COSMOS

Erasmus Mundus Master in Community Sport and Movement for Social Transformation

Projektförderung: EU Erasmus +

Sport and movement cultures have a unique capacity to address the challenges of the 21st-century associated with ongoing social inclusion and transformation processes at individual, organisational and societal levels. In particular, locally organised community sport and physical activity programmes strongly possess this positive capacity. These low-threshold sports and movement hubs can offer individuals and groups of all ages and backgrounds an inclusive, safe, and supportive environment to be physically active, thrive and belong. Further, community sport and movement cultures are cultural expressions which can provide a multitude of individual and social benefits - especially with regard to marginalised and “at-risk”-groups of society. Taken together, sport and movement cultures constitute an important platform to address, among others, Sustainable Development Goals 3, 4, and 10.

This 15-month-long Erasmus Mundus Design Measure project therefore aims to jointly develop a fully integrated 2-year-long international Erasmus Mundus Master in Community Sport and Movement for Social Transformation (COSMOS). The planned design measure of the joint Master’s degree programme brings together an international consortium of six higher education institutions in Europe and Brazil. In a collaborative and participatory process, we bring together extensive academic and practical knowledge in order to address the urgent issues of social inclusion, transformation and marginalisation by means of community development, sport and movement cultures.

By joining our and associated partners’ expertise to co-create a vibrant learning environment, we aim to educate the next generations of professional leaders in the field of community development, sport, and movement cultures. In doing so, we contribute to reinforce international exchange as a driver of innovation in the European Education Area and help to foster excellence and transnational partnership of higher education institutions.

Kontakt

Prof. Dr. Astrid Schubring (Projektleitung)

Abteilung Sportsoziologie

Institut für Soziologie und Genderforschung,

Deutsche Sporthochschule Köln

a.schubring@dshs-koeln.de

Neuigkeiten und Medienberichte

27.11.25: COSMOS Auftakt-Event

Am 27. November 2025 ist das Erasmus Mundus Design Measure „Community Sport and Movement for Social Transformation“ (COSMOS) offiziell an den Start gegangen.

Das Online Auftakt-Event mit den internationalen Partner-Institutionen aus Tschechien, Kroatien, Irland, Schweden und Brasilien gab allen Beteiligten einen ersten Überblick über den Projektverlauf, die anstehenden Aufgaben und Meetings sowie über die anvisierten Ziele. In interaktiver Form haben sich die Partner zudem über ihr Verständnis von „Community Sport“ ausgetauscht, um den Grundstein für eine gemeinsame inhaltliche Basis zu legen.

Als kleines Highlight wurde zudem das neu entworfene Logo für das COSMOS Projekt vorgestellt.