Carina Nigg studied Social Work and Sport Science and did her PhD in Sport Science. In doing so, she investigated the influence of outdoor sports on health as well as the influence of the built environment on sports behaviour. Previously, she worked for several years in out-of-school youth education work and conducted seminars and workshops with children and young people in the field of education for sustainable development. As a passionate outdoor sportswoman, she explores the mountain world on foot, on her mountain bike, and on skis. She is concerned with how sport and physical activity could be practised and designed to contribute to solving social, ecological and economic challenges in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

She is currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine at the University of Bern.

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Selected publications

Nigg, C., Schipperijn, J., Hennig, O., Petzold, M. B., Rulf, E., Meyer-Lindenberg, A., Tost, H., Ebner-Priemer, U. W., & Reichert, M. (2022). Time to Go Green? Nature-Based Physical Activity as Potential Treatment for Mental Disorders. Sports Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.1024/2674-0052/a000018

Nigg C., Weber, C., Schipperijn, J., Reichert, M., Oriwol, D., Worth, A., Woll, A., & Niessner, C. (2022). Urban-Rural Differences in Children’s and Adolescent’s Physical Activity and Screen Time Trends Across 15 Years. Health Behavior & Education. https://doi.org/10.1177/10901981221090153

Nigg, C., Niessner, C., Nigg, C. R., Oriwol, D., Schmidt, S. C. E., & Woll, A (2021). Relating Outdoor Play to Sedentary Behavior and Physical Activity in Youth - Results from a Cohort Study. BMC Public Health, 21, 1716. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-11754-0

Nigg, C., Oriwol, D., Wunsch, K., Burchartz, A., Kolb, S., Worth, A., Woll, A., & Niessner C. (2021). Population density predicts youth's physical activity changes during Covid-19 - Results from the MoMo study. Health & Place, 70, 102619. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2021.102619

Nigg, C., & Nigg, C. R. (2021). It’s more than Climate Change - Physical Activity’s Role in Sustainable Behavior. Translational Behavioral Medicine, 11(4), 945-953. https://doi.org/10.1093/tbm/ibaa129

Mnich, C., Weyland, S., Jekauc, D., & Schipperijn, J. (2019). Psychosocial and Physiological Health Outcomes of Green Exercise in Children and Adolescents - A Systematic Review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16, 4266. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16214266