Justen is an associate professor in sport and physical education studies and Associate Dean Strategy at Australia’s highest-ranked Faculty of Education – Monash Uni. His work centres on supporting people to achieve full and equitable participation in physical activity and sport. Justen’s research is currently exploring informal sport and physical activity forms as a way to engage more people in physical activity. Justen is an accomplished Key-Note speaker, giving talks on the future of Australian engagement in sport and physical activity with implications for physical education, social connection and bridging forms of social capital.
Justen has published extensively in high-ranking journals, is the current recipient of an Australian Research Council grant and has worked on a range of projects for a host of different organisations including VicHealth, the Vic Department of Education and Australian Multicultural Foundation.
You can connect with Justen’s work via Monash:
https://research.monash.edu/en/persons/justen-oconnor
Twitter: @justenoconnor
Or his blog pages: https://healthphysicaleducation.blogspot.com/
