Nicky Ridgers is an Associate Professor in Physical Activity and Health in Allied Health and Human Peformance. She is a member of the Alliance for Research in Exercise, Nutrition and Activity (ARENA) at the University of South Australia.
Nicky's research focuses on the assessment of children's and adolescents' physical activity and sedentary behaviour using a range of different methods. She is interested in the measurement of activity patterns and whether the way in which children accumulate their activity across the day impacts on their cardiometabolic health. Additionally, a major focus of Nicky's research is the promotion of physical activity using theory-based interventions within school settings, particularly... Read more
About me
Nicky Ridgers is an Associate Professor in Physical Activity and Health in Allied Health and Human Peformance. She is a member of the Alliance for Research in Exercise, Nutrition and Activity (ARENA) at the University of South Australia.
Nicky's research focuses on the assessment of children's and adolescents' physical activity and sedentary behaviour using a range of different methods. She is interested in the measurement of activity patterns and whether the way in which children accumulate their activity across the day impacts on their cardiometabolic health. Additionally, a major focus of Nicky's research is the promotion of physical activity using theory-based interventions within school settings, particularly school playgrounds. She is leading research that examines children's and adolescents' activity levels during school recess and lunchtime, and what factors influence students' recess and lunchtime behaviours.
Nicky has secured over $5m in competitive research funding, including from the Australian Research Council, National Health and Medical Research Council, the National Heart Foundation of Australia, and VicHealth. She has published over 180 peer review papers and 8 book chapters.
If you are interested in research opportunities (honours, masters, PhD), please contact Nicky to have a chat.
About me
About me
Doctor of Philosophy Liverpool John Moores University
Master of Science (Applied Sports Sciences) University of Wales, Bangor
Bachelor of Science (Sports Science) University of Wales, Bangor
My current research projects are examining:
1) Activity compensation in primary school-aged children;
2) Associations between activity patterns and cardiometabolic health in youth;
3) How children's activity patterns change during interventions;
4) Children's activity behaviours in school outdoor environments, particularly during recess and lunchtime.
Research
Research outputs for the last seven years are shown below. Some long-standing staff members may have older outputs included. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus
Open access indicates that an output is open access.
Year | Output |
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2023 |
Open access
1
6
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2022 |
Open access
11
4
14
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2022 |
Open access
12
6
12
|
2022 |
Open access
3
2
22
|
2020 |
30
21
11
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Year | Output |
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2020 |
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2015 |
Open access
7
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Year | Output |
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2024 |
Open access
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2024 |
Open access
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2024 |
Open access
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2023 |
Open access
1
5
|
2023 |
Open access
6
25
|
2023 |
Open access
3
1
53
|
2023 |
Open access
|
2023 |
Open access
9
|
2023 |
Open access
1
6
|
2023 |
Open access
4
2
22
|
2023 |
1
8
|
2023 |
Open access
2
5
|
2023 |
Open access
3
|
2022 |
Open access
2
7
|
2022 |
Open access
10
4
13
|
2022 |
Open access
3
12
|
2022 |
Open access
4
2
9
|
2022 |
Open access
2
1
31
|
2022 |
2
1
4
|
2022 |
Open access
5
2
11
|
2022 |
Open access
11
4
14
|
2022 |
2
6
|
2022 |
Open access
12
6
12
|
2022 |
Open access
1
13
|
2022 |
Open access
3
2
22
|
2022 |
Open access
3
|
2021 |
Open access
14
8
29
|
2021 |
Open access
16
11
|
2021 |
Open access
3
5
2
|
2021 |
Open access
26
18
9
|
2021 |
Open access
5
2
19
|
2021 |
Open access
110
77
26
|
2021 |
Open access
6
3
5
|
2021 |
Open access
10
3
17
|
2021 |
2
2
|
2021 |
Open access
5
5
6
|
2021 |
7
3
2
|
2020 |
5
4
4
|
2020 |
2
1
8
|
2020 |
Open access
25
24
9
|
2020 |
Open access
13
10
203
|
2020 |
Open access
12
8
12
|
2020 |
14
13
1
|
2020 |
Open access
94
68
144
|
2020 |
30
21
11
|
2020 |
Open access
7
3
13
|
2020 |
Open access
8
7
29
|
2020 |
Open access
1
2
|
2020 |
Open access
12
7
17
|
2020 |
Open access
7
4
2
|
2019 |
Open access
12
10
126
|
2019 |
Open access
16
13
8
|
2019 |
Open access
11
9
2
|
2019 |
Open access
19
12
8
|
2019 |
Open access
44
30
15
|
2019 |
10
10
7
|
2019 |
Open access
4
4
7
|
2019 |
Open access
14
12
20
|
2019 |
Open access
9
10
4
|
2018 |
Open access
13
10
1
|
2018 |
29
|
2018 |
Open access
33
26
99
|
2018 |
20
11
23
|
2018 |
Open access
11
10
3
|
2018 |
Open access
18
16
|
2018 |
Open access
4
2
|
2018 |
4
3
9
|
2018 |
15
16
44
|
2018 |
19
15
9
|
2018 |
14
15
1
|
2018 |
20
14
32
|
2018 |
Open access
72
57
14
|
2018 |
Open access
35
33
2
|
2018 |
Open access
12
12
1
|
2018 |
Open access
24
18
17
|
2018 |
Open access
43
36
21
|
2018 |
Open access
25
20
19
|
2018 |
8
7
10
|
2018 |
6
5
11
|
2018 |
Open access
27
28
|
2017 |
13
7
17
|
2017 |
Open access
66
54
1148
|
2017 |
61
46
8
|
2017 |
13
10
1
|
2017 |
Open access
29
19
13
|
2017 |
24
22
2
|
2017 |
Open access
64
50
14
|
2017 |
Open access
32
28
10
|
2017 |
Open access
26
23
12
|
2017 |
Open access
16
13
1
|
2017 |
Open access
21
19
10
|
2017 |
Open access
33
29
3
|
2017 |
Open access
32
27
398
|
2016 |
Open access
36
30
12
|
2016 |
Open access
467
347
35
|
2016 |
81
54
4
|
2016 |
Open access
10
12
8
|
2016 |
Open access
17
17
3
|
2016 |
Open access
68
67
82
|
2016 |
Open access
212
197
51
|
2016 |
Open access
29
21
39
|
2016 |
Open access
64
61
12
|
2016 |
48
48
31
|
2016 |
42
39
5
|
2016 |
Open access
9
8
|
2016 |
16
14
8
|
2016 |
Open access
163
134
30
|
2016 |
Open access
33
30
10
|
2016 |
Open access
28
24
|
2016 |
64
48
5
|
2016 |
21
17
2
|
2015 |
120
93
2
|
2015 |
Open access
27
20
|
2015 |
128
92
3
|
2015 |
29
19
|
2015 |
Open access
67
48
45
|
2015 |
Open access
72
61
49
|
2015 |
Open access
15
14
3
|
2015 |
52
45
14
|
2015 |
Open access
11
11
6
|
2015 |
89
58
|
2015 |
Open access
56
47
10
|
2015 |
Open access
31
29
11
|
2015 |
23
18
3
|
2015 |
8
10
1
|
Research
My current research projects are examining:
1) Activity compensation in primary school-aged children;
2) Associations between activity patterns and cardiometabolic health in youth;
3) How children's activity patterns change during interventions;
4) Children's activity behaviours in school outdoor environments, particularly during recess and lunchtime.
External engagement & recognition
Organisation | Country |
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ANZAC Research Institute | AUSTRALIA |
Athlone Institute of Technology | IRELAND |
Auburn University | UNITED STATES |
Auckland University of Technology | NEW ZEALAND |
Australian Catholic University | AUSTRALIA |
Australian National University | AUSTRALIA |
Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute | AUSTRALIA |
Bradford Institute for Health Research | UNITED KINGDOM |
Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust | UNITED KINGDOM |
Center for Children's Healthy Lifestyles and Nutrition | UNITED STATES |
Central Queensland University | AUSTRALIA |
Children’s Mercy | UNITED STATES |
Children's Mercy Hospital | UNITED STATES |
City of Hope | UNITED STATES |
Curtin University | AUSTRALIA |
Deakin University | AUSTRALIA |
Department of Policy and Communications, Early Childhood Ireland | IRELAND |
Early Childhood | IRELAND |
Early Childhood Ireland | IRELAND |
Eastern Health Partnership | AUSTRALIA |
Edge Hill University | UNITED KINGDOM |
Fiona Stanley Hospital | AUSTRALIA |
Flinders University | AUSTRALIA |
Ghent University | BELGIUM |
Glasgow Caledonian University | UNITED KINGDOM |
Imaging at Olympic Park | AUSTRALIA |
Iowa State University | UNITED STATES |
James Cook University | AUSTRALIA |
Kaiser Permanente | UNITED STATES |
Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute | UNITED STATES |
Laude Lady Elizabeth Junior School | SPAIN |
Liverpool Hope University | UNITED KINGDOM |
Liverpool John Moores University | UNITED KINGDOM |
Liverpool John Moore's University | UNITED KINGDOM |
Loughborough University | UNITED KINGDOM |
Louisiana State University | UNITED STATES |
Macquarie University | AUSTRALIA |
Massey University | NEW ZEALAND |
Monash University | AUSTRALIA |
Morriston Hospital | UNITED KINGDOM |
Nanyang Technological University | SINGAPORE |
Oxford Brookes University | UNITED KINGDOM |
Public Health Agency of Canada | CANADA |
Radboud University Nijmegen | NETHERLANDS |
RMIT University | AUSTRALIA |
Royal Melbourne Hospital | AUSTRALIA |
San Diego State University | UNITED STATES |
Swansea University | UNITED KINGDOM |
Swinburne University of Technology | AUSTRALIA |
Texas A and M University | UNITED STATES |
Ulster University | UNITED KINGDOM |
University College Cork | IRELAND |
University of Adelaide | AUSTRALIA |
University of Agder | NORWAY |
University of Alberta | CANADA |
University of Amsterdam | NETHERLANDS |
University of British Columbia | CANADA |
University of California | UNITED STATES |
University of California San Diego | UNITED STATES |
University of California System | UNITED STATES |
University of Cambridge | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Canberra | AUSTRALIA |
University of Chester | UNITED KINGDOM |
University of Eastern Finland | FINLAND |
University of Girona | SPAIN |
University of Hong Kong | HONG KONG |
University of Jyvaskyla | FINLAND |
University of Liege | BELGIUM |
University of Limerick | IRELAND |
University of Maastricht | NETHERLANDS |
University of Melbourne | AUSTRALIA |
University of Michigan | UNITED STATES |
University of Missouri | UNITED STATES |
University of Münster | GERMANY |
University of Newcastle | AUSTRALIA |
University of North Dakota | UNITED STATES |
University of Ottawa | CANADA |
University of Queensland | AUSTRALIA |
University of South Australia | AUSTRALIA |
University of Southern Denmark | DENMARK |
University of Southern Queensland | AUSTRALIA |
University of Stuttgart | GERMANY |
University of Sydney | AUSTRALIA |
University of Tasmania | AUSTRALIA |
University of Technology Sydney | AUSTRALIA |
University of Western Australia | AUSTRALIA |
University of Wollongong | AUSTRALIA |
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam | NETHERLANDS |
VU Medical Centre | NETHERLANDS |
VU University Medical Center | NETHERLANDS |
Western Sydney University | AUSTRALIA |
Zhejiang University | CHINA |
External engagement & recognition
Engagement/recognition | Year |
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Founding Director, Treasurer and ExecutiveAustralasian Society for Physical Activity |
2022 |
Abstract ReviewerInternational Society for Behaviour Nutrition and Physical Activity Annual Conference |
2021 |
Founding Director, Treasurer and ExecutiveAustralasian Society for Physical Activity |
2021 |
Abstract ReviewerInternational Society for Behaviour Nutrition and Physical Activity Annual Conference |
2020 |
Award for Excellence and Innovation in Public Health Team ResearchCouncil of Academic Public Health Institutions Australasia (CAPHIA) |
2020 |
Founding Director, Treasurer and ExecutiveAustralasian Society for Physical Activity |
2020 |
Abstract ReviewerInternational Society for Behaviour Nutrition and Physical Activity Annual Conference |
2019 |
Founding Director, Treasurer and ExecutiveAustralasian Society for Physical Activity |
2019 |
Scientific Committee MemberInternational Conference on Ambulatory Monitoring of Physical Activity and Movement |
2019 |
Abstract ReviewerInternational Society for Behaviour Nutrition and Physical Activity Annual Conference |
2018 |
Abstract ReviewerInternational Society for Behaviour Nutrition and Physical Activity Annual Conference |
2017 |
Scientific Committee MemberInternational Conference on Ambulatory Monitoring of Physical Activity and Movement |
2017 |
Victorian Council MemberSports Medicine Australia |
2017 |
Teaching & student supervision
Teaching & student supervision
Supervisions from 2010 shown
Thesis title | Student status |
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Associations between handgrip muscle function and game performance among Australian rules football athletes | Current |
Exploring well-being in Australian athletes | Current |
International muscle fitness norms for children and adolescents | Current |
International norms and cross-country comparisons in functional fitness for older adults | Current |
International temporal trends and cross-country comparisons in muscle fitness for children and adolescents | Current |
The lived experiences of athletes during an injury rehabilitation program | Current |