Mikko Huhtiniemi
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General description
PhD Mikko Huhtiniemi is in charge of the national development and coordination of the Move! – monitoring and feedback system for physical functioning capacity along with the National sports council, Ministry of education and culture, Finnish national agency for education, Ministry of social affairs and health, and Finnish institute for health and Welfare. In addition, he works in multiple research and innovation projects in the Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences.
Expertise and research areas
- physical activity, health-related fitness, and motor competence
- motivation and affects
- motor skills, motor development and learning
- physical activity and fitness in students' comprehensive well-being development
- sport and health technology
Active JYU affiliations
- Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, Project Manager
Previous, inactive or other affiliations
- Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences (University of Jyväskylä), Doctoral Student, Ended
- Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences (University of Jyväskylä), Development Manager, Ended
Research interests
My research interests include health-related fitness, motor competence, physical activity, motivation, affects, and comprehensive well-being among school-aged students.
Fields of science
Follow-up groups
Personal keywords
fitness;motor competence;physical activity;motivation;affects
Keywords (YSO)
Projects as Principal investigator
- Move!-järjestelmän koordinointi ja kehittäminen 2024-2026
- Ministry of Education and Culture
- Development and coordination of the national Move!-system
- Ministry of Education and Culture
- Playful Activity Remotely and Socially (PARAS consortium)
- Business Finland
- Development and coordination of the Move! monitoring and feedback system for physical functioning capacity
- Ministry of Education and Culture
Projects as Team Member
- Developing pedagogical skills of physical education teacher educators
- Jaakkola, Timo
- Ministry of Education and Culture
- Associations between Move! - Monitoring and feedback System for physical functional capacity and Finnish students’ physical performance, physical activity engagement, and motivation in physical education
- Jaakkola, Timo
- Ministry of Education and Culture
- Monitoring physical fitness to enhance the development of physical literacy in children and adolescents
- Salin, Kasper
- European Commission
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