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The “Unloaded Minds” experiment investigates what prolonged muscle unloading would mean for movement under lunar gravity. In the near future, the next human will set foot on the Moon. Studies show that fine motor skills, balance, and gait are impaired by reduced gravity, which could pose a problem…

The project “Sustainable (Large-Scale) Sporting Events – Sharing Knowledge. Securing Support” was awarded the Humboldtⁿ Sustainability Prize 2025 yesterday evening. The award ceremony took place as part of the Future Conference at the University of Duisburg-Essen. With this prize, the Humboldtⁿ…

Events at the LANXESS arena have a significant positive impact on tourism and social life in Cologne. This is the conclusion reached by the latest study, ‘Events als Treiber touristischer und sozialer Effekte’, carried out by the Institute for Communication and Media Research at the German Sport…

From 3 to 5 November 2025 the IOC organised and hosted the IOC Fit for the Future Consultation Commission Event at the Olympic House. It has been a remarkable and constructive initiative which encouraged members of IOC Commissions to develop relevant working fields on the head topics Athletes,…

Stephan Wassong, Director of the MA Olympic Studies Programme, participated in the IOC Olympic Education Commission Meeting on November 29th. A member of the commission for the past 10 years, Prof. Wassong contributed to discussions on various project outcomes. During the meeting, the MA Olympic…

Dr Philipp Born, Head of the Tennis Teaching and Research Group at the Institute of Professional Sport Education and Sport Qualifications (IVKS), was once again invited to speak at the ITF World Coaches Conference (WCC). This biennial international coaches’ conference brought together around 550…

AOK Rheinland/Hamburg and the German Sport University Cologne jointly carried out an innovative training project in which young people from socially disadvantaged neighborhoods were trained to become fitness coaches. The project relied on the proven peer-to-peer approach and was designed to lead to…

Whether on grass, gravel, or artificial turf, with sturdy metal goals or simply jumpers and bags laid down as goalposts—public neighbourhood football pitches (known in German as Bolzplätze ) are as diverse as the people who use them. Often located near playgrounds, they offer older children and…

As part of the inter-university research project “Rassismus im Spitzensport - Racism in Elite Sports , ” led by Prof. Tina Nobis (University of Wuppertal) and Prof. Ilse Hartmann-Tews (German Sport University Cologne), the lecture “Rassismus im Spitzensport: Zum Erleben von Othering durch Schwarze…

Prof. Dr. Markus Raab, head of the Department of Performance Psychology, has signed a new three-year contract (2026–2028) as editor-in-chief of the Elsevier journal Psychology of Sport and Exercise . He will continue to share the editorship with Co-Editor Prof. Amanda Rebar (USA). Psychology of…