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His research findings have been published in various internationally acclaimed journals. He is
the author and co-author of several scientific monographs, reference books and handbooks, as
well as professional and scientific articles; he has edited several collections of papers and is a
member of the editorial boards of Studia Sportiva (published by the Masaryk University,
Brno) and Health Care (published by the Slovene National Institute for Health Protection).
His works have been cited by Slovene and foreign scientists. He has also written numerous
reviews of papers published in prominent foreign journals. He has worked on several
international projects: Tempus, Comenius 1, Comenius 2, Intensive Program 1, Health
Enhancing Physical Activity, Bed Rest Valdoltra 2006 and 2007 – The Influence of Simulated
Weightlessness on the Human Organism, WADA 2007-2008. He has presented his research
findings at Slovene and foreign universities and has been a guest lecturer at many foreign
institutions.
He is the founding father of Ikarus – Institute for Kinesiology Research, an institute operating
within the Science and Research Centre of the University of Primorska and the Valdoltra
Orthopedic Hospital that developed from the second kinesiology research group in Slovenia.
He is the head of and a researcher in several research projects: target research project
(hereinafter TRP) Health Enhancing Motor/Sporting Activity, TRP Sport as an Element of
Tourism Development: the Importance of Sport in Tourism - Products, Marketing and
Strategy, TRP Competitiveness of the Slovene Sporting Market, TRP Preparation of Criteria
for Selection and Retention of Slovene Soldiers in the Army (conducted in co-operation with
the Slovene Ministry of Defense), TRP Combatant’s Equipment (conducted in co-operation
with the Slovene Ministry of Defense), TRP Influence of Various Behavioral Styles on
Children; applied research project (hereinafter ARP) Function of Biomechanical Properties of
Skeletal Muscles in a Child's Motor Development, ARP Monitoring Biomechanical Properties
of Skeletal Muscles During Childhood and Adolescence and ARP Altitude Acclimatization.
He initiated and, together with his colleague Prof Igor Mekjavič from the Jožef Stefan
Institute, organized and coordinated research in simulated weightlessness and its influence of
the human organism. The research developed in a research programme Bedrest Valdoltra
2006, 2007 conducted in co-operation with several distinguished foreign researchers and
institutions
As a full professor of motor activity and theory of sport with didactics, he lectures at the
Faculty of Education of the University of Primorska, as well as at the Faculty of Education
and Faculty of Sport of the University of Ljubljana and at the Faculty of Kinesiology of the
University of Zagreb (postgraduate level). He has initiated and chaired four international
symposiums titled Child in Movement. Together with the Jožef Stefan Institute and the
Woolongong University from Australia, he organized the International Conference on
Environmental Ergonomics (Piran 2007).
He was a member of the founding group of the University of Primorska (UP) and the first
Dean of its Faculty of Education. He is the Head of the Institute for Kinesiology Research and
a member of the UP Senate. With his rich expertise, he is a member of various professional
bodies, be it Slovene or international: Expert Council for Sports of the Republic of Slovenia,
Council for Health Enhancing Physical Activity operating within the Slovene Ministry of
Health, CINDI, European College of Sport Science, Slovenian University Sport Association
(Vice Chairman). He has been awarded the UP ZRS Herald of Science and the UP Golden
Award for his work achievements. In December 2007, the UP Senate appointed him Vice-
Rector for Science.