Dr Michalis Stylianou
Senior Lecturer
School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences
Researcher biography
Dr Michalis Stylianou is a senior lecturer with the School of Human Movement and Nutrition Sciences at The University of Queensland. His research interests focus around creating active and healthy schools using comprehensive and coordinated approaches that involve school staff, parents, and the community. Michalis is also a member of the Active Healthy Kids Australia research working group, a collaboration among Australian children's physical activity and health researchers who advocate for actions to increase the physical activity levels among Australian children using the Physical Activity Report Card for Children and Young People as the core monitoring metric.
Book Chapters
McMullen, Jaimie M. , Ní Chróinín, Déirdre , Stylianou, Michalis and Tammelin, Tuija (2019). International perspectives and initiatives. Comprehensive school physical activity programs: Putting research into evidence-based practice. (pp. 203-216) edited by Russell L. Carson and Collin A. Webster. Champaign, IL United States: Human Kinetics.
Hodges Kulinna, Pamela , Stylianou, Michalis , Lorenz, Kent A. , Mulhearn, Shannon C. , Taylor, Tom , Orme, Shawn and Everett, Alan (2019). Comprehensive school physical activity programs (CSPAPs) in rural settings. Comprehensive school physical activity programs: Putting research into evidence-based practice. (pp. 191-202) edited by Russell L. Carson and Collin A. Webster. Champaign, IL United States: Human Kinetics.
Enright, Eimear, Robertson, Jarrod, Hogan, Anna and Stylianou, Michalis (2017). Jarrod: the promise and messy realities of digital technology in physical education. Digital technologies and learning in physical education: Pedagogical cases. (pp. 173-190) edited by Ashley Casey, Victoria A. Goodyear and Kathleen M. Armour. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315670164
McCaughtry, Nate, Kulinna, Pamela Hodges, Cothran, Donetta, Stylianou, Michalis and Kwon, Ja Youn (2014). E-mentoring in physical education: A case study. Mentoring in Physical Education and Sports Coaching. (pp. 136-144) Taylor and Francis. doi: 10.4324/9781315797687-15
Journal Articles
Rocliffe, Padraic, O’Keeffe, Brendan, Walsh, Liam, Stylianou, Michalis, Woodforde, James, García-González, Luis, O’Brien, Wesley, Coppinger, Tara, Sherwin, Ian, Mannix-McNamara, Patricia and MacDonncha, Ciaran (2023). The impact of typical school provision of physical education, physical activity and sports on adolescent physical activity behaviors: a systematic literature review. Adolescent Research Review. doi: 10.1007/s40894-022-00200-w
Hesketh, Kylie D., Booth, Verity, Cleland, Verity, Gomersall, Sjaan R., Olds, Tim, Reece, Lindsey, Ridgers, Nicola D., Straker, Leon, Stylianou, Michalis, Tomkinson, Grant R. and Lubans, David (2022). Results from the Australian 2022 report card on physical activity for children and young people. Journal of Exercise Science and Fitness, 21 (1), 83-87. doi: 10.1016/j.jesf.2022.10.006
Lorenz, Kent A., Stylianou, Michalis, Kulinna, Pamela Hodges and Yu, Hyeonho (2022). School and home contributions to dietary behaviors of rural youth. American Journal of Health Promotion, 1-10. doi: 10.1177/08901171221134792
Mulhearn, Shannon C., Kulinna, Pamela H., van der Mars, Hans, Stylianou, Michalis, McMullen, Jaimie and Ellison, Douglas (2022). Fishing downstream: Does CSPAP promotion during PETE transfer to teaching practices by K-12 physical educators?. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 1-11. doi: 10.1080/02701367.2022.2114590
Babaeer, Lena, Stylianou, Michalis, Walker, Jacqueline L. and Gomersall, Sjaan (2022). Dietary intake and educational outcomes among Australian university students: cross-sectional and longitudinal associations. Public Health Nutrition, 25 (12), 3291-3305. doi: 10.1017/s1368980022001847
Duncombe, Stephanie L., Barker, Alan R., Price, Lisa, Walker, Jacqueline L., Dux, Paul E., Fox, Amaya, Matthews, Natasha and Stylianou, Michalis (2022). Making a HIIT: study protocol for assessing the feasibility and effects of co-designing high-intensity interval training workouts with students and teachers. BMC Pediatrics, 22 (1) 475, 1-12. doi: 10.1186/s12887-022-03440-w
Khan, Asaduzzaman, Gomersall, Sjaan and Stylianou, Michalis (2022). Associations of passive and mentally active screen time with perceived school performance of 197,439 adolescents across 38 countries. Academic Pediatrics. doi: 10.1016/j.acap.2022.07.024
Straker, Leon, Booth, Verity, Cleland, Verity, Gomersall, Sjaan, Lubans, David, Olds, Tim, Reece, Lindsey, Ridgers, Nicola, Stylianou, Michalis, Tomkinson, Grant and Hesketh, Kylie (2022). Reimagining physical activity for children following the systemic disruptions from the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 56 (16), bjsports-2021. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2021-105277
Duncombe, Stephanie L., Barker, Alan R., Bond, Bert, Earle, Renae, Varley-Campbell, Jo, Vlachopoulos, Dimitris, Walker, Jacqueline L., Weston, Kathryn L. and Stylianou, Michalis (2022). School-based high-intensity interval training programs in children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis. PLOS ONE, 17 (5) e0266427, e0266427. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0266427
Babaeer, Lena, Stylianou, Michalis and Gomersall, Sjaan R. (2022). Physical activity, sedentary behavior, and educational outcomes among Australian university students: Cross-sectional and longitudinal associations. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 19 (3), 1-12. doi: 10.1123/jpah.2021-0535
Stylianou, Michalis, Woodforde, James, Duncombe, Stephanie, Kolbe-Alexander, Tracy and Gomersall, Sjaan (2022). School physical activity policies and associations with physical activity practices and behaviours: a systematic review of the literature. Health and Place, 73 102705, 102705. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2021.102705
Woodforde, James, Alsop, Tahlia, Salmon, Jo, Gomersall, Sjaan and Stylianou, Michalis (2021). Effects of school-based before-school physical activity programmes on children's physical activity levels, health and learning-related outcomes: a systematic review. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 56 (13), bjsports-2021. doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2021-104470
Babaeer, Lena, Stylianou, Michalis, Leveritt, Michael and Gomersall, Sjaan (2021). Physical activity, sedentary behavior and educational outcomes in university students: a systematic review. Journal of American College Health, 70 (7), 1-26. doi: 10.1080/07448481.2020.1846047
McCuaig, Louise, Woolcock, Liz, Stylianou, Michalis, Ng, Johan Y. Y. and Ha, Amy S. (2020). Prophets, pastors and profiteering: exploring external providers’ enactment of pastoral power in school wellbeing programs. Discourse, 41 (2), 1-15. doi: 10.1080/01596306.2020.1722425
To, Quyen G., Wharton, Lee, Gallegos, Danielle, Stylianou, Michalis, Do, Dung V., To, Kien G., Tran, Hanh T.M. and Trost, Stewart G. (2019). School-based physical education: physical activity and implementation barriers in Vietnamese elementary schools. European Physical Education Review, 26 (2), 1356336X1987874-606. doi: 10.1177/1356336x19878746
Lorenz, Kent A, Stylianou, Michalis and Kulinna, Pamela Hodges (2019). Changes in healthy behaviour knowledge of rural pupils. European Physical Education Review, 26 (2), 1356336X1986773-480. doi: 10.1177/1356336x19867732
Banville, Dominique, Dyson, Ben, Kulinna, Pamela H and Stylianou, Michalis (2019). Classroom teachers’ and administrators’ views of teaching health and physical education. European Physical Education Review, 26 (2), 1356336X1986773-464. doi: 10.1177/1356336x19867731
Jørgensen, Henrik Taarsted, Agergaard, Sine, Stylianou, Michalis and Troelsen, Jens (2019). Diversity in teachers’ approaches to movement integration: a qualitative study of lower secondary school teachers’ perceptions of a state school reform involving daily physical activity. European Physical Education Review, 26 (2), 1356336X1986556-447. doi: 10.1177/1356336x19865567
Schranz, Natasha, Glennon, Vanessa, Evans, John, Gomersall, Sjaan, Hardy, Louise, Hesketh, Kylie D., Lubans, David, Ridgers, Nicola D., Straker, Leon, Stylianou, Michalis, Tomkinson, Grant R., Vella, Stewart, Ziviani, Jenny and Olds, Tim (2018). Results from Australia's 2018 Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Youth. Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 15 (S2), S315-S317. doi: 10.1123/jpah.2018-0418
Jordan, Michelle E., Lorenz, Kent, Stylianou, Michalis and Kulinna, Pamela Hodges (2018). The role of classroom teacher social capital in a comprehensive school physical activity program. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 37 (2), 218-224. doi: 10.1123/jtpe.2017-0197
Kulinna, P. H., Stylianou, M., Dyson, B., Banville, D., Dryden, C. and Colby, R. (2018). The Effect of an Authentic Acute Physical Education Session of Dance on Elementary Students' Selective Attention. Biomed Research International, 2018 8790283, 8790283-8. doi: 10.1155/2018/8790283
Stylianou, M. and Elliot, J. (2018). Physical activity in schools: what, why, and how? Insights from a local initiative. The Queensland Principal, 45 (4), 32-34.
Stylianou, Michalis (2018). Health benefits of physical activity: cognitive performance and school engagement.. Active + Healthy Journal, 25 (2/3), 32-38.
Stylianou, Michalis and Walker, Jacqueline L. (2017). An assessment of Australian school physical activity and nutrition policies. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 42 (1), 16-21. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.12751
Hogan, Anna, Enright, Eimear, Stylianou, Michalis and McCuaig, Louise (2017). Nuancing the critique of commercialisation in schools: recognising teacher agency. Journal of Education Policy, 33 (5), 617-631. doi: 10.1080/02680939.2017.1394500
Stylianou, Michalis, Hogan, Anna and Enright, Eimear (2017). Youth sport policy: the enactment and possibilities of ‘soft policy’ in schools. Sport, Education and Society, 24 (2), 1-13. doi: 10.1080/13573322.2017.1339685
Stylianou, Michalis, Enright, Eimear and Hogan, Anna (2017). Learning to be researchers in physical education and sport pedagogy: the perspectives of doctoral students and early career researchers. Sport, Education and Society, 22 (1), 122-139. doi: 10.1080/13573322.2016.1244665
Lorenz, Kent A., Stylianou, Michalis, Moore, Shannon and Hodges Kulinna, Pamela (2016). Does fitness make the grade? The relationship between elementary students’ physical fitness and academic grades. Health Education Journal, 76 (3), 302-312. doi: 10.1177/0017896916672898
Stylianou, Michalis, Kloeppel, Tiffany, Kulinna, Pamela and van der Mars, Hans (2016). Teacher fidelity to a physical education curricular model and physical activity outcomes. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 35 (4), 337-348. doi: 10.1123/jtpe.2016-0112
Phelps, Ashley Nicole, McLeod, Candice, Hodges-Kulinna, Pamela, Lorenz, Kent and Stylianou, Michalis (2016). Elementary fitness for life in action. Strategies, 29 (5), 37-41. doi: 10.1080/08924562.2016.1205538
Stylianou, Michalis, van der Mars, Hans, Hodges Kulinna, Pamela, Adams, Marc A., Mahar, Matthew and Amazeen, Eric (2016). Before-school running/walking club and student physical activity levels: an efficacy study. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 87 (4), 1-12. doi: 10.1080/02701367.2016.1214665
Stylianou, Michalis, Hodges Kulinna, Pamela, van der Mars, Hans, Mahar, Matthew, Adams, Marc A. and Amazeen, Eric (2016). Before-school running/walking club: effects on student on-task behavior. Preventive Medicine Reports, 3, 196-202. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2016.01.010
Hogan, Anna and Stylianou, Michalis (2016). School-based sports development and the role of NSOs as ‘boundary spanners’: benefits, disbenefits and unintended consequences of the Sporting Schools policy initiative. Sport, Education and Society, 23 (4), 367-380. doi: 10.1080/13573322.2016.1184638
Banville, Dominique, Hodges Kulinna, Pamela, Dyson, Ben, Stylianou, Michalis, Colby, Rachel and Dryden, Craig (2016). Feeling refreshed: Aotearoa/New Zealand Students’ perceptions of the role of healthy behaviors in schools. European Physical Education Review, 23 (1), 41-59. doi: 10.1177/1356336X15624895
Jordan, Michelle E., Lorenz K.A., Kent A., Stylianou, Michalis and Kulinna, Pamela H. (2016). Examining student social capital in a comprehensive school-based health intervention. Journal of Classroom Interaction, 51 (2), 36-49.
Stylianou, Michalis, Hodges Kulinna, Pamela and Naiman, Tyler (2015). '... because there’s nobody who can just sit that long': teacher perceptions of classroom-based physical activity and related management issues. European Physical Education Review, 22 (3), 390-408. doi: 10.1177/1356336X15613968
Stylianou, Michalis, Kulinna, Pamela H. and Kloeppel, Tiffany (2014). Healthy living initiative: Running/walking club. The Physical Educator, 71 (2), 157-184.
Kloeppel, Tiffany, Kulinna, Pamela Hodges, Stylianou, Michalis and van der Mars, Hans (2013). Teacher fidelity to one physical ducation curricular model. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 32 (2), 186-204. doi: 10.1123/jtpe.32.2.186
Stylianou, Michalis, Kulinna, Pamela Hodges, Cothran, Donetta and Kwon, Ja Youn (2013). Physical education teachers' metaphors of teaching and learning. Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 32 (1), 22-45. doi: 10.1123/jtpe.32.1.22
Schwager, Susan and Stylianou, Michalis (2012). Table top tennis a vehicle for teaching sportspersonship and responsibility. Journal of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, 83 (7), 27-31. doi: 10.1080/07303084.2012.10598809
Conference Papers
Treschman, Paul, Stylianou, Michalis and Brooks, Cam (2022). Conceptualising feedback in physical education: A scoping review. Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE), Adelaide, SA, Australia, 28 November - 1 December 2022.
Duncombe, S., Barker, A.R., Price, L., Walker, J.L. and Stylianou, M. (2022). Was it a HIIT? A process evaluation of a school-based high-intensity interval training intervention. 2022 SMA Conference, Gold Coast, QLD Australia, 16-19 November 2022. Chatswood, NSW Australia: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.jsams.2022.09.035
Woodforde, J., Gomersall, S., Timperio, A., Loh, V. , Browning, H. , Perales, F., Salmon, J. and Stylianou, M. (2022). Conceptualising, defining, and measuring before-school physical activity: a review with exploratory analysis of adolescent data. 9th International Society for Physical Activity and Health (ISPAH) Congress, Abu Dhabi, UAE, 23-26 October 2022.
Babaeer, L., Stylianou, M. and Gomersall, S. (2022). Physical activity, sedentary behaviour and educational outcomes among Australian university students: cross-sectional and longitudinal associations. Asia-Pacific Society for Physical Activity Conference, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 28-29 November 2022.
Duncombe, S.L., Stylianou, M., Price, L., Walker, J. and Barker, A. (2022). High intensity interval training in schools: methods for quantifying intensity and the validity of session rating of perceived exertion. European College of Sport Science 27th Annual Congress, Sevilla, Spain, 30 August - 2 September.
Duncombe, S.L. , Barker, A.R., Price, L. , Walker, J. and Stylianou, M. (2022). Making a HIIT: Co-design of high-intensity interval training workouts with students within the curriculum. 9th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 23-26 October 2022. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress.
Gomersall, S., Ross, M., Derouet, N., Perales, F. and Stylianou, M. (2021). Physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep in LGBTQIA+ populations: a systematic review. 2021 SMA e-Conference, Online, 8-9 October 2021. Chatswood, NSW Australia: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.jsams.2021.09.188
Woodforde, J., Alspo, T., Salmon, J., Gomersall, S. and Stylianou, M. (2021). Before-school physical activity programs and youth physical activity, health and learning-related outcomes: a systematic review. 2021 SMA e-Conference, Online, 6 - 9 October 2021. Chatswood, NSW Australia: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.jsams.2021.09.187
Barker, A., Bond, B., Duncombe, S., Earle, R., Stylianou, M., Varley-Campbell, J., Vlachopoulos, D., Walker, J. and Weston, K. (2021). School-based high-intensity interval training programs in children and adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. 2021 SMA e-Conference, Online, 6 - 9 October 2021. Chatswood, NSW Australia: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.jsams.2021.09.195
Babaeer, L., Stylianou, M., Leveritt, M. and Gomersall, S. (2020). Physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and educational outcomes in university students: a systematic review. International Society for Behavioural Nutrition and Physical Activity 2020 Annual Meeting , Auckland, New Zealand, 17-20 June 2020.
Shannon C. Mulhearn, Pamela H. Kulinna, Kent A. Lorenz, Michalis Stylianou and Janelle Marie Griffo (2019). Planned detours: identifying barriers to comprehensive school physical activity program implementation. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Toronto, Canada, 5-9 April 2019. Washington, DC United States: American Educational Research Association. doi: 10.3102/1440200
Stylianou, Michalis, Trost, Stewart and Woodforde, James (2018). Development and validation of the school physical activity index. 7th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress, London, United Kingdom, 15-17 October 2018. Champaign, IL, United States: Human Kinetics. doi: 10.1123/jpah.2018-0535
Stylianou, Michalis, Smith, Kaitlin, Enright, Eimear and Kulinna, Pamela Hodges (2018). Parents' perceptions of classroom physical activity integration in two countries. 2018 SHAPE America National Convention and Expo, Nashville, TN, United States, 20-24 March 2018. Philadelphia, PA, United States: Routledge. doi: 10.1080/02701367.2018.1450043
Research Reports
Hesketh, Kylie, Lubans, David, Cleland, Verity, Gomersall, Sjaan, Olds, Tim, Reece, Lindsey, Ridgers, Nicola, Straker, Leon, Stylianou, Michalis, Tomkinson, Grant and Booth, Verity (2022). Reboot! Reimagining Physically Active Lives: 2022 Australian Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Young People. Melbourne, VIC Australia: Active Healthy Kids Australia. doi: 10.21153/ahka2022
Schranz, Natasha, Olds, Tim, Evans, John, Gomersall,Sjaan, Hardy, Louise, Hesketh, Kylie, Lubans, David, Stylianou, Michalis, Tomkinson, Grant, Vella, Stewart and Ziviani, Jenny (2018). Muscular Fitness: It's Time for a Jump Start. The 2018 Active Healthy Kids Australia Report Card on Physical Activity for Children and Young People. Adelaide, SA Australia: Active Healthy Kids Australia. doi: 10.25954/5b862301479a1