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Der DOSB unterhielt sich mit Prof. Dr. Mittag über Trendsportarten und deren Bedeutung für den Sport. Klickt euch weiter zum kompletten Interview.
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Dr. Karen Petry appointed as adjunct professor
On June 4, 2025, Dr. Karen Petry received the certificate of appointment as an associate professor from the Rector of DSHS Cologne, Prof. Dr. Ansgar Thiel - congratulations, Karen!
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ERASMUS+ PASS-Project | 3rd transnational partner meeting in Kufstein, Austria
The first milestone of the ERASMUS+ project “Political Advocacy for Sport and Society” (PASS) was completed at the beginning of April. This time, the meeting was hosted by the University for Applied Sciences Kufstein in Tyrol.
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Three doctorates at once!
Maximilian Seltmann, Jelal Ali Ousu and Michael Micic were equally successful in defending their doctoral theses this month. The Institute would like to congratulate them on their newly acquired doctorates!
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Training measure for teachers on June 16, 2025
Experiencing history - The educational added value of encounters with contemporary witnesses in school lessons. The event will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the German Sport & Olympia Museum.
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Due to the ever increasing integration of sport with other social areas and actors, due to the ever increasing influence of political actors in particular on the shaping of sport and its framework conditions, as well as due to increasing Europeanization and globalization, the field of action of sports policy has become decisively more important.
The Institute for European Sports Development and Leisure Research provides the framework for the sports policy and leisure research activities of the German Sport University Cologne. In conjunction with cooperation partners, political, social and sports science findings are brought together in such a way that a distinct core of sports policy thinking becomes visible. The team of the institute offers students, scientists and all other interested parties numerous offers in teaching and research.
The focus is on the topics of "sports policy," "sports and development cooperation," and "leisure and tourism research". The Institute and its Jean Monnet Chair devote special attention to the European dimension of sport. The Institute is also home to the "Forum Sportpolitik" and hosts the annual symposia on sports policy.
Since the winter semester in 2016/17, the IESF has also been coordinating the master's program "International Sport Development and Politics". The program is science-oriented and aims as much at problem-solving skills as at methods for understanding and analyzing sport. The master's program combines the expertise available at the University of Sport in the fields of social sciences, economics and the humanities. The Master "International Sport Development and Politics" consists of 13 modules and concludes with a Master's thesis.
Based on this website, the Institute of European Sport Development and Leisure Studies would like to provide information on its activitites, but also encourage to get in contact with us. We are looking forward to a constructive dialogue.
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Jürgen Mittag / Dr. Karen Petry