Therese Waerner
Senior Lecturer
Email: therese.waerner@gih.se
Phone: +46 8-546 934 55
Visiting address: Lidingövägen 1
Room: 1327
Belongs to: Department of Movement, Culture and Society, Section for Educational Science
Interests
Read more about my interests in teaching, research and collaboration.
I am interested in pedagogy, leadership and young athletes' rights with a focus on participation. I am also interested in sports cultures and safe sports. In addition, my special interest is equestrian sports.
My interests are young athletes' rights with a focus on participation. I am also interested in leadership and sports cultures.
I am participating in the EQUIP project, on horse welfare and cultures of silence, in collaboration with Kristiania University in Oslo. Believes that collaboration is an important part of the role as a researcher and is happy to collaborate if possible.
I have a background from the Science and Education for Sustainable Life and have trained future riding instructors in leadership and pedagogy for 20 years. I am myself active in equestrian sports as a riding instructor and dressage judge.
Latest publications
- Article
Enabling or constraining?
2026- Thérèse Waerner
- Article
Respect me and Recognise my Ability - Young Equestrians on How to Have a Voice in Sport
2026- Thérèse Waerner,
- Britta Thedin Jakobsson,
- Karin Morgan,
- Comprehensive Doctoral Thesis
Unga ryttares rätt till delaktighet
2025- Thérèse Waerner
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Other information
My undergraduate education is in pedagogy where I have been interested in leadership in general, but in my master's thesis the leadership of equestrian sports in particular.
In addition to my master's degree in education, I have a bachelor's degree in equine science with a focus on stable management. I have worked as a riding instructor for 15 years and am also a trained dressage judge.
Information
Academic title
Master's Degree, Bachelor's Degree in Equine Science