News Archive

President's Message
2014: Another Busy Year for ICSSPE

10/01/2014

ICSSPE President Margaret Talbot reflects on what issues are coming up in 2014.

 

Sport and Physical Activities as Psycho-Social Interventions
ICSSPE & Partners to Release Handbook in 2014

10/01/2014

Sport and Physical Activities as Psycho-Social Interventions handbook will be published in May 2014.

 

Excellence in Paediatrics in Doha
ICSSPE Advocates for Physical Activity in Childhood

10/01/2014

ICSSPE participates in the Excellence in Paediatrics Conference in Doha, Qatar.

 

Inclusion Club Interview
Gudrun Doll-Tepper on Sport and Inclusion

10/01/2014

Former ICSSPE President Gudrun Doll-Tepper shares thoughts on sport and inclusion.

 

Ken Black, founder of The Inclusion Club, conducted an interview in which Gudrun Doll-Tepper shared some of her views about sports, adapted physical activity and inclusion.

 

ACSM Award
ICSSPE Member CELAFISCS Awarded

10/01/2014

ICSSPE brazilian member CELAFISCS receives the 2014 ACSM Citation Award.

 

AAHPERD
AAHPERD Becomes SHAPE America

10/01/2014

ICSSPE member AAHPERD has announced its name change to SHAPE America.

 

SHAPE is the acronym for Society of Health and Physical Educators.

 

The George Washington University
Certificate in Sports Philanthropy Programme

10/01/2014

The George Washington University’s School of Business (USA) offers the first Certificate in Sports Philanthropy.

 

University of the Western Cape
New Diploma for Sport, Development and Peace

10/01/2014

The University of the Western Cape launches the first interdisciplinary postgraduate Diploma in Sport, Development and Peace.

 

Bielefeld University, Germany
Job vacancy: PhD Position

10/01/2014

The Neurocognition and Action – Research Group at the Center of Excellence “Cognitive Interaction Technology” (CITEC) at Bielefeld University (Germany) is looking to fill a PhD position in the area of cognition, attention and manual action control.

 

Call for Papers
4th EASS Young Researchers Award

10/01/2014

The European Association for the Sociology of Sport (EASS) calls for the submission of papers to be considered for the Young Researchers Award.

 

Papers should be no longer than 8,000 words and can cover any topic relevant to the European sociology of sport community.

 

Call for Papers
Sport for Social Inclusion

10/01/2014

The journal Social Inclusion calls for papers for its special issue on the topic ‘Sport for Social Inclusion: Critical Analyses and Future Challenges.’

 

Deadline for abstracts is 31 March 2014. Deadline for papers is 15 July 2014.

 

Call for Papers
Disability Sport: Changing Lives, Changing Perceptions ?

10/01/2014

The Centre for the International Business of Sport at Coventry University (UK) is hosting the inter-disciplinary conference ‘Disability Sport: Changing lives, changing perceptions?’ from 15 to 17 September 2014.

 

Global Perspectives on Sports and Physical Culture: From Past to Present
ISHPES

10/01/2014

ISHPES Congress 2014 to Discuss Global Perspectives on Sports and Physical Culture

 

The ISHPES Congress 2014 is organised by the Qatar Olympic and Sport Museum and will be dedicated to the topic ‘Global Perspectives on Sports and Physical Culture: From Past to Present.’

2nd International Summer/Spring School of Sport Sciences
The University of the West Indies

10/01/2014

The University of the West Indies in Trinidad and Tobago is inviting students and scholars to the 2nd International Summer/Spring School of Sport Sciences, which will take place from 15 to 23 March 2014.

 

Sport and Physical Activity Seminar: A Holistic Approach
Sport and Citizenship

10/01/2014

Sport and Citizenship has announced its seminar ‘Sport and Physical Activity: A Holistic Approach,’ which will take place at the European Parliament in Brussels on 29 January 2014.

 

FIEP World Congress 2014
Fédération Internationale d’Éducation Physique

10/01/2014

The FIEP World Congress 2014 will be held from 5 to 8 August 2014 in Vierumäki, Finland.

 

9th FIEP European Congress
Fédération Internationale d’Éducation Physique

10/01/2014

The 9th FIEP European Congress will take place from 9 to 12 October 2014 in Sofia, Bulgaria.

 

2014 World Day for Physical Activity
Agita Mundo Network

10/01/2014

The Agita Mundo Network has officially announced the 2014 World Day for Physical Activity on 6 April 2014.

 

In honor of the football world cup, the central topic will be ‘Physical Activity: A Golden Goal for Health.’ Celebrations will take place between 1 April and 31 May.

International Seminar: Sport and Human Development
UNESCO

10/01/2014

‘What is the role of sport for human development?’, is the question the International Seminar on Sport and Human Development, jointly organised by UNESCO and Vale Foundation, will address.

 

The seminar will take place 25 November in Rio de Janeiro.

 

Global Summit on Physical Activity of Children
Active Healthy Kids Canada

10/01/2014

Active Healthy Kids Canada is hosting the Global Summit on Physical Activity of Children from 19 to 22 May 2014 in Toronto, Canada.

 

This event seeks to bring together everyone working to resolve the growing childhood inactivity crisis.

 

ICSSPE President Talks at Peace and Sport Forum
Call for more Monitoring and Evaluation

09/12/2013

The 7th Peace and Sport International Forum took place in Monaco from 6 until 8 November.

 

MINEPS V Follow-up
UNESCO Endorses Berlin Declaration

09/12/2013

The 37th UNESCO General Conference held in Paris from 5 to 20 November 2013 has endorsed the Berlin Declaration.

 

ICSSPE Bulletin No. 66
Call for Articles

09/12/2013

The 66th edition of ICSSPE's Bulletin will be published in May 2014.

 

The next edition of ICSSPE’s online journal contains a Special Feature on Global Perspectives on Front Line Care for Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in Sport (MTBI).

 

Research meets Practice at GIZ
Cooperation and Sustainability of Sport Events

09/12/2013

On 19 November 2013 the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ) organised a discussion on the sustainability of sport events.

 

European Union
HEPA Recommendation Adopted on EU Level

09/12/2013

On 25 November the Council of the European Union adopted a recommendation on promoting health-enhancing physical activity (HEPA).

 

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