ICSSPE Newsletter

May 2015

Inclusive Development through Sport

Registration for Communities and Crisis 2015 Open

ICSSPE’s hands-on seminar on sport and physical activity as psychosocial support will take place November 2nd to 7th, 2015

Living Inclusively

Ongoing Demand for Training Opportunities

ICSSPE in co-operation with the Fürst Donnersmarck-Foundation and Freie Universität Berlin hosted a panel discussion which looked at chances and challenges when designing inclusive sport programmes.

PCC and WADA Form Anti-Doping Research Partnership

Collaboration for Clean Sport

The Partnership for Clean Competition (PCC) and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) announced a multi-year anti-doping research partnership.

WADA Research Grant Programme

Call for Proposals

WADA has issued a call for proposals for its 2016 Social Science Research Grant Programme on one of the following three areas:

German Development Cooperation in Sport for Development

Football World Cup in Brazil

GIZ – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit – has published their summary of activities in the context of the 2014 Football World Cup in Brazil.

Running Across Europe

New Publication Provides Market Insights

Koen Breedveld and Jeroen Scheerder of the Mulier Instituut/The Netherlands have published a book which provides research findings about European-wide participation in running and related expenses.

Sport-Based Youth Development Fellowship

Adelphi University, New York City, USA

A new graduate-level Sport-Based Youth Development Fellowship is offered at Adelphi University in New York City.

Part-Time Masters in APA Leadership

Institute of Technology, Tralee, Ireland

The Institute of Technology in Tralee, Ireland, offers a Part-Time Masters Programme in Adapted Physical Activity Leadership.

Wlodzimierz Starosta Receives Distinguished Service Award

First IASK President Honoured by United States Sports Academy

Wlodzimiers Starosta, Polish and internationally well-known researcher and founding President of the International Association of Sport Kinetics (IASK) received the Distinguished Service Award of the United States Sports Academy.

Children Win

Cartoon Contest by Terre des Hommes

In the context of their Children Win – Changing the Game of Mega Sporting Events-Initiative, Terre des Hommes is announcing a cartoon contest.

ICSSPE Member Mohammad Zubayer Honoured

Head of BISS Receives IASK Honorary Membership

ICSSPE Member and Head of the Bangladesh Institute of Sport Sciences (BISS), Mohammad Zubayer, will receive Honorary Membership of the International Association of Sport Kinetics (IASK).

Closing Deadline

16th ISHPES Congress - Call for Abstracts

If you have not submitted an abstract to ISHPES 2015 Congress, please note that the deadline for submission has been extended.

IACSS-Conference 2015

Loughborough University, UK

The IACSS 10th International Symposium on Computer Science in Sports will be held at Loughborough University, UK, from 9th to 11th September 2015.

Ethics in Sports Symposium 2015

Berlin, Germany

The Ethics in Sports Symposium will be held on 4th June 2015 from 13.30 pm – 18.00 pm in Berlin, Germany. The theme of the symposium is ‘Sports meets Business – Creating sustainable success’.

Putting Physical Activity into the Day

NowWeMOVE Launches First European No Elevators Day

On 5th June 2015, the first European No Elevators Day will take place as a new feature of the NowWeMOVE campaign. No Elevators Day highlights a simple way for busy people to add physical activity to their day: take the stairs instead of the elevator or escalator.

Conference on Health and Health Psychology

Cyprus

The International Conference on Health and Health Psychology  will be held 09th -12th July 2015 in Cyprus.

2016 World Leisure Congress

Durban, South Africa

The first World Leisure Congress on the African continent will be hosted by the Leisure and Recreation Association of South Africa (LARASA) in Durban, from 27th – 30th June 2016.

2015 FISU Summer Universiade Conference

Further Information Now Available

Information about the 2015 FISU Summer Universiade Conference, scheduled on 11th - 14th July 2015 in Gwangju, Republic of Korea is now online.

Call for Applications

Kosovo International Summer Academy 2015

From 12th to 22nd July 2015 the Kosovo Center of Diplomacy, in co-operation with University College “Victory”, will organise the third edition of its international summer programme, the Kosovo International Summer Academy, with a special focus on “Peace building in post-conflict areas – Diplomacy, Leadership and Negotiations”

Joint EFPM and CIFP Congress 2015

Baku, Azerbaijan

The Joint European Fair Play Movement (EFPM) and International Fair Play Committee (CIFP) Congress will be held between the 7th and 11th October, 2015, in Baku, Azerbaijan.

International Forum Peace and Sport

Monaco

The eighth edition of the International Peace and Sport Forum will be held from 25th to 27th November in Monaco.

Meeting of Scholars for the Study of Gender and Sport

Basel, Switzerland

The Transnational Working Group for the Study of Gender and Sport invites scholars from the field of gender research in sport to Basel, Switzerland, 26th – 28th November 2015.

INSEP Heat Conference

Paris, France

The INSEP Heat Conference will be held at the National Institute of Sport in Paris, France from 22th to 23th June 2015.