The continuous integration of student health topics into teaching and student-led research—as one of KIT’s core responsibilities—is of great importance to the Student Health Lab.

Figure: SGM in education - educating for an SGM

In the Bachelor's degree program in Sports Science with a minor in Fitness and Health Management, as well as in the Master's program in Sports Science with a focus on Physical Activity and Health, students work on research questions as part of their theses, research projects, seminars, or project work at the Institute of Sports and Sports Science.

Student participation in health promotion and health research through regular coursework offers a low-threshold opportunity for engaging in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of health promotion measures—and thereby contributing to the further development of the Student Health Lab.

The participation potential within teaching and student research increases whenever student researchers themselves apply participatory methods (e.g., focus groups, interviews) in the context of their academic work. In doing so, they create opportunities for other students to be heard, involved, and empowered to help shape health-related processes.

• Digital health promotion: Development and evaluation of a chatbot to reduce sedentary behavior among students (Master’s thesis)
• Development of a health promotion program for Chinese students at KIT (Master’s thesis)
• Participatory development and implementation of a communication campaign for the Health Literacy Certificate for students at KIT (Bachelor’s thesis)
• Designing a movement-promoting (learning) concept for the Learning Workshop of the Baden State Library (Bachelor’s thesis)
• Staying healthy throughout university studies: A science-based evaluation of the Health Literacy Certificate (Research module)
• Effects of transportation mode and level of physical activity on student well-being after commuting to campus (Research module)
• Prevalence of mental disorders among university students: An umbrella review (Research module)
• How well can active breaks be integrated into university teaching? An interview study with instructors at the House of Competence at KIT (Research module)
• Effect of sports activities on acculturation of Chinese students at KIT (Research module)
• Implementation of a healthy snack vending machine at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology within the MyHealth project (Research module)
• Student action research project during the COVID-19 pandemic – Participatory development and implementation of a movement intervention by and for students based on online focus groups (Research module)
• Student participation in the context of health-promoting universities: A systematic review (Research module)
• Student Health Management at German universities: Pilot use of an adapted standardized survey instrument to assess the implementation status of Student Health Management at selected universities (Research module)
• Intervention to promote health (and health literacy) among student teachers: A systematic review (Research module)
• Evaluation of different break interventions in digital lectures to avoid prolonged sitting among students in homeschooling (Research module)
• Influence of physical activity on acculturation among international students (Seminar paper)
• Determinants of physical activity in university students – a systematic review (Seminar paper)
• A systematic review on the effects of physical activity on health-related behaviors among students (Seminar paper)
• Influence of university culture on students’ physical activity: A systematic review (Seminar paper)
• Interventions targeting sedentary behavior among university students: A systematic review (Seminar paper)
• Effects of COVID-19 on physical activity among university students: A systematic review (Seminar paper)
• The influence of physical activity on general health among students: A systematic review (Seminar paper)
• Structural conditions and implementation process of Healthy Universities: A systematic review (Seminar paper)
• University courses for increasing university students' health literacy: A systematic review (Seminar paper)
• Digital interventions to promote physical activity and their impact on weight control among students: A systematic review (Seminar paper)
• Systematic review on the influence of physical activity on mental disorders among university students (Seminar paper)
• Campus design and student health: A systematic review (Seminar paper)
• Personal and social development through sports among university students (Seminar paper)
• Prevalence of overweight and obesity among university students: A systematic review (Seminar paper)
• Influence of the university environment on students' physical activity – a systematic review (Seminar paper)
• The impact of habitual physical activity on physical and mental health as well as academic performance during periods of academic stress (Seminar paper)