ICSSPE Newsletter

September 2018

Sandra Heck Elected to the ICSSPE Executive Board

Johannesburg, South Africa

Sandra Heck from the International Society for the History of Physical Education and Sport (ISHPES) was elected to the ICSSPE Executive Board during ICSSPE’s last General Assembly on September 7th 2018 in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Trends to Insufficient Physical Activity

WHO Global Health Report

Insufficient physical activity is a leading risk factor for non-communicable diseases, and has a negative effect on mental health and quality of life.

ICSSPE Publications

Perspectives Series

ICSSPE recently recceived two reviews of the ICSSPE Perspectives volume ‚ Elite Sport and Sport-for-All: Bridging the Two Cultures? Edited by Richard Bailey and Margaret Talbot. This book – and the rest of the ICSSPE Perspectives series – is still available from both the ICSSPE Office and Routledge.

Launch of the ASPIRE Project Materials in Serbia

ICSSPE Joins Partners for the Inclusion of Refugees

The first training session of the ASPIRE training resource, aiming to capture the popularity of sport to promote the inclusion of refugees has been successfully launched in Belgrade, Serbia.

Seminar on Inclusive Development Through Sport

Rheinsberg, Germany

ICSSPE’s unique intensive training programme for those seeking to work in sport for development, inclusive sport, or disaster relief will take place January 20th until 26th, 2019 in Rheinsberg, Germany.

Traditional Sports and Games Festival of India

Amravati, India

Hanuman Vyayam Prasarak Mandal College in collaboration with the Association for International Sport for All Regional Centre for Traditional Sports and Games, Amravati, invites participants to the 6th Annual National Traditional Sports and Games Festival.

EUDAPA Diploma 2019

Vierumäki, Finland

The 10th European University Diploma in Adapted Physical ActivIty programme will be held from 28th January until 3rd May, 2019 in Vierumäki, Finland.

Congress on Sociology of Sport and Alternative Futures

Call for Abstracts

The International Sociology of Sport Association is organising its 2019 World Congress of Sociology of Sport.

Congress on Healthy and Active Children

Call for Abstracts

The 4th assembly of the International Motor Development Research Consortium will be held from 11th until 14th September, 2019 in Verona, Italy.

FIEP World, European and Catalan Congress, 2019

Barcelona, Spain

The Fédération Internationale d'Education Physique invites participation the 30th FIEP World Congress, the 14th FIEP European Congress and the 2nd FIEP Congress of Catalunya.