Human Movement and Sports Science not elsewhere classified ( 110699 )
  • Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified ( 111799 )
  • Public Health not elsewhere classified ( 420699 )
  • Sports Science And Exercise not elsewhere classified ( 420799 )
  • Sports Science And Exercise ( 420700 )
  • Public Health ( 420600 )
  • Clinical And Health Psychology ( 520300 )
  • Health Psychology ( 520304 )

Physical activity for health: correlates and influences, behaviour change, psychology
Sedentary behaviour: measurement, health outcomes, influences, behaviour change, psychology


British Psychological Society
International Society for Behavioural Nutrition and Physical Activity
International Society of Physical Activity and Health
American College of Sports Medicine
British Association of Sport and Exercise Science


  • Institute for Resilient Regions (IRR)
  • Centre for Health Research (CHR)

Supervision


  • Human Movement and Sports Science not elsewhere classified ( 110699 )
  • Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified ( 111799 )
  • Public Health not elsewhere classified ( 420699 )
  • Sports Science And Exercise not elsewhere classified ( 420799 )
  • Sports Science And Exercise ( 420700 )
  • Public Health ( 420600 )
  • Clinical And Health Psychology ( 520300 )
  • Health Psychology ( 520304 )