Forsknings- og Implementeringscenter for Idræt, Bevægelse og Læring (FIIBL)

What Forsknings- og Implementeringscenter for Idræt, Bevægelse og Læring (FIIBL) does

Forsknings- og Implementeringscenter for Idræt, Bevægelse og Læring (FIIBL) is a Danish research and implementation center founded in 2014 that bridges education, research, and practice in children's and youth sport, movement, well-being, and health. The center operates as a formal collaboration between UCL Erhvervsakademi og Professionshøjskole and Syddansk Universitet (SDU), with its staff drawn from both institutions and hosted primarily in Odense. FIIBL organizes its work around five focus areas: movement for ages 0-6, movement in school, physical education in school, sport and movement for ages 16+, and sport and movement for children and youth with special needs. Its deliverables include the periodic MOV:E magazine, the MOV:E Talks podcast, research publications, teaching materials (including the Bevægelseskort movement-card book), evaluation studies (such as the KreaKtive Unge project for Dansk Skoleidræt), and externally funded PhD research such as the Ministry of Culture-supported dissertation on sports boarding schools.

FIIBL's business model is non-commercial: it is funded through institutional support from UCL and SDU and external research grants, with no disclosed pricing, commercial products, or revenue figures. The center reaches its target audience — daycare professionals, primary and secondary school teachers, after-school practitioners, and educational policymakers in Denmark — through content marketing (magazine, podcast, publications), events and seminars, and direct engagement via its SDU-hosted website and staff consultations. Its customers are effectively the Danish public educational sector and partner organizations, rather than paying commercial buyers. As of 2025-2026 the center has 6 employees and remains active, with a new website launched on sdu.dk in February 2026 and a continuing stream of publications; UC SYD exited the partnership at the end of 2025, leaving UCL and SDU as the sole institutional partners.

Name

Forsknings- og Implementeringscenter for Idræt, Bevægelse og Læring (FIIBL)

Legal name

Forsknings- og Implementeringscenter for Idræt, Bevægelse og Læring

Website

https://fiibl.dk

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

FIIBL is a Danish research and implementation center, jointly run by UCL and SDU in Odense, that develops and disseminates practice-oriented knowledge on children's and youth sport, movement, well-being, and health to daycare, school, and after-school professionals across Denmark.

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Product category

Educational Research and Knowledge Dissemination

NAICS

All Other Schools and Instruction (61169), Other Schools and Instruction (6116)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Project-Based/Inquiry-Based Learning (School-Delivered) (EDAJAFAN)

akta.pro secondary industry

Digital/Interactive Curriculum Content (Apps, Games, Multimedia Lessons) (EDACAJAK)

Keywords

• Research dissemination services
• Movement education research
• Children sport research
• Physical activity programs
• Educational publication services

Headquarters

HQ city

Odense

HQ country

Denmark

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Research Funding and Grants: FIIBL operates as a research center receiving institutional support from its partner organizations UCL and SDU. The center also receives external research funding, as evidenced by the PhD project supported by Kulturministeriet (Ministry of Culture). Revenue is generated through research grants, institutional funding, and potentially consultancy services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

FIIBL is a research and implementation center that develops and disseminates practice-oriented knowledge about children's and youth sport, movement, well-being, and health. It operates as a collaboration between UCL Erhvervsakademi og Professionshøjskole and Syddansk Universitet (SDU), producing publications, the MOV:E magazine, the MOV:E Talks podcast, teaching materials, and evaluation services for educational programs in daycare, school, and leisure settings across Denmark.

Product overview

FIIBL is a research and implementation center that functions as a knowledge-sharing platform rather than a traditional product company. The center offers a portfolio of knowledge products including the MOV:E Magazine (a periodical publication), the MOV:E Talks Podcast (audio content), research publications, teaching materials, and the Bevægelseskort (Movement Cards) book. These offerings are disseminated through the SDU website and serve professionals and stakeholders working with children's and youth's sport, movement, well-being, and health across daycare, school, and leisure settings. FIIBL operates across five focus areas: Movement 0-6 years, Movement in school, Physical education in school, Sport and movement 16+ years, and Sport and movement for children and youth with special needs.

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Products and services

• MOV:E Magazine A periodical publication by FIIBL addressing children's and youth sport, movement, well-being, and health. It covers topics including bridging between institutions, physical environments, and interdisciplinary collaboration for professionals working in daycare, school, and leisure settings.
• MOV:E Talks Podcast An audio podcast series featuring discussions on movement and physical activity for children and youth in daycare, school, and leisure settings, targeted at educational professionals and stakeholders.
• Research Publications (Publikationer) Research publications, materials, and resources produced by FIIBL for professionals and stakeholders working with children's and youth sport and movement in daycare, school, and leisure contexts.
• Teaching Materials (Undervisningsmaterialer) Educational and teaching materials developed by FIIBL for use in physical education and movement activities in educational settings serving children and youth.
• Project Evaluation Services (KreaKtive Unge Evaluation) Evaluation and research services for sport and movement projects in educational settings, as demonstrated by FIIBL's evaluation of the KreaKtive Unge innovation project for Dansk Skoleidræt.

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• UCL (University College Lillebælt)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUCL Erhvervsakademi og Professionshøjskole is one of the two founding partners of FIIBL. The center draws staff from both UCL and SDU, combining practitioner expertise from the university college with academic research capabilities from the university.
• SDU (Syddansk Universitet / Southern Denmark University)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSDU is the host institution for FIIBL, providing the organizational framework for the center. FIIBL operates as a research center under SDU's research structure and hosts its staff across both SDU and UCL.
• UC SYDminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerProfessionshøjskolen UC SYD was a partner in FIIBL but decided to withdraw as of year-end, as announced in May 2025. After the change, UCL and SDU continue the collaboration.
• Dansk Skoleidræt (Danish School Sports)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFIIBL collaborated with Dansk Skoleidræt to evaluate the KreaKtive Unge innovation project, which focused on providing upper secondary students with opportunities to be more active during school hours.

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Mulier Instituut: A Dutch research and implementation center focused on sport and physical activity in society. Closely analogous in structure to FIIBL — research institute producing knowledge for practitioners — with a comparable bridging-research-and-practice mission across community and school settings.
• Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences (GIH): Sweden's national sport sciences university focused on sport, physical activity, and health research. Comparable to FIIBL in subject domain and bridging of research and societal impact, but with broader academic mandate and larger research staff.
• Norwegian School of Sport Sciences (NIH): Norway's dedicated sport sciences university, conducting research and education on sport, physical activity, and health. It overlaps with FIIBL's research orientation on movement and youth sport, although NIH operates at a much larger institutional scale.
• LIKES Research Centre for Physical Activity and Health: A Finnish research center focused on physical activity and health, with a similar mission of generating and disseminating practice-oriented knowledge. It is one of the closest Nordic analogs to FIIBL, both in research scope and bridging-research-to-practice positioning.

Broad incumbents

• SHAPE America: The US national professional association for health and physical education. Overlaps with FIIBL's school-based physical education focus and shares an evidence-to-practice dissemination mission, though it operates as a broad membership/professional body rather than a focused research center.

Regional players

• Dansk Skoleidræt: The Danish school sports umbrella organization that FIIBL has already partnered with on the KreaKtive Unge evaluation. Highly comparable because it works at the intersection of schools, sport, and movement in Denmark, though it operates as a sport-delivery NGO rather than a research center.
• German Sport Youth (Deutsche Sportjugend): Germany's youth sport umbrella organization, working at the intersection of sport, education, and child/youth development. Comparable to FIIBL's practitioner-focused approach to children and youth movement, but operating at national scale in Germany rather than as a research center.

Emerging players

• Active Healthy Kids Global Alliance: An international non-profit producing the Global Matrix of physical activity report cards for children and youth. Directly comparable to FIIBL's children-and-youth physical activity research orientation and its practitioner-focused dissemination approach.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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