Sally-Ann Jennifer Fischer

Professional

• Lecturer and Academic Researcher at GSU/ PhD Candidate, Institute of European Sport Development and Leisure Studies - GSU [since 10/2023]
• Research Assistant at the GSU Institute of European Sport Development and Leisure Studies [06/2021 – 10/2022]
• Freelance Work, Kinder- und Jugendsportschule NRW (KJS) Course Instructor of the After-School Course Education for Sustainable Development [11/2023 - 02/2024]

Academic

• 02/2024 ongoing
  PhD Candidate at the German Sport University Cologne, Institute of European Sport Development and Leisure Studies
  Title: ‘Sport Politics and Environment‘
• 11/2020 – 08/2023
  M.A. International Sport Development and Politics, German Sport University Cologne
  “The development of an S4D conceptual framework for the NGO I AM WATER to encourage action towards ocean conservation among young adolescents in South Africa” [Master's thesis]
• 2018 – 2020
  B.A. International Sports Management, Glasgow Caledonian University, Scotland
  “Sport for Change – Human Rights in Sport“ [Bachelor's thesis]

Research

• Sport for Development and Environment with particular focus on Ocean Conservation
• Sport in the context of Refugees and displaced People
• Policy Advocacy in and through Sport

Projects

• 01/2024 – ongoing
  Academic Researcher for the Erasmus+ Project "Convening the Global Integration of Refugees through Sport Sector" (Global IRTS)
• 01/2024 – ongoing
  Academic Researcher for the Erasmus+ Project “Empowered by 3x3” (EB3x3)
• 01/2024 – ongoing
  Academic Researcher for the Erasmus+ Project "Policy Advocacy for Sport and Society" (PASS)
• 02/2024 – ongoing
  Academic Researcher for the Erasmus+ Project Quality Assurance of the Capacity Development Activities in the field of “Sport for Development”
• 06/2021 – 10/2022
  Academic Researcher for the GIZ Project Competence development in Monitoring and Impact Measurement in the field of “Sport for Development”

• Lecturer of the study courses ‘Theories and Concepts of Sport for Development’ and ‘Hands on European Sports Politics: Institutions, Organisations and Political Process in Brussels’ (M.A. International Sport Development and Politics)
• Lecturer of the study course ‘Sport- und Verbandspolitik’ (B.A. Sport- und Bewegungsvermittlung im Freizeit- und Breitensport)
• Lecturer of the study course ‘Sport und Entwicklung' (Bachelor Profilergänzung)