Dr Simone Ciaccioni (PhD in Sport Sciences & TFA in Special Education) is MSCA Global Postdoctoral Fellow at Uni Rome "Foro Italico". Previously, he was Erasmus grantee at Uni Rennes 2 (FRA), De Brakken School (NLD), UCD (IRL), visiting PhD candidate at USQ (AUS). He worked as PE teacher at "Agostino Gemelli" & "Umberto I" hospitals (ITA) and as researcher at Uni Pegaso (ITA). Habilitated (Assoc Prof), he conduct research in Education, Exercise and Health with a special interest in martial arts (e.g., judo 柔道). In 2023, he was awarded the Young Investigator Mention of Honour by the Italian Society of Movement and Sport Sciences (SISMeS). He recently co-created and participated in the "EdJCO" (https://edjco.eu/) and "JOY" (https://judojoy.eu/) European Erasmus+ Sport projects, the Horizon Europe MSCA Global PF "HOPE" project (https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101206417) as well as collaborating in the COST Action "DE-PASS" (https://depass.eu/). He has published 40 papers in various journals and serves as a review and guest editor for numerous journals including BMC, Elsevier, Frontiers, Human Kinetics, MDPI, Plos One etc. He is a member of the SISMeS, NASPSPA, and ECSS European and North-American Scientific Societies and teaches sports sciences-related disciplines. His interests include combat sports, martial arts, physical and mental health, physical activity, systematic literature reviews and meta-analyses, exercise programs, and physical education in special settings.