Who is involved in the #ViRAL project? Our consortium includes a mixture of academics and policymakers from 7 institutions based in Greece, Romania, Denmark, Germany, Austria, and England. So glad to be working with you! #VirtualReality #AntiDoping #ErasmusPlus

We are very glad to have been able to get together for our first in-person project meeting in Copenhagen yesterday. It has been such an inspiring experience to discuss the scenarios for #ViRAL, our #VirtualReality #DopingPrevention program. #AntiDoping #ErasmusPlus

Yesterday, we met at UNIVERSITÄT LEIPZIG for our interim project meeting. We successfully discussed planning, strategy, quality control, and the next steps for developing the #ViRAL #DopingPrevention game. We also had a lot of fun exploring #virtualrealitygames with a #VR headset.

Last week, we met at the National University of Physical Education and Sport in Bukarest to continue the work on our #ViRAL #DopingPrevention game. We look forward to launching the ViRAL game soon. Please stay tuned!

Welcome to Esben Durhuus Lejsgaard, the new research assistant on the ViRAL - A VR Approach in Learning about Doping , a project testing VR education for anti-doping behaviours in fitness settings.

Meet some of the crew on ViRAL - A VR Approach in Learning about Doping, Nikos Ntoumanis Kristina Pfeffer

We are not short on talents in Danish Centre for Motivation and Behaviour Science! Particularly these mesmerising, in-house voice actors who lend me their voices to produce some fabulous dialogue for ViRAL - A VR Approach in Learning about Doping VR-intervention. Brilliant job, Kristina Pfeffer and Julie!

In her sport psychology lecture at UNIVERSITÄT LEIPZIG, Professor Anne-Marie Elbe introduced the ViRAL project to her bachelor students. She also invited the undergrads to participate in testing the #virtualreality game.

At ECSS Congress in Paris Vassilis Barkoukis will talk about our ViRAL project in his presentation 'Anti-doping education: existing evidence and future trends'. Presentation date is 6 July!

We hosted a large dissemination event for our ViRAL project with a presentation by Theresa Manges and Enno Winkler. We are happy that also many of our master's students attended – also from University Thessaly in Thessaly – and are keen on participating in the #virtualreality game.

Last week’s PhD defense was the perfect opportunity to inform about ViRAL. Congratulations to Marcus Melzer for successfully defending his thesis entitled "Beyond a Social-Cognitive Perspective on Doping - Towards an Integrative Model of Person−Situation Interactions".

Many, many thanks to the Ministry of Sports Romania (Agenția Națională pentru Sport) and the organizers of the "Management of Sports Events" course for the opportunity to disseminate our project!

We spent an exciting time in France at the ECSS Congress in Paris 🇫🇷 During an Invited Symposium, Prof Anne-Marie Elbe, Dr Lambros Lazarus, and Dr Vassilis Barkoukis presented our ViRAL project. We enjoyed a lively discussion and many interesting questions about our research! #ECSS2023

Yesterday, we hosted a multiplier event at UNIVERSITÄT LEIPZIG! Enno Winkler (@SpoPsyLe) presented the #ViRAL project to colleagues from the University of Copenhagen (University of Copenhagen Research), Denmark 🇩🇰.

In early November, Professor Anne-Marie Elbe visited the University of Thessaly in Greece, where she gave a lecture on #antidoping to first-year students in the European Master's program in Sport and Exercise Psychology. Additionally, she introduced them to the #ViRAL project.

On 3 November, we met for our final #ViRAL project meeting in Thessaloniki, Greece! We worked hard to finalise the last tasks and discussed future perspectives. But there was also time to socialise and enjoy Greek cuisine. Huge thanks to our host Vassilis Barkoukis from Α.Π.Θ.!

Last week, we hosted the final #ViRAL multiplier event – Enno Winkler presented the project to a diverse audience in Germany. He introduced the potential of our developed app that addresses a void in #dopingprevention interventions with its immersive approach.