Barth Michael
Name: Ass. Prof. Dr. Michael Barth, Studiendekan Fakultät für Psychologie und Sportwissenschaft
Email: Michael.Barth[at]uibk.ac.at
Phone number: +43 512 507 45834
Office location: FH-244
Tutorial hours: by arrangement
Address: Fürstenweg 176, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5333-3122
Research area: Epidemiology of alpine sports, Sports economics
Michael Barth studied Sport Management (Bachelor), Business Administration (Diploma), and Sports and Human Movement Science (Master) at the University of Innsbruck. He further successfully finished the Doctoral Program in Social and Economic Sciences (Dr.rer.soc.oec.) at the University of Innsbruck. He was academic employee at the Chair of Sports Economics and Health Economics at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena (GER), had a deputy professorship for Sports Development at the Department for Sport Science at the Bundeswehr University Munich (GER), and went then on to be an academic employee at the Department of Sport Science, Economics, and Sociology of Sports at the Saarland University (GER). In 2020 he became Professor of Sports Management at the University of Applied Sciences FH Kufstein Tyrol (AUT). Since 2022 he is Assist. Prof. (tenure track) at the University of Innsbruck. In 2024 he became Dean of Studies of the Faculty.
- Talent identification and talent development in sports
- Epidemiology of injuries in alpine ski racing
- Statistical learning, machine learning
- Systematic reviews and meta-analyses
Teaching at the Department of Sport Science in Innsbruck (ongoing):
- Empirische Methoden (PS)
Barth, M., Güllich, A., Macnamara, B.N. et al. Quantifying the Extent to Which Junior Performance Predicts Senior Performance in Olympic Sports: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Sports Med 54, 95–104 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-023-01906-0
Güllich, A., Barth, M. Effects of Early Talent Promotion on Junior and Senior Performance: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Sports Med 54, 697–710 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-023-01957-3
Schlesinger, T; Barth, M; Bartsch, M; Pitsch, W (2023): An analysis of precautionary savings practices of professional football players.
In: Sport, Business and Management 13/3, S. 354 - 375.
Güllich, A; Barth, M; Macnamara, B; Hambrick, D (2023): Quantifying the Extent to Which Successful Juniors and Successful Seniors are Two Disparate Populations: A Systematic Review and Synthesis of Findings. In: Sports Medicine 53, S. 1201 - 1217.
Barth, M; Güllich, A; Macnamara, BN; Hambrick, DZ (2022): Predictors of Junior Versus Senior Elite Performance are Opposite: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Participation Patterns. In: Sports Medicine 52, S. 1399 - 1416.
Barth, M; Platzer, HP; Forstinger, C; Innerhofer, G; Giger, A; Schröcksnadel, P; Nachbauer, W (2022): In-Competition Severe Injury Events in Elite Alpine Ski Racing from 1997 to 2020: The Case of the Austrian Ski Team. In: Sports medicine - open 8/1, No. 4
Barth, M. & Güllich, A. (2021). Non-linear association of efficiency of practice of adult elite athletes with their youth multi-sport practice. Journal of Sports Sciences, 39(8), 915–925. https://doi.org/10.1080/02640414.2020.1851900