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Interview with Professor Jürgen Mittag
"MINEPS bridges gaps in terms of communication and coordination"

05/10/2013

Professor Jürgen Mittag on the significance and contents of MINEPS V. Mittag has held the chair for Sport Policy at the German Sport University Cologne since 2011.

Sport Mega Events and Security
Boston Attacks

05/10/2013

ICSSPE wishes to express sincere condolences to those affected by the explosions at the Boston Marathon on Monday, April 15th.
 

New Methods for Brain Protection in Sport
Advancements in Concussion Pathophysiology

05/10/2013

The way concussions are thought of, treated, and rehabilitated in sport is changing quickly.

World Day for Physical Activity 2013
"No Barrier to Physical Activity"

05/10/2013

The World Day for Physical Activity 2013 on 6 April saw over eight thousand people celebrating during the Agita Mundo Walking Parade in the streets of Sao Paolo.

IOC
Research Grant programme

05/10/2013

The IOC has announced its 2014 edition of the IOC Olympic Studies Centre's research grant programme.

Olympic Education, Alliances, Scholarship & Practice
Olympism4Humanity

05/10/2013

The International Olympic Academy and the Conflict Resolution Program of the Department of Government at Georgetown University have announced the inauguration of Olympism for Humanity (O4H).

European Women and Sport
Seeking new Candidates for Steering Group

05/10/2013

European Women and Sport is looking for new candidates for the next term of its Steering Group.
 

Wingate Institute
Satellite Symposium at the ECSS Congress

05/10/2013

The Wingate Institute will host a satellite symposium at the ECSS Congress in Barcelona on 26 June 2013. The session is concerned with "The Policy of Excellence-Fostering and Development of Young

New Book by Indian Scientist
Physical Education in Ancient India

05/10/2013

The new edition of S.H. Deshpande's book "Physical Education in Ancient India" will be available soon.

IOC
Education Tools

05/10/2013

The International Olympic Committee has produced two educative tools with regard to sports betting. One is a programme designed for young atheletes, the other specfiically for the Olympics Games.
 

Journal of Sport for Development
A New Open-Access, Peer-Reviewed Journal

05/10/2013

A new journal dealing with Sport for Development topics has been launched.

University of Toronto
Assistant Professor - Sport for Development

05/10/2013

The Faculty of Kinesiology and Physical Education at the University of Toronto, Canada, has announced a vacant full-time, tenure-stream position as Assistant Professor in the area of "Sport for Development".

Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
Scholarship for MBA in Sport Management

05/10/2013

The Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Germany, and the magazine SPONSORs have announced a scholarship for the MBA in Sport Management as from October 2013.
 

Football Research in an Enlarged Europe
Women's Football: Played, Watched, Talked About

05/10/2013

In the context of the EU funded FREE Project (Football Research in an Enlarged Europe), a conference dealing with the feminisation of football will be held in Copenhagen, Denmark, from 21 until 22 June 2013.

Women and Sport Conference
Women and Sport in the nineteenth and twentieth Centuries

05/10/2013

The Instituto de História Contemporânea in Lisbon, Portugal, organises a conference dealing with 'Women and Sport in the nineteenth and twentieth Centuries'. It is scheduled to take place from 20 until 21 June 2013.
 

Two-day conference at the University of Brighton
Sport, Leisure and Social Justice

05/10/2013

The Sport and Leisure Cultures research cluster at the University of Brighton, UK, hosts a conference on 'Sport, Leisure and Social Justice ' from 19 until 20 September 2013.