Prof LIU Yang

Professor, Shanghai University of Sport, China

Topic: Physical Literacy Intervention for Children and Adolescents


LIU Yang is a professor at the School of Physical Education, Shanghai University of Sport. He is a former Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland. As the investigator, he has been awarded multiple research grants from Shanghai ‘Dawn’ Program and Shanghai ‘Pujiang’ Program. He is also a member of the Ministry of Education’s first group of Huang Danian-style teachers in national universities. He has presided two national-level research projects, eight provincial and ministerial-level teaching and research projects and published more than 90 academic papers in English and Chinese. His current research interests are mainly for children and adolescents in China: 1. Comprehensive evaluation of physical literacy; 2. Physical health and healthy behaviors; 3. Evaluation of physical activity; 4. Physical activities and static lifestyles of different (normal and special) groups relevant interventions and effectiveness evaluation.