Sports scientist Jan Erhorn appointed

Prof Dr. Jan Erhorn has been appointed Professor of Sport Science with a Focus on Sport Education and Sport Didactics at the Institute of Sport Science. He previously held a professorship of the same name at Osnabrück University.

Erhorn did a teaching degree in education science, sport and history at the Universität Hamburg, where he also earned his PhD in 2010 and then worked as a post-doctoral researcher. In 2013 he was appointed Junior Professor of Sport Education and Sports Didactics at Europa-Universität Flensburg and remained there until 2017, when he took up the professorship at Osnabrück University.

His research focuses on empirical teaching research, teacher professionalisation, movement, games and sport in early childhood, and the professionalisation of early childhood educators, as well as inclusion and approaches to heterogeneity. Erhorn is a reviewer for numerous scientific journals and was Chairman of the Board of the Lower Saxony Institute for Early Childhood Education and Development (nifbe) from 2018 to 2023.