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Associate Professor Physical therapy Bsc filip.maric@uit.no +4777645903 Tromsø You can find me here

Filip Maric

Job description

Filip Maric (PhD) is Associate Professor in physiotherapy at UiT The Arctic University of Norway. His research interests and activities span the fields of sustainable/planetary health, environmental physiotherapy, critical theory,  transformative change, and the environmental post/humanities.

Filip is the founder and executive chair of the Environmental Physiotherapy Association (EPA) and project lead of the EPT Agenda – an international project uniting over 100 universities aiming at the integration of environmental and sustainability perspectives into physiotherapy education.

Filip also co-founded the UiT Environmental Humanities research group that brings together researchers and students from the majority of UiTs faculties in an effort to explore todays interconnected social and ecological challenges in inter- and transdisciplinary way.

Filip is also a member of the UiT Sustainability Team that is led by Vice-Rector Rikke Gürgens Gjærum and tasked to advance the implementation of UiTs sustainability strategy.

Additionally, Filip is developing and delivering courses in sustainability education in higher education at both UiT RESULT Center for teaching, learning and technology, and UiO University of Oslo LINK Centre for Learning, Innovation & Academic Development.

  • Helga E Lister, Karien Mostert, Gopika Ramkilawon, Cathrine Oelschig, Olwethu Ntiyan, Erika Richardt et al.:
    Namibian Healthcare Professionals’ Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices Regarding Environmental Sustainability in Healthcare
    International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH) 2025 DOI
  • Giuliana Panieri, Zeynep Sancak Sert, Filip Maric, Margherita Paola Poto, Emily Margaret Murray :
    The Ocean Senses Activity Book: Enriching Ocean Literacy through a multisensory approach
    Palgrave Macmillan 2024 ARKIV / DOI
  • Filip Maric, Mila Plaisant, Robert Richter :
    Advancing the deliberate implementation of the concept of sustainability and its alternatives in physical therapy research, practice, and education
    Physiotherapy Theory and Practice 2024 ARKIV / DOI
  • Helga E Lister, Karien Mostert, Botha Tanita, Emma Field, Danté Knock, Natasha Mubi et al.:
    Development and validation of a Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices (KAP) questionnaire for healthcare professionals on environmental sustainability in healthcare in Southern Africa
    F1000 Research 2024 DOI
  • Laura Haase, Katharina Bopp, Filip Maric :
    Physiotherapiewissenschaft umfassend verstehen: Ein angewandter Überblick über verschiedene Forschungsparadigmen (Teil 2)
    physioscience 2024 ARKIV / DOI
  • Katharina Bopp, Laura Haase, Filip Maric :
    Physiotherapiewissenschaft umfassend verstehen: Ein angewandter Überblick über verschiedene Forschungsparadigmen (Teil 1)
    physioscience 2024 ARKIV / DOI
  • Asgeir Andreassen Bergli, Sara Pedersen, Filip Maric :
    Tilrettelegging for aktiv transport i Tromsø – en urban design studie
    Fysioterapeuten 2023 ARKIV
  • 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 ARKIV / DOI
  • Lisa Katrin Losleben, Filip Maric, Rikke Gürgens Gjærum :
    Learning for sustainable transformation
    Routledge 2023 DATA
  • Richard Doran-Sherlock, Payal Sood, Nicole Anne Struthers, Filip Maric :
    Challenges in Nature-Based Health and Therapy Research and Critical Considerations for Application in Musculoskeletal Health
    Frontiers in Public Health 2025 DOI
  • Andrea Ribeiro, João Paulo Venâncio, Filip Maric :
    Fisioterapia Ambiental
    TER ISAVE: Investigação E Inovação Em Saúde 2025 DOI
  • Filip Maric, Margherita Paola Poto, Giuliana Panieri, Mohammad Abniki, Fereshteh Hemmateenejad :
    Where is the (ancient) ocean floor? In G. Panieri, M. Stiller-Reeve, M. Abniki and F. Hemmateenejad (Eds.), The Ocean Senses Activity Book (Persian version)
    Septentrio Educational 2024 DOI
  • Filip Maric, Margherita Paola Poto, Jane Zimmermann, Giuliana Panieri, Mohammad Abniki, Fereshteh Hemmateenejad :
    Sculpting foraminifera. In G. Panieri, M. Stiller-Reeve, M. Abniki and F. Hemmateenejad (Eds.), The Ocean Senses Activity Book (Persian version)
    Septentrio Educational 2024 DOI
  • Filip Maric, Margherita Paola Poto, Giuliana Panieri, Mohammad Abniki, Fereshteh Hemmateenejad :
    Arctic Ocean temperatures. In G. Panieri, M. Stiller-Reeve, M. Abniki and F. Hemmateenejad (Eds.), The Ocean Senses Activity Book (Persian version)
    Septentrio Educational 2024 DOI
  • Filip Maric, Margherita Paola Poto, Giuliana Panieri, Mohammad Abniki, Fereshteh Hemmateenejad :
    Human impact: Ecological footprints. In G. Panieri, M. Stiller-Reeve, M. Abniki and F. Hemmateenejad (Eds.), The Ocean Senses Activity Book (Persian version)
    Septentrio Educational 2024 DOI
  • Filip Maric, Margherita Paola Poto, Giuliana Panieri, Mohammad Abniki, Fereshteh Hemmateenejad :
    Human impact: Plastic pollution. In G. Panieri, M. Stiller-Reeve, M. Abniki and F. Hemmateenejad (Eds.), The Ocean Senses Activity Book (Persian version)
    Septentrio Educational 2024 DOI
  • Filip Maric, Margherita Paola Poto, Giuliana Panieri, Mohammad Abniki, Fereshteh Hemmateenejad :
    Under pressure. In G. Panieri, M. Stiller-Reeve, M. Abniki and F. Hemmateenejad (Eds.), The Ocean Senses Activity Book (Persian version)
    Septentrio Educational 2024 DOI
  • Filip Maric, Margherita Paola Poto, Jane Zimmermann, Giuliana Panieri, Mohammad Abniki, Fereshteh Hemmateenejad :
    Ocean floor diorama. In G. Panieri, M. Stiller-Reeve, M. Abniki and F. Hemmateenejad (Eds.), The Ocean Senses Activity Book (Persian version)
    Septentrio Educational 2024 DOI
  • Filip Maric, Margherita Paola Poto, Giuliana Panieri, Mohammad Abniki, Fereshteh Hemmateenejad :
    Sedimentation. In G. Panieri, M. Stiller-Reeve, M. Abniki and F. Hemmateenejad (Eds.), The Ocean Senses Activity Book (Persian version)
    Septentrio Educational 2024 DOI
  • Filip Maric, Margherita Paola Poto, Jane Zimmermann, Giuliana Panieri, Mohammad Abniki, Fereshteh Hemmateenejad :
    Sculpting micro-, meio-, and macrofauna. In G. Panieri, M. Stiller-Reeve, M. Abniki and F. Hemmateenejad (Eds.), The Ocean Senses Activity Book (Persian version)
    Septentrio Educational 2024 DOI
  • Filip Maric, Margherita Paola Poto, Giuliana Panieri, Mohammad Abniki, Fereshteh Hemmateenejad :
    How deep is the ocean? In G. Panieri, M. Stiller-Reeve, M. Abniki and F. Hemmateenejad (Eds.), The Ocean Senses Activity Book (Persian version)
    Septentrio Educational 2024 DOI
  • Filip Maric, Eivind Engebretsen, Kristin Heggen, Marit Øilo, Tora Bonnevie :
    Samarbeid om bærekraft i helseutdanningene
    Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening (Tidsskriftet) 2024 DOI
  • Anne-Kathrin Rausch Osthoff, Filip Maric :
    Physiotherapeut*innen als Klima- und Umweltakteure*innen: ein neues Handlungsfeld mit besonderer Dringlichkeit
    physioscience 2024 DOI
  • Filip Maric :
    Fremtidens pensjonister
    Fysioterapeuten 2024
  • Filip Maric, Marcalee Alexander, Amy Wagenfeld, Lotta Lundmark Alfredsson, Laura Hergott :
    Putting nature-based health and therapy into practice - an international online symposium: Session 3
    16. November 2024 FULLTEKST
  • Kargela Mark, Filip Maric, Stanhope Jessica :
    Healing Outside Clinic Walls: Harnessing the Environment in Pain Care – Podcast with Maric, F. & Stanhope, J.
    07. October 2024 FULLTEKST
  • Filip Maric, Richard Doran-Sherlock, Jessica Stanhope, Betina Ringby, Louise Sofia Madsen :
    Putting nature-based health and therapy into practice - an international online symposium: Session 2
    16. November 2024 FULLTEKST
  • Fanny Poget, Tobba Sudmann, Joost Van Wijchen, Robert Richter, Filip Maric :
    Advancing the development of musculoskeletal physiotherapy through environmental awareness
    2024
  • Filip Maric, Augustine Appah Acquah :
    Expanding environmental concerns in physiotherapy in occupational health and ergonomics (Invited Webinar)
    2024
  • Filip Maric, Augustine Appah Acquah, Donald Manlapaz, Jessica Stanhope :
    Environmental Physical Therapy (Invited Focussed Symposium)
    2024
  • Filip Maric :
    Making Planetary Health Tangible for the Health Professions
    2024
  • Filip Maric, Matthew Low, Danielle Munford, Joost Van Wijchen :
    Environmental Physiotherapy: A Transformative Ecological Movement Toward Planetary Health (Focussed Symposium)
    2024
  • Filip Maric :
    Children’s health, climate change, and health care responsibilities (Invited Keynote)
    2024
  • Emma Swärdh, Filip Maric :
    From Knowledge to Action: Fostering Advocacy Skills for Planetary Health in Physical Therapy
    Physical Therapy 2024 DOI
  • Filip Maric, Margherita Paola Poto, Giuliana Panieri, Olena Peftieva :
    Where is the (ancient) ocean floor? In G. Panieri & M. Stiller-Reeve (Eds.), The Ocean Senses Activity Book (Ukrainian version)
    Septentrio Educational 2023 DOI
  • Filip Maric, Margherita Paola Poto, Giuliana Panieri, Olena Peftieva :
    How deep is the ocean? In G. Panieri & M. Stiller-Reeve (Eds.), The Ocean Senses Activity Book (Ukrainian version)
    Septentrio Educational 2023 DOI
  • Filip Maric, Margherita Paola Poto, Giuliana Panieri, Olena Peftieva :
    Human impact: Plastic pollution. In G. Panieri & M. Stiller-Reeve (Eds.), The Ocean Senses Activity Book (Ukrainian version)
    Septentrio Educational 2023 DOI
  • Filip Maric, Margherita Paola Poto, Giuliana Panieri, Olena Peftieva :
    Sedimentation. In G. Panieri & M. Stiller-Reeve (Eds.), The Ocean Senses Activity Book (Ukrainian version)
    Septentrio Educational 2023 DOI
  • Filip Maric, Margherita Paola Poto, Jane Zimmermann, Giuliana Panieri, Olena Peftieva :
    Sculpting micro-, meio-, and macrofauna. In G. Panieri & M. Stiller-Reeve (Eds.), The Ocean Senses Activity Book (Ukrainian version)
    Septentrio Educational 2023 DOI
  • Filip Maric, Margherita Paola Poto, Giuliana Panieri, Olena Peftieva :
    Under pressure. In G. Panieri & M. Stiller-Reeve (Eds.), The Ocean Senses Activity Book (Ukrainian version)
    Septentrio Educational 2023 DOI
  • Filip Maric, Margherita Paola Poto, Giuliana Panieri, Olena Peftieva :
    Arctic Ocean temperatures. In G. Panieri & M. Stiller-Reeve (Eds.), The Ocean Senses Activity Book (Ukrainian version)
    Septentrio Educational 2023 DOI
  • Filip Maric, Margherita Paola Poto, Jane Zimmermann, Giuliana Panieri, Olena Peftieva :
    Ocean floor diorama. In G. Panieri & M. Stiller-Reeve (Eds.), The Ocean Senses Activity Book (Ukrainian version)
    Septentrio Educational 2023 DOI
  • Filip Maric, Margherita Paola Poto, Giuliana Panieri, Olena Peftieva :
    Human impact: Ecological footprints. In G. Panieri & M. Stiller-Reeve (Eds.), The Ocean Senses Activity Book (Ukrainian version)
    Septentrio Educational 2023 DOI
  • Filip Maric :
    Mot løsninger på vår fantasikrise
    Fysioterapeuten 2023
  • Filip Maric :
    Environmental physiotherapy – recent developments and the way forward (Invited Panel Presentation)
    2023
  • Filip Maric, Åse Bårdsen, Liv Johanne Nikolaisen :
    Rød tråd om grønn fremtid: Slik satser vi på bærekraft
    Fysioterapeuten 2023
  • Filip Maric :
    Environmental Physiotherapy - Nuances in the implementation of sustainable healthcare (Invited Parallel Session)
    2023
  • Filip Maric :
    Implementering av bærekraft i global fysioterapeututdanning [Implementing sustainability in global physiotherapy education]. Invited Keynote
    2023
  • Filip Maric, Lucy Inyang Edet, Augustine Appah Acquah :
    Advancing environmental physiotherapy in West Africa (Invited Focussed Symposium)
    2023
  • Filip Maric :
    Environmental Physiotherapy & Planetary Health (Keynote)
    2023 SAMMENDRAG

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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

    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 2027; cross-curricular implementation of planetary health, environmental and sustainability education in global physiotherapy training. Environmental Physiotherapy Association; Role: Project lead / Principal Investigator
    • Healthpunk - Speculative Fiction for the Future of Health, 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.
    • EXTREMES: The Extreme project aims to develop and disseminate a transformative interdisciplinary approach to studying Extreme Environments in the Arctic regions and beyond. The project is granted by UArctic (UA 06/2024, from 01-01-2025 to 31-12-2026) and it is a collaboration between UiT The Arctic University of Norway, (Department of Geosciences), the University of Copenhagen (Department of Arts and Cultural Studies) and the University of Iceland Research Centre in Þingeyjarsveit. Role: member researcher.

     Past projects:

    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)

    Past supervision

    • Faartoft, C., Bach-Svendsen, N. S., Juul, B., & Mikkelsen, A. L. (2024). Physical and perceived barriers to nature experiences for people with mobility impairments (Bachelor Thesis). VIA University College Denmark. Winner of the VIA Aarhus University College Professional Innovation Award. Gevers, T. (2023). Who is the patient? Re-envisioning the patient based on Bruno Latour’s Actor-Network-Theory (Bachelor Thesis). Hogeschool voor Toegepaste Filosofie / HTF University of Applied Philosophy, Netherlands.
    • Ingilæ, E.J., & Eikrem, S. (2023) Physiotherapists' experiences with the use of nature in treatment: A qualitative interview study (Bachelor Thesis, UiT The Arctic University of Norway).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 to support 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: 

    Additionally, Filip is developing and delivering courses in sustainability education in higher education at both UiT RESULT Center for teaching, learning and technology, and UiO University of Oslo LINK Centre for Learning, Innovation & Academic Development.

    Researcher profile in Cristin
    ResearchGate
    ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1265-6205

    Member of research group

    Healthcare Professional Practice   English content Environmental Humanities   English content

    Member of project

    Advancing Knowledge of Methane in the Arctic    English content Environmental Physiotherapy - Advancing sustainability and environmental responsibility in healthcare Healthpunk - Speculative fiction for socially and environmentally responsible healthcare Environmental Physiotherapy Agenda 2027 - Sustainable healthcare and planetary health education across the curriculum