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Professor Markus Raab, Head of the Section Performance Psychology at the Institute of Psychology, has been appointed ‘Honorary Professor’ by the Ministry of Sport of Uzbekistan and the State University of Physical Education and Sport. The honour was conferred by the university’s President, Prof.…

In July 2025, the tenth intake of the European Handball Manager course began; among the participants were former German international Ole Rahmel and former Slovak international Martina Halásová. The students have now attended their first on-campus phase at the German Sport University Cologne. The…

This year, 40 Spoho students have been awarded the Deutschlandstipendium by the German Sport University Cologne. The award ceremony at the Playa in Cologne brought together students, sponsors, staff and alumni. The scholarship presentation was all about appreciation, connecting with one another and…

Marloes Ekkelboom, doctoral student at the Institute of Sport History, took part in the renowned annual conference of the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport from October 30 to November 2. Under the motto *"Communities, Axiologies, Politics, and Praxis ”, the event brought together…

The German Sport University Cologne is participating in a three-year research project that examines how gender diversity is addressed in organised competitive and elite sports in Germany. The project is funded by the Federal Institute of Sport Science (BISp) and carried out by the Department of…

We are very pleased to welcome Lena Brack as a new member of our institute.

We warmly welcome Alina Kulüke and are delighted to have her join our institute as a new staff member. As a project researcher on the “ReLePro – Diversity in School Sports” project, she will be conducting research on current issues related to reflective learning support in physical education,…

Higher education institutions in North Rhine-Westphalia are now making it possible to measure the success of their climate protection efforts. Today (17 April 2026), 14 universities and 16 universities of applied sciences, together with the state government, presented their first joint report on…

Two key institutions for training and further education in German elite sport are forging even closer ties: Under a new cooperation agreement, the German Sport University Cologne and the Trainerakademie Köln of Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund (DOSB) are pooling their expertise – with the clear aim…

Under the motto “Together we are strong!”, people with and without disabilities took to the starting line together at the Cologne Marathon – as part of “R(h)ein Inklusiv”, a project run by the German Sport University Cologne and the Deutsche Gesetzliche Unfallversicherung (DGUV). People with and…