PD Dr. Karim Abu-Omar is co-director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Physical Activity and Public Health and coordinator of the Physical Activity and Health Master's programme. His research focuses on approaches and policies to promote physical activity. In this context, he also deals with the influence of global challenges on the research field and possible synergy effects of physical activity promotion and climate protection.

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Selected publications

Abu-Omar, K., Gelius, P. Klima und Sport? Klima und Sport!. Ger J Exerc Sport Res 50, 5–9 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12662-019-00630-0

Abu-Omar, K., Gelius, P. & Messing, S. (2020). Physical activity promotion in the age of climate change [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]. F1000Research, 9:349 https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.23764.2

Abu-Omar, K., Messing, S., Tcymbal, A., Fleuren, T., Richardson, D., Whiting, S., Gelius, P., Wickramasinghe, K. (2022). A proposed checklist for climate-friendly sport and exercise programmes. European Journal of Public Health, 32, i44-i49. https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckac073

Karim Abu-Omar, Guillaume Chevance, Antonina Tcymbal, Peter Gelius, Sven Messing (2023), Physical activity promotion, human and planetary health – a conceptual framework and suggested research priorities, The Journal of Climate Change and Health, Volume 13, 2023, 100262, ISSN 2667-2782, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joclim.2023.100262

Michael Dittrich, Julian Resch, Antonina Tcymbal et al. Travel distances in amateur football and handball in Germany, 31 August 2023, PREPRINT (Version 1) available at Research Square [https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-3309374/v1]