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Filip Maric

Associate Professor

Job description

Filip Maric (PhD) is an Associate Professor in physiotherapy at UiT The Arctic University of Norway. His research interests and activities span the fields of critical physiotherapy, healthcare ethics, planetary health, sustainable healthcare, environmental physiotherapy and related approaches, as well as the environmental post/humanities.

Filip is the founder and executive chair of the Environmental Physiotherapy Association (EPA) and project lead of the EPT Agenda 2023 – an international project aiming at the integration of environmental and sustainability perspectives into physiotherapy education. Other activities include convening the German-speaking section of the Critical Physiotherapy Network and the UiT Environmental Humanities network, as well as sea kayaking, hiking and ski touring.

Filip is also a member of the UiT Sustainability ThinkTank led by Vice-Rector Rikke Gürgens Gjærum and represents the UiT Faculty of Health Sciences in a Norwegian national collaboration focussed on the implementation of sustainability education into all Norwegian medical, health and care education, led by the UiO SHE Center for Sustainable Healthcare Education.

  • Helga E Lister, Karien Mostert, Botha Tanita, Simoné van der Linde, Elaine van Wyk, Su-Ané Rocher et al.:
    South African Healthcare Professionals’ Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Regarding Environmental Sustainability in Healthcare: A Mixed-Methods Study
    International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Robert Richter, Filip Maric (PhD) :
    Ecological Bodies and Relational Anatomies: Toward a Transversal Foundation for Planetary Health Education
    Challenges 2022 ARKIV / DOI
  • Filip Maric, David A. Nicholls :
    Environmental physiotherapy and the case for multispecies justice in planetary health
    Physiotherapy Theory and Practice 2021 ARKIV / DOI
  • Lisa Katrin Losleben, Filip Maric, Rikke Gürgens Gjærum :
    Learning for sustainable transformation
    Routledge 2023 DATA
  • Filip Maric :
    Environmental Physiotherapy: An Introduction with guest speaker Dr Filip Maric
    2023
  • Filip Maric :
    Environmental Physiotherapy & Planetary Health (Keynote)
    2023 SAMMENDRAG
  • D.A. Nicholls, Birgitte Ahlsen, Wenche Bjorbækmo, Tone Dahl-Michelsen, Heidi Hoppner, Anna Ilona Rajala et al.:
    Critical physiotherapy -a ten year retrospective
    Physiotherapy Theory and Practice 2023
  • Filip Maric, Margherita Paola Poto, Giuliana Panieri :
    Where is the (ancient) ocean floor? In G. Panieri & M. Stiller-Reeve (Eds.), The Ocean Senses Activity Book
    Septentrio Educational 2023 DOI
  • Filip Maric, Margherita Paola Poto, Jane Zimmermann, Giuliana Panieri :
    Ocean floor diorama. In G. Panieri & M. Stiller-Reeve (Eds.), The Ocean Senses Activity Book
    Septentrio Educational 2023 DOI
  • Solmaz Mohadjer, Giuliana Panieri, Mathew Alexander Stiller-Reeve, Vibeke Aune, Monica Clerici, Villads Dyrved Holm et al.:
    OceanSenses 2022: Using Our Primary Senses to Connect with the Arctic Ocean
    2023 SAMMENDRAG
  • Filip Maric, Margherita Paola Poto, Giuliana Panieri, Giuliano Bertolotto Bianc :
    Under pressure. In G. Panieri, M. Poto and G. Bertolotto Bianc (Eds.), The Ocean Senses Activity Book (Chinese version)
    Septentrio Educational 2023 DOI
  • Filip Maric, Margherita Paola Poto, Jane Zimmermann, Giuliana Panieri :
    Sculpting micro-, meio-, and macrofauna. In G. Panieri & M. Stiller-Reeve (Eds.), The Ocean Senses Activity Book
    Septentrio Educational 2023 DOI
  • Filip Maric, Margherita Paola Poto, Giuliana Panieri :
    Human impact: ecological footprints. In G. Panieri & M. Stiller-Reeve (Eds.), The Ocean Senses Activity Book
    Septentrio Educational 2023 DOI
  • Filip Maric, Margherita Paola Poto, Giuliana Panieri :
    How deep is the ocean? In G. Panieri & M. Stiller-Reeve (Eds.), The Ocean Senses Activity Book
    Septentrio Educational 2023 DOI
  • Filip Maric, Margherita Paola Poto, Giuliana Panieri :
    Sedimentation. In G. Panieri & M. Stiller-Reeve (Eds.), The Ocean Senses Activity Book
    Septentrio Educational 2023 DOI
  • Filip Maric, Margherita Paola Poto, Jane Zimmermann, Giuliana Panieri :
    Sculpting foraminifera. In G. Panieri & M. Stiller-Reeve (Eds.), The Ocean Senses Activity Book
    Septentrio Educational 2023 DOI
  • Filip Maric, Margherita Paola Poto, Giuliana Panieri :
    Under pressure. In G. Panieri & M. Stiller-Reeve (Eds.), The Ocean Senses Activity Book
    Septentrio Educational 2023 DOI
  • Filip Maric, Margherita Paola Poto, Giuliana Panieri :
    Arctic ocean temperatures. In G. Panieri & M. Stiller-Reeve (Eds.), The Ocean Senses Activity Book
    Septentrio Educational 2023 DOI
  • Filip Maric, Margherita Paola Poto, Giuliana Panieri :
    Human impact: plastic pollution. In G. Panieri & M. Stiller-Reeve (Eds.), The Ocean Senses Activity Book
    Septentrio Educational 2023 DOI
  • Filip Maric (PhD) :
    Using critical game-design to explore alternative futures to contemporary physiotherapy
    2022
  • Filip Maric (PhD), Steinunn A. Olafsdottir, Eva Mengel, Volcmar Visser :
    A workshop to help you integrate planetary health, environmental and sustainability education as a transversal topic in physiotherapy training.
    2022
  • Filip Maric :
    Environmental Physiotherapy Roundtable 4 - The potential of student research pt1
    22. November 2022
  • Filip Maric :
    Environmental Physiotherapy Roundtable 4 EPT Agenda 2023 Student Research pt2
    22. November 2022
  • Margit Nikoline Langballe, Filip Maric :
    Ein fysioterapeutstudents erfaring med å leda ein «grøn» faglunsj
    Fysioterapeuten 2022 FULLTEKST
  • Filip Maric, Todd Davenport :
    Environmental Influences on Health
    2022
  • Filip Maric (PhD), Sean Griech, Todd Davenport :
    Advancing Environmental Stewardship in Physical Therapy: Connect, Learn, Act
    Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy Journal 2022 FULLTEKST / DOI
  • Filip Maric :
    Umwelt, Gesundheit, Nachhaltigkeit, Internationalisierung
    2022
  • Filip Maric (PhD) :
    Als Physiotherapie noch in der Praxis stattfand: Wie Umwelt und soziales die Physiotherapie nachhaltig verändert haben (Keynote)
    2022 SAMMENDRAG
  • Tobba Therkildsen Sudmann, Filip Maric (PhD), Aurora Margrethe Brønstad :
    One Health / Én helse
    2022
  • Filip Maric (PhD), Ben Whittaker :
    Interprofessional Perspectives on Global Heating, the Climate Crisis, and Healthy Climate
    2022
  • Filip Maric (PhD) :
    Environment and sustainability in physical therapy
    2022
  • Filip Maric (PhD) :
    Planetary health and its application to physiotherapy and occupational therapy
    2022
  • Filip Maric (PhD) :
    What does speculative fictionhave to do with EcoHealth?
    2022
  • Filip Maric (PhD) :
    Arctic Methane Seeps and Human Health
    2022
  • Filip Maric (PhD), Claudia Czernik :
    „Nenn mir eine Situation in der Physiotherapie, die nichts mit Umwelt zu tun hat!“
    01. April 2022
  • Giuliana Panieri, Stefan Bünz, Alessandra Savini, Andre Jensen, Bjørn Løfquist, Bjørn Runar Olsen et al.:
    CAGE-22-2 Scientific Cruise Report. AKMA 2/Ocean Senses
    UiT Norges arktiske universitet 2022
  • Srishti Banerjee, Filip Maric (PhD) :
    Mitigating the environmental impact of NSAIDs - physiotherapy as a contribution to one health and the SDGs
    European Journal of Physiotherapy 2021 ARKIV / DOI
  • Filip Maric, Kenneth Chance-Larsen, Julia Chevan, Sarah Jameson, David A. Nicholls, Emmanuelle Opsommer et al.:
    A progress report on planetary health, environmental and sustainability education in physiotherapy – Editorial
    European Journal of Physiotherapy 2021 DOI
  • Sylvie Ferchichi-Barbey, Fanny Poget, Filip Maric, Guillaume Christe :
    La physiothérapie comme actrice d’un système de santé plus durable. The role of physiotherapy in a more sustainable health care system.
    Mains libres 2021 ARKIV
  • Irene Mårdalen, Filip Maric, Tobba Therkildsen Sudmann :
    Skal fysioterapeuter ta mer miljøansvar?
    Fysioterapeuten 2021 FULLTEKST
  • Filip Maric :
    Momentum is building, so let’s keep going: Extending our efforts in sustainable healthcare (Blogpost for the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare, UK)
    2021 FULLTEKST
  • Carlos A Faerron Guzmán, Alonso Aguire, Barbara Astle, Enrique Barros, Brett Bayles, Moses Chimbari et al.:
    A framework to guide planetary health education
    The Lancet Planetary Health 2021 ARKIV / DOI
  • Filip Maric :
    Possibilities for environmental physiotherapy in Portugal
    2021
  • Filip Maric :
    Eine Einfuehrung in Umweltbewusstsein und Umweltverantwortlichkeit in der Physiotherapie (Gastvortrag)
    2021
  • Filip Maric :
    Umweltbewusste und umweltverantwortliche Physiotherapie (Gastvortrag & Diskussion)
    2021
  • Filip Maric :
    An introduction to environmental physiotherapy
    2021
  • Filip Maric :
    An introduction to environmental physiotherapy
    2021
  • Filip Maric :
    An introduction to environmental physiotherapy
    2021
  • Filip Maric :
    Environmental physiotherapy and the case for multispecies justice in planetary health (state-of-the-art presentation)
    2021
  • Filip Maric, Todd Davenport, Sean Griech :
    Environmental Stewardship in Physiotherapy - Action through Administration, Advocacy, and Practice (Discussion session)
    2021

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    Publications outside Cristin

    Planetary Health Alliance (2021). The Planetary Health Education Framework. Guzman-Faerron, C.A. & Potter, T. (Eds.). Harvard: Planetary Health Alliance.

    Planetary Health Alliance (2021). The São Paulo Declaration on Planetary Health. https://www.planetaryhealthalliance.org/sao-paulo-declaration. Accompanying The Lancet publication: Myers SS, Pivor JI, Saraiva AM. The São Paulo Declaration on Planetary Health. Lancet 2021; published online Oct 5. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(21)02181-4

    Maric, F., El-Seoud, N., Becker, M. Czernik, C., Halm, E., Moers, S., Richter, R., Rogan, S., Vogel, B., Zuber, S., Höppner, H. (2021). Kritische Physiotherapie: die deutschsprachige Sektion des Critical Physiotherapy Network (DCPN) stellt sich vor. physioscience, 17:34-38. 10.1055/a-1335-3997

    Maric, F., Nicholls, D., Mostert, K., Culpan, J., Stone, O., van Wijchen, J., Kennedy, M., Long, I., Bundtzen, T. (2020). The Environmental Physiotherapy Agenda 2023. Oslo: Environmental Physiotherapy Association (EPA). ISBN: 978-82-303-4491-0. 

    Maric, F. (2019). Ruf nach einer oekologischen Physiotherapie. PT – Zeitschrift für Physiotherapeuten (Germany), November 2019 Issue.

    Maric, F. (2017). Physiotherapy and Fundamental Ethics - Questioning Self and Other in Theory and Practice (PhD Thesis). New Zealand: AUT University Auckland. 

    Maric, F. (2011). Researching the Self, the Other and their relationship in physiotherapy: a theoretical and methodological exploration of autoethnography (Master Dissertation). New Zealand: AUT University Auckland.

    Research interests

    Research interests:

    • Planetary Health, EcoHealth, One Health, sustainable healthcare, environmental physiotherapy 
    • Critical theory, ethics, environmental post/humanities
    • Post/qualitative research

    Current research projects:

    • The Environmental Physiotherapy Agenda 2023; implementing planetary health, environmental and sustainability education in global physiotherapy training. Environmental Physiotherapy Association; Role: Project lead / Principal Investigator
    • The Posthuman Walking project: The multiplicity of walking with pain in diverse landscapes of care. Project leads: Dr Shirley Chubb, University of Chichester, UK, & Dr Clair Hebron, University of Brighton, UK. Role: Partner university/researcher.
    • Food access and food systems mapping with people with disabilities in Nellmapius. Project leads: Dr Karien Mostert & Helga Lister, University of Pretoria, South Africa. Role: partner researcher

     Current international supervision: 

    • Ntinga, M.N. (PhD study, ongoing). “Izandla Ze-wele ziyaphilisah” A decolonial co/autoethnography of professional identity formation in South African physiotherapy. University of Cape Town, South Africa (Role: Co-supervisor).
    • Struthers, N. (PhD study, ongoing). Nature-based prescriptions to reduce the personal, social, environmental, and global burdens of rehabilitation. Western University, Ontario, Canada (Role: Advisory committee member).
    • Food access and food systems mapping with people with disabilities in Nellmapius (University of Pretoria, South Africa / project member)(Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy Students combined Bachelor thesis, University of Pretoria, South Africa)
    • Physiotherapists experiences with the use of nature in treatment: A qualitative interviewstudy (Bachelor, UiT)

    Past supervision

    • Plaisant, M. (2022). A discourse analysis of sustainability in physiotherapy (Bachelor thesis, University of Furtwangen, Germany)
    • Andreassen, A. & Pedersen, S. (2022). How well is Tromsø designed for supporting active transportation? (Bachelor thesis, UiT The Arctic University of Norway).
    • Grønvold, H. (2022). Measures for improving the environmental sustainability of Norwegian physiotherapy practice (Bachelor thesis, UiT The Arctic University of Norway).
    • Lund, K. & Klæboe Enevoldsen, A. (2022). How (much) is 'the social' of the biopsychosocial model represented in Norwegian physiotherapy education (Bachelor thesis, UiT The Arctic University of Norway).
    • Indgjerdingen, S. & Henriksen, S. (2022). Does outdoor walking have better physical and physiological effects than indoor walking on a treadmill? (Bachelor thesis, Oslo Metropolitan University)
    • The knowledge, attitudes and practices of health professionals regarding environmental sustainability - (Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy Students combined Bachelor thesis, University of Pretoria, South Africa)
    • Spencer, J. (2021). The UN Agenda 2030 SDGs and physiotherapy clinics (BHSc excellence track project, Saxion University, Netherlands)
    • Ytreberg, E. & Bøen Grave, N.M. (2021). Klinisk håndtering av overvektige artosepasienter i fysioterapipraksis. Bachelor thesis. NFF studentprisen 2021
    • Schüssler, R. (2021). Embodied and experiential planetary health education (Bachelor thesis, University of Osnabrück, Germany)

    Teaching

    Filip Maric (PhD) teaches around the following topics in the UiT Bachelor programme in physiotherapy: 

    • Society and public health
    • Sustainable healthcare, Planetary Health and Environmental Physiotherapy
    • Critical theory, posthumanism and environmental humanities in physiotherapy and healthcare
    • Post/qualitative research methods
    • Research skills and supervision of Bachelor projects
    • Therapeutic touch and musculoskeletal physiotherapy
    • Relational anatomy and assessment

    In addition to his teaching in the Bachelor program in physiotherapy, Filip also teaches in different courses across several faculties at UiT: 

    Filip Maric is also the project lead of the Environmental Physiotherapy Content Development Project on Physiopedia, the largest available free-access and continually updated physiotherapy knowledge resource used by people in every corner of the world. He is also the coordinator of the Environmental Physiotherapy Programme on Physioplus, the continuous professional development platform of Physiopedia. 


    Member of research group

    Healthcare Professional Practice   English content

    Member of project

    Advancing Knowledge of Methane in the Arctic    English content Environmental Physiotherapy Agenda 2023 Environmental Physiotherapy Healthpunk - Speculative fiction for socially and environmentally responsible healthcare