Speaker

Stephen Seiler

University of Agder

After growing up in the US and earning his doctoral degree from the University of Texas at Austin, Stephen Seiler PhD, has lived and worked in Norway for 25 years as a university teacher, researcher, and leader. He is past Vice-Rector for Research and Innovation and past Dean of the Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences at the University of Agder in Kristiansand, Norway. Currently, Dr. Seiler is Professor in Sport Science at the same institution. While anchored in an academic environment, Seiler has also served as research consultant and scientific advisor for a research foundation, elite sports teams, a regional hospital, and the Norwegian Olympic Federation. From 2014 to 2019, Professor Seiler was Executive Board member of the European College of Sport Science, where he founded the Elite Sport Performance Special Interest Group in 2014. Seiler currently cooperates with the Norwegian based Uno-X Professional cycling team in a research and development capacity.

Seiler has become internationally recognized for his research publications and lectures related to the organization of endurance training and intensity distribution. This work has included both descriptive and experimental approaches, investigating cyclists, rowers, XC skiers, orienteers, triathletes, and distance runners. His work has influenced and catalyzed international research around training intensity distribution and the “polarized training model”. Most recently, he has developed crowd-sourced research approaches that enable endurance athletes globally to contribute to research studies linking science and practice. Seiler has published & 100 peer reviewed publications, written over 100 popular science articles and given over 100 invited lectures related to exercise physiology and the training process across Europe, the United States, China, South Africa, Brazil and Australia. He is also a founding editorial board member of the International Journal of Sport Physiology and Performance as well as Elite Sports & Performance Enhancement section editor for Frontiers in Sports and Active Living

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